Abdoulaye Diarrassouba, also known as Aboudia is an African contemporary artist based in Brooklyn, New York but works from his studios in Abidjan and New York City. He was born on October 21, 1983 in Côte d'Ivoire, and graduated from the School of Applied Arts in Bingerville in 2003. In 2005, he graduated from the Institut des Arts in Abidjan. He first reached an international audience during the siege of Abidjan in 2011, when the conflict came close to his studio. He has been exhibited in Basel, Miami, Volta, New York, Art Singapore, and in Art Central in Hong Kong. He has also done various solo shows with galleries in New York, London, Barcelona, Copenhagen and more. In 2012, he collaborated with Fedreric Bruly Bouabre on producing some small paintings of a very unusual style. In 2017 Abdoulaye collaborated with British internationally acclaimed painter Christian Furr, the works were produced between New York, London and Abidjan.