Akinbode Akinbiyi

*1946 / Nigeria / United Kingdom

Works

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Akinbode Akinbiyi

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News

In Minor Keys

The 61st International Art Exhibition

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
9 May 2026 – 22 Nov 2026

with Laurie Anderson, Kader Attia, Sammy Baloji, Eric Baudelaire, Beverly Buchanan, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Joy Episalla, Theo Eshetu, Ayrson Heraclito, Sohrab Hura, Alfredo Jaar, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige …

Solo exhibitions

Being, Seeing, Wandering

Berlinische Galerie, Berlin (DE)
8 Jun 2024 – 14 Oct 2024
Manchmal heißt verloren sein gefunden werden

Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover (DE)
11 Nov 2023 – 25 Feb 2024
Neues Deutschland

station urbaner kulturen nGbK, Berlin (DE)
19 Sep 2021 – 15 Jan 2022
Six Songs, Swirling Gracefully in the Taut Air

Gropius Bau, Berlin (DE)
7 Feb 2020 – 19 Jul 2020
Sea never dry

Grassi-Museum, Dresden (DE)
22 Mar 2005 – 29 May 2005

Group

The Other Side of the Mountain

Amos Rex, Helsinki (FI)
14 Oct 2026 – 21 Mar 2027

with Loulou Cherinet, Adji Dieye, Jeannette Ehlers, Ibrahim Mahama, Sandra Mujinga, Karl Ohiri
Reisenden folgen Wegen – Humanität als Praxis

36. Bienal de São Paulo, Berlin Edition

Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (DE)
12 Sep 2026 – 6 Dec 2026

with Leo Asemota, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Christopher Cozier, Cevdet Erek, Theo Eshetu, Forensic Architecture, Lynn Hershman, Laila Hida, Leiko Ikemura, Olu Oguibe, Ming Smith, Wolfgang Tillmans
In Minor Keys

The 61st International Art Exhibition

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
9 May 2026 – 22 Nov 2026

with Laurie Anderson, Kader Attia, Sammy Baloji, Eric Baudelaire, Beverly Buchanan, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Joy Episalla, Theo Eshetu, Ayrson Heraclito, Sohrab Hura, Alfredo Jaar, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige …
New Photography 2023

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
28 May 2023 – 16 Sep 2023

with Kelani Abass, Yagazie Emezi, Amanda Iheme, Abraham Onoriode Oghobase, Karl Ohiri, Logo Oluwamuyiwa
African Cosmologies: Redux

FotoFest Biennial 2022

FotoFest, Houston (US)
24 Sep 2022 – 6 Nov 2022

with Faisal Abdu'allah, Helene A. Amouzou, Sammy Baloji, James Barnor, Bruno Boudjelal, Edson Chagas, Ernest Cole, Jamal Cyrus, Monica de Miranda, Jean Depara, Laura El-Tantawy, Rotimi Fani-Kayode …
CURRENCY: PHOTOGRAPHY BEYOND CAPTURE

8th Triennal of Photography Hamburg 2022

Haus der Photographie, Hamburg (DE)
20 May 2022 – 18 Sep 2022

with Claudia Andujar, Ziad Antar, Vartan Avakian, Ragnar Axelsson, Edson Chagas, Oroma Elewa, rana elnemr, Anne-Marie Filaire, Lyle Ashton Harris, Leslie Hewitt, Alfredo Jaar, Lebohang Kganye …
Neues Deutschland

nGbK Neue Gesellschaft, Berlin (DE)
19 Sep 2021 – 15 Jan 2022

with Elske Rosenfeld
IDEOLOGIES

RAY Fotografieprojekte Frankfurt/RheinMain

Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
3 Jun 2021 – 12 Sep 2021

with Johanna Diehl, Qiana Mestrich
THE FACULTY OF SENSING – Thinking With, Through, and By Anton Wilhelm Amo

Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig (DE)
28 Mar 2020 – 13 Sep 2020

with Anna Dasovic, Jean Ulrick Desert, Theo Eshetu, Adama Delphine Fawundu, Lungiswa Gqunta, Kitso Lynn Lelliott, Antje Majewski
African Metropolis. An imaginary city

MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti, Roma (IT)
22 Jun 2018 – 4 Nov 2018

with Heba Y. Amin, Joel Andrianomearisoa, Sammy Baloji, Mimi Cherono Ng Ok, Godfried Donkor, Francois-Xavier Gbre, Simon Gush, Hassan Hajjaj, Nicholas Hlobo, Delio Jasse, Samson Kambalu, Kiluanji Kia Henda …
Reframing Worlds

Mobilität und Gender aus postkolonial, feministischer Perspektive

nGbK Neue Gesellschaft, Berlin (DE)
2 Dec 2017 – 21 Jan 2018

with Maria Thereza Alves, Pauline Boudry & Renate Lorenz , Aykan Safoğlu, Mathilde ter Heijne
documenta 14 Kassel

documenta, Kassel (DE)
10 Jun 2017 – 13 Sep 2017

with Algirdas Seskus, Abounaddara, Michel Auder, Alexandra Bachzetsis, Sammy Baloji, Rebecca Belmore, WANG Bing, Ross Birrell, Pavel Braila, Geta Bratescu, Nikhil Chopra, Anna Daucikova …
Afriques Capitales

Le Mois de la Photo du Grand Paris 2017

Parc de la Villette, Paris (FR)
29 Mar 2017 – 3 Sep 2017

with Franck Abd-Bakar Fanny, Leila Alaoui, Heba Y. Amin, Joel Andrianomearisoa, Sammy Baloji, Nabil Boutros, Mimi Cherono Ng Ok, Emo de Medeiros, Godfried Donkor, Francois-Xavier Gbre, Simon Gush, Hassan Hajjaj …
Three Photographers/Six Cities

Cairo, Nairobi, Lagos, Johannesburg, Bamako, and Tombouctou

Philadelphia Museum Art, Philadelphia (US)
30 Apr 2016 – 25 Sep 2016

with Seydou Camara, Ananias Leki Dago
12 Antworten auf Berlin

Kommunale Galerie Berlin, Berlin (DE)
21 Oct 2012 – 25 Nov 2012

with Jérémie Aubouin, Andreas Burger, Serge Clement, Stephane Duroy, Benedetta Großrubatscher, Vincenzo Guarnera, Katherine Newbegin, Marek Pozniak, Gino Puddu, Andy Rumball, Abby Storey
prêt-à-partager - Kunst Mode Bewegung

ifa-Galerie, Berlin (DE)
27 Apr 2012 – 8 Jul 2012

with Simone Gilges, Mamadou Gomis, Astrid S. Klein, Goddy Leye, Zanele Muholi, Nontsikelelo "Lolo" Veleko
Place of honour for Africa

Paris Photo 2011

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
10 Nov 2011 – 13 Nov 2011

with Alex Acolatse, Joseph Moïse Agbodjélou, Daniel Attoumou Amicchia , Joel Andrianomearisoa, Philip Kwame Apagya, Cornelius Augustt Azaglo, Sammy Baloji, James Barnor, Abdoulaye Barry, Arturu Bibang, Jodi Bieber, Bobby Bobson (Sukdeo Bobson Mohanlall) …
AFROPOLIS - CITY, MEDIA, ART

IWALEWA-Haus , Bayreuth (DE)
28 Apr 2011 – 4 Sep 2011

with Lara Baladi, Hala Elkoussy, rana elnemr, Ismail Farouk, Constanze Fischbeck, Laura Horelli, Sabelo Mlangeni, Sam Nhlengethwa, Uche Okpa Iroha, Emeka Udemba, Minette Vári
Afropolis

City, Media, Art: Cairo, Lagos, Nairobi, Kinshasa and Johannesburg

Rautenstrauch-J.-Museum, Köln (DE)
4 Nov 2010 – 13 Mar 2011

with Lara Baladi, Hala Elkoussy, rana elnemr, Ismail Farouk, Constanze Fischbeck, Laura Horelli, Sabelo Mlangeni, Sam Nhlengethwa, Cedrick Nzolo Ngamobu, Uche Okpa Iroha, Minette Vári
Fototagetrier 2010: LEBEN elementar

Fototagetrier, Trier (DE)
13 Nov 2010 – 12 Dec 2010

with Eliska Bartek, Rossella Biscotti, Elinor Carucci, Thomas Florschuetz, Vadim Gushchin, Pieter Hugo, Chris Hurley, Lina Kim, Bodo Korsig, Eva Lauterlein, Emma Livingston, Thanh Long …
Un reve utile - Photographie africaine 1960-2010

A Useful Dream: African Photography 1960-2010

Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar, Brussels (BE)
26 Jun 2010 – 26 Sep 2010

with Myriam Abdelaziz, Mohammed “Mo” Amin, Cornelius Augustt Azaglo, Sammy Baloji, Jodi Bieber, Mohamed Bourouissa, Nabil Boutros, Ananias Leki Dago, Jean Depara, Tracey Derrick, Mohamed Dib, Calvin Dondo …
Africa Remix

Moderna Museet, Stockholm (SE)
14 Oct 2006 – 14 Jan 2007

with Jane Alexander, Ghada Amer, Lara Baladi, Yto Barrada, Loulou Cherinet, Samuel Fosso, David Goldblatt, Amal & Abd El Ghany Kenawy, William Kentridge, Santu Mofokeng, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Ingrid Mwangi …
Africa Remix

Mori Art Museum, Tôkyô (JP)
27 May 2006 – 31 Aug 2006

with Yto Barrada, Hicham Benohoud, Kotama Bouabane, Loulou Cherinet, Shady El Noshokaty, Ymane Fakhir, Samuel Fosso, David Goldblatt, Amal & Abd El Ghany Kenawy, Michèle Magema, Santu Mofokeng, Zwelethu Mthethwa …
Geschichten von der Globalisierung

Vienna International Center (VIC) / UNO-, Wien (AT)
16 Nov 2005 – 2 Dec 2005

with Ziyah Gafic, Philip Jones Griffiths, Tim Hetherington, Thomas Kern, Shehzad Noorani, Cristina Nunez, Andreas Seibert, Bertien van Manen, Stephan Vanfleteren
Tales from a Globalizing World

Drik gallery, Dhaka (BD)
23 Sep 2005 – 30 Nov 2005

with Ziyah Gafic, Philip Jones Griffiths, Tim Hetherington, Thomas Kern, Shehzad Noorani, Cristina Nunez, Andreas Seibert, Bertien van Manen, Stephan Vanfleteren
Tales from a Globalizing World

BUNKIER SZTUKI, Kraków (PL)
29 Sep 2005 – 19 Oct 2005

with Ziyah Gafic, Philip Jones Griffiths, Tim Hetherington, Thomas Kern, Shehzad Noorani, Cristina Nunez, Andreas Seibert, Bertien van Manen, Stephan Vanfleteren
Africa Remix

Centre Pompidou, Paris (FR)
25 May 2005 – 8 Aug 2005

with Yto Barrada, Hicham Benohoud, Kotama Bouabane, Loulou Cherinet, Shady El Noshokaty, Ymane Fakhir, Samuel Fosso, David Goldblatt, Amal & Abd El Ghany Kenawy, Michèle Magema, Santu Mofokeng, Zwelethu Mthethwa …
Africa Remix

Hayward Gallery, London (GB)
10 Feb 2005 – 17 Apr 2005

with Yto Barrada, Hicham Benohoud, Zoulikha Bouabdellah, Loulou Cherinet, Shady El Noshokaty, Ymane Fakhir, Samuel Fosso, David Goldblatt, Amal & Abd El Ghany Kenawy, Michèle Magema, Santu Mofokeng, Zwelethu Mthethwa …
Storie della globalizzazione

Fabbrica Ex Calida, Chiasso (CH)
16 Oct 2004 – 22 Nov 2004

with Gianni Berengo Gardin, Werner Bischof, Ziyo Gafic, Rob Gnant, Philip Jones Griffiths, Lewis Hine, Uliano Lucas, Cristina Nunez, Stephan Vanfleteren
Africa Remix - Zeitgenössische Kunst

Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf (DE)
24 Jul 2004 – 7 Nov 2004

with Yto Barrada, Hicham Benohoud, Zoulikha Bouabdellah, Loulou Cherinet, Shady El Noshokaty, Ymane Fakhir, Samuel Fosso, David Goldblatt, Amal & Abd El Ghany Kenawy, Michèle Magema, Santu Mofokeng, Zwelethu Mthethwa …
Wiesbadener Fototage - Begegnung mit Afrika

Fotogalerie Lichtbild, Wiesbaden (DE)
11 Sep 2004 – 10 Oct 2004

with Thami Benkirane, Brigita Krause
Relating to Photography

Highlights aus privaten Frankfurter Fotorgafie-Sammlungen

Die Kommunale Galerie im Leinwandhaus, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
13 Aug 2004 – 26 Sep 2004

with Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Paul Almasy, Pierre Jean Amar, Ellen Auerbach, John Baldessari, Edouard Baldus, Max Baur, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Didier Ben Loulou
Relating to Photography

Highlights aus privaten Frankfurter Fotorgafie-Sammlungen

Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
13 Aug 2004 – 26 Sep 2004

with Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Paul Almasy, Pierre Jean Amar, Ellen Auerbach, John Baldessari, Edouard Baldus, Max Baur, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Lucie Beppler, Ruth Bernhard, Daniel Biskup …
Geschichten von der Globalisierung

Swiss Photo Award, Zürich (CH)
3 Sep 2004 – 19 Sep 2004

with Ziyo Gafic, Philip Jones Griffiths, Tim Hetherington, Thomas Kern, Shehzad Noorani, Cristina Nunez, Andreas Seibert, Bertien van Manen, Stephan Vanfleteren
Récits d'une mondialisation

Maison Communale de Plainpalais, Genève (CH)
13 Nov 2003 – 12 Dec 2003

with Ziyo Gafic, Philip Jones Griffiths, Tim Hetherington, Thomas Kern, Shehzad Noorani, Cristina Nunez, Andreas Seibert, Bertien van Manen, Stephan Vanfleteren
africa apart - afrikanische Künstler konfontieren Aids

nGbK Neue Gesellschaft, Berlin (DE)
14 Dec 2002 – 9 Feb 2003

with Fanie Jason, Le Groupe Amos, Sue Williamson

Events

The 61st International Art Exhibition

In Minor Keys

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
9 May 2026 – 22 Nov 2026

with Laurie Anderson, Kader Attia, Sammy Baloji, Eric Baudelaire, Beverly Buchanan, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Joy Episalla, Theo Eshetu, Ayrson Heraclito, Sohrab Hura, Alfredo Jaar, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige …
OFF//FOTO ZWISCHEN festival 2026

OFF//FOTO, Mannheim (DE)
24 Sep 2026 – 18 Oct 2026

with Katja Assfalg, Nora Bibel, Rui Camillo, Daniel Chatard, Elliott Erwitt, Abrie Fourie, Hahn + Hartung, Jana Islinger, Jeannette Petri, Sitara Rajh, Josefine Rauch, Maxim Schipko …
36th Bienal de São Paulo

Not All Travellers Walk Roads—Of Humanity as Practice

Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo (BR)
6 Sep 2025 – 11 Jan 2026

with Noor Abed, Leila Alaoui, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Kader Attia, Myriam Omar Awadi, Meriem Bennani, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Ernest Cole, Christopher Cozier, SONG Dong, Cevdet Erek, Theo Eshetu …
The Sharjah Biennial 16

to carry

Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah (AE)
6 Feb 2025 – 15 Jun 2025

with Monira Al Qadiri, Heman Chong, Liu Chuang, Stephanie Comilang, Monica de Miranda, Cecile B. Evans, Alia Farid, Noemie Goudal, Aziz Hazara, Sky Hopinka, Adelita Husni-Bey, Arthur Jafa …
Paris Photo 2024 - Artist Talks by The Eyes

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2024 – 10 Nov 2024

with Laia Abril, Helene A. Amouzou, Martina Bacigalupo, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Mike Brodie, Marina Caneve, Thadde Comar, Debi Cornwall, Maja Daniels, Lia Darjes, Cristina De Middel, Barbara Debeuckelaere …
Paris Photo 2024 - Aperture

PhotoBook Awards

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2024 – 10 Nov 2024

with Hady Barry, Taysir Batniji, Lia Darjes, Barbara Debeuckelaere, CAI Dongdong, Simone Engelen, Janick Entremont, Ismail Ferdous , Rosalind Fox Solomon, Toma Gerzha, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Abdulhamid Kircher …
Paris Photo 2024 - Booksignings

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2024 – 10 Nov 2024

with Laia Abril, Jun Ahn, Helene A. Amouzou, Israel Arino, Olivia Arthur, Jane Evelyn Atwood, Jessica Backhaus, Mate Bartha, Taysir Batniji, Kincső Bede, Peter Bialobrzeski, Patrick Biénert …
40 WORKS — 40 YEARS FFF

40 WERKE — 40 JAHRE FFF

Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
8 Nov 2024 – 9 Nov 2024

with Monica Alcazar-Duarte, Pavel Banka, David Bailey, Bruno Barbey, Peter Bialobrzeski, Ferhat Bouda, Elina Brotherus, Václav Chochola, Serge Clement, Torben Eskerod, Peter Fink, Abe Frajndlich …
8th Triennal of Photography Hamburg 2022

12 Exhibitions on "CURRENCY"

Triennale der Photographie Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
20 May 2022 – 1 Aug 2022

with Ziad Antar, Vartan Avakian, Viktoria Binschtok, Sara Cwynar, Oroma Elewa, Anne-Marie Filaire, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Christoph Irrgang, Alfredo Jaar, Arthur Jafa, Euridice Kala, Clifford Prince King …
düsseldorf photo+

Biennale for Visual and Sonic Media

Düsseldorf Photo+, Düsseldorf (DE)
13 May 2022 – 19 Jun 2022

with Javkhlan Ariunbold, Salma Baccar, Yto Barrada, Bill Beckley, Natascha Borowsky, Adam Broomberg, Gino Bühler, Astrid Busch, Talia Chetrit, Natalie Czech, HG Esch, Jonathan Forsythe …
BERLIN ART WEEK 2021

BERLIN ART WEEK, Berlin (DE)
15 Sep 2021 – 19 Sep 2021

with Sophia Al-Maria, Lotta Antonsson, Pauline Curnier Jardin, Louise Lawler, Basir Mahmood, Adam Page, Elske Rosenfeld, Katharina Sieverding, David Wojnarowicz, Su Yu-Hsin
RAY2021

Fourth international Triennial of Photographic Arts in Frankfurt/Rhine-Main

RAY Triennial of Photography, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
3 Jun 2021 – 12 Sep 2021

with Mate Bartha, Johanna Diehl, Yagazie Emezi, Ja'Tovia Gary, Eddo Hartmann, Paula Markert, Qiana Mestrich, Mohau Modisakeng, Yves Sambus, Adrian Sauer, Salvatore Vitale
FotoFest Biennial 2020

AFRICAN COSMOLOGIES—Photography, Time, and the Other

FotoFest, Houston (US)
7 Mar 2020 – 19 Apr 2020

with Faisal Abdu'allah, Helene A. Amouzou, Shobun Baile, Sammy Baloji, James Barnor, Bruno Boudjelal, Edson Chagas, Ernest Cole, Jamal Cyrus, Monica de Miranda, Jean Depara, Laura El-Tantawy …
The 12th African Biennale of Photography

Bamako Encounters - Streams of Consciousness

Maison Africaine Photo, Bamako (ML)
30 Nov 2019 – 31 Jan 2020

with Felicia Abban, Emmanuelle Andrianjafy, Jodi Bieber, Katia Bourdarel, Adji Dieye, Theaster Gates, Eric Gyamfi, Francoise Huguier, Adama Jalloh, Uchechukwa James Iroha, Liz Johnson Artur, Mouna Karray …
documenta 14 Kassel

documenta, Kassel (DE)
10 Jun 2017 – 13 Sep 2017

with Algirdas Seskus, Michel Auder, Sammy Baloji, Ross Birrell, Geta Bratescu, Nikhil Chopra, Moyra Davey, Hans Eijkelboom, Theo Eshetu, Peter Friedl, Regina Jose Galindo, Daniel Garcia Andujar …
documenta 14 Athens

Athens 8 Apr - 16 July / Kassel 10 June - 17 Sept

documenta, Athens (GR)
8 Apr 2017 – 16 Jul 2017

with Algirdas Seskus, Michel Auder, Sammy Baloji, Moyra Davey, Hans Eijkelboom, Theo Eshetu, Daniel Garcia Andujar, Amar Kanwar, Amar Kanwar, Bouchra Khalili, Naeem Mohaiemen, Rosalind Nashashibi …
Wiesbadener Fototage - Begegnung mit Afrika

Wiesbadener Fototage, Wiesbaden (DE)
11 Sep 2004 – 10 Oct 2004

with James Akena, Philip Kwame Apagya, Thami Benkirane, Susanne Epple, Susan Hefuna, Ryszard Kapuscinski, Holger Kirscht, Helga Kohl, Brigita Krause, Ursula Meissner, Sylvia Niedziella, Reinhard Potz …
Portfolio Viewing

CONSARC/GALLERIA, Chiasso (CH)

with Tim Hetherington, Cristina Nunez, Bertien van Manen
Being, Seeing, Wandering

with Muhammad Salah Abdulaziz

Berlinische Galerie, Berlin (DE)
Sea never dry

Einführung in die Arbeit des Fotografen: Peter Herrmann

Grassi-Museum, Dresden (DE)
Being, Seeing, Wandering

Mit Akinbode Akinbiyi und Katia Reich (Kuratorin der Ausstellung)

Berlinische Galerie, Berlin (DE)
He listens to the city

Hybride Veranstaltung vor Ort & via Zoom

station urbaner kulturen nGbK, Berlin (DE)

with Muhammad Salah