Ava Binta Giallo (b. 1995) is a German-Guinean interdisciplinary artist mainly working in the firel of abstract painting and installation. They are living and working between Vienna, Austria and Mindelo, Cabo Verde.They studied TransArts BA and MA (University of applied Arts in Vienna, AT), Painting (Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, IT), Abstract Painting and Critical Studies (Aca- demy of fine Arts in Vienna, AT). They are a founding member of the collective fuvu fürunsvonuns.
Giallo has exhibited her work across Europe and Africa. Their exhibitions include the Forum Frohner (Krems, AT), DAS WEISSE HAUS (Vienna, AT), Basis Frankfurt (Frankfurt, DE), Kunstverein Langenhagen (Langenhagen, DE), PACT Zollverein (Essen, DE), Parallel Vienna (Vienna, AT), Exhibit Gallery (Vienna, AT), Heiligenkreu- zerhof University Gallery (Vienna, AT), the Gabès Ethnographic Museum (Gabès, TN), Centro Cultural do Mindelo (Mindelo, CV) and Baltasar Lopes Foundation (Mindelo, CV) amongst others.
She has been selected for artist residencies at the Foundation for Contemporary Art Ghana (Accra, GHN), La Boîte Tunis (Gabès, TN) and Atelier Mar (Mindelo, CV).