Angéle Etoundi Essamba

♀ *1962 / Cameroon

Works

Solo exhibitions

Prelude, Veils, and Unveiling

Les Rencontres de la Phogographie | Marrakech 2024

Les Rencontres de la photographie, Marrakech (MA)
23 Oct 2024 – 30 Nov 2024
Determined women

Museo Trastevere, Roma (IT)
17 May 2024 – 6 Oct 2024
Töchter des Lebens. Daughters of Life.

Museum Fünf Kontinente, München (DE)
23 Mar 2018 – 1 Jul 2018
Lugares-Señas de mis cuerpos

ANNTA Gallery, Madrid (ES)
5 Jun 2008 – 12 Jul 2008
RAW - Portraits and impressions in black and white

Melkweg Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
1 Jun 2006 – 2 Jul 2006
Black Myopia (Cameroun)

BRANDTS, Odense (DK)
12 Jun 2004 – 29 Aug 2004

Group

What They Saw

Historical Photobooks by Women, 1843–1999

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (US)
8 Apr 2025 – 11 May 2025

with Berenice Abbott, Lola Alvarez Bravo, Emmy Andriesse, Diane Arbus, Eve Arnold, Anna Atkins, Tina Barney, Martine Barrat, Ruth Bernhard, Eva Besnyoe, Aenne Biermann, Margaret Bourke-White …
What They Saw

Historical Photobooks by Women, 1843-1999

MNCARS - Museo REINA SOFIA, Madrid (ES)
23 Feb 2024 – 7 Jun 2024

with Lola Alvarez Bravo, Diane Arbus, Margaret Bourke-White, Carla Cerati, Cristina Garcia Rodero, Wang Hsin, Germaine Krull
how dare you make me feel this way

Museum Arnhem, Arnhem (NL)
17 Dec 2022 – 14 May 2023

with Diana Blok, Leo Xander Foo, Risk Hazekamp, Zanele Muholi
The Times of the Chimera

Liceo Artistico Statale Michelangelo Guggenheim and Palazzo Ca’ Bernardo

Venice Biennale - CAM, Venezia (IT)
23 Apr 2022 – 27 Nov 2022

with Joachim Hildebrand, Julio Le Parc, Marina Nunez, Miguel Soler-Roig
emPReINTes

Gallery Carole Kvasnevski, Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2021 – 16 Dec 2021

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Die Sammlung Herrmann

Jüngste fotografische Erwerbungen

Stiftung Reinbeckhallen, Berlin (DE)
25 Sep 2021 – 17 Oct 2021

with Sibylle Bergemann, Christian Borchert, Ulrich Burchert, Arno Fischer, Jürgen Graetz, Harald Hauswald, Max Jacoby, Karol Kállay, Loretta Lux, Will McBride, Uwe Steinberg, Zdenek Tmej …
What we have overlooked

A COLLECTION PRESENTATION OF MUSEUM ARNHEM

Framer Framed, Amsterdam (NL)
1 Jul 2016 – 21 Aug 2016

with Lida Abdul, Oezlem Altin, Melanie Bonajo, Regina Jose Galindo, Roshini Kempadoo, Zanele Muholi, Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, Kara Walker
Africa: See You, See Me

Associazione Culturale Officine Fotograf, Roma (IT)
4 May 2011 – 4 Jun 2011

with Marco Ambrosi, Luís Basto, Matteo Danesin, Delphine Diallo, Andrew Dosunmu, Anirban Dutta Gupta, Andrew Esiebo, Inês Gonçalves, Maimouna Guerresi , Hassan Hajjaj, Lyle Ashton Harris, Majida Khattari …
AFRICA: SEE YOU, SEE ME

FSMGallery Fondazione Studio Marangoni, Firenze (IT)
18 Feb 2011 – 22 Apr 2011

with Marco Ambrosi, Matteo Danesin, Delphine Diallo, Andrew Dosunmu, Anirban Dutta Gupta, Inês Gonçalves, Maimouna Guerresi , Hassan Hajjaj, Lyle Ashton Harris, Majida Khattari, Stanley Lumax, Zanele Muholi …
Lagos Photo 2010

African Artists' Foundation, Lagos (NG)
9 Oct 2010 – 13 Oct 2010

with Akintunde Akinleye, Lard Buurman, Edgar Cleijne, Andrew Esiebo, Juul Hondius, George Osodi, Viviane Sassen, Anoek Steketee, Andrea Stultiens, Kadir van Lohuizen, Henk Wildschut, Hans Wilschut
8th Bamako Encounters, Biennial of African Photography- Borders

Maison Africaine Photo, Bamako (ML)
7 Nov 2009 – 7 Dec 2009

with Myriam Abdelaziz, Doa Aly, Kader Attia, Ismail Bahri, Abdoulaye Barry, Jack Beng-Thi, Lilia Benzid, Berry Bickle, Jodi Bieber, Ursula Biemann, Bruno Boudjelal, Mohamed Bourouissa …
BLACK - Körper & Portraits

in focus Galerie, Köln (DE)
30 Apr 2006 – 25 Jun 2006

with Heinz Thomi
Traces

Museum Arnhem, Arnhem (NL)
1 Sep 2005 – 23 Oct 2005

with Wijnanda Deroo, Andrea Fisher, Lidwien van de Ven, Barbara Visser

Events

photo basel 2025

switzerland's first international art fair dedicated to photography

photo basel, Basel (CH)
16 Jun 2025 – 22 Jun 2025

with Will Adler, Albarran Cabrera, Sarfo Emmanuel Annor, Mark Arbeit, Roger Ballen, Oľga Bleyová, Rownak Bose, Edward Burtynsky, Gilles Caron, Guillaume Chamahian, Jeffrey Conley, Carlie Consemulder …
1:54 NY Contemporary African Art Fair

1:54 African Art Fair, New York (US)
9 May 2025 – 11 May 2025

with James Barnor, Sara Benabdallah, Girma Berta, Samuel Fosso, Mohau Modisakeng, Hazel Mphande, Zanele Muholi, Thandiwe Muriu, Sanlé Sory, Clint Strydom
Les Rencontres de la Photographie | Marrakech 2024

Les Rencontres de la photographie, Marrakech (MA)
23 Oct 2024 – 30 Nov 2024

with Amira Al-Sharif, Louise Amelie, Dhafer Ben Ayed, Francoise Beauguion, Madeleine Brunnmeier, Maciej Dakowicz, Julia Gat, Toma Gerzha, Anne Laure Guéret, Chris Harrison, Wlasta Laura, Rania Matar …
photo basel 2024

photo basel, Basel (CH)
11 Jun 2023 – 16 Jun 2023

with Annelies Strba, Juan Carlos Alom, Chantal Elisabeth Ariëns, Ingo Arndt, Roger Ballen, Raed Bawayah, Stefania Beretta, Dimitri Bogachuk, Edouard Boubat, Sonja Braas, Elina Brotherus, Balthasar Burkhard …
1:54 NY Contemporary African Art Fair

1:54 African Art Fair, New York (US)
18 May 2023 – 21 May 2023

with Djeneba Aduayom, Delali Ayivi, Alun Be, Saidou Dicko, Mous Lamrabat, Malick Welli
Art Paris 2023

ART PARIS, Paris (FR)
30 Mar 2023 – 2 Apr 2023

with Albarran Cabrera, Valerie Belin, LIU Bolin, Anais Boudot, Rodrigo Braga, Guillaume Bresson, Thibault Brunet, Coco Capitan, Paz Corona, Renato D'Agostin, David De Beyter, Guénaëlle de Carbonnières …
Scope Miami Beach 2022

Scope Art Show, Miami (US)
29 Nov 2022 – 4 Dec 2022

with Joshua Jensen-Nagle, Shai Kremer, Osborne Macharia, Melana Mazza, Thandiwe Muriu, Derrick Ofosu Boateng, Cecilia Paredes, Carlos & Jason Sanchez, Jonathan Smith, Alexa Torre, Tom Vack, Dean West
AKAA - Also known as Africa

AKAA , Paris (FR)
20 Oct 2022 – 23 Oct 2022

with José Chambel, Saidou Dicko, Justin Dingwall, Toyin Loye, Gosette Lubondo, Thandiwe Muriu, Derrick Ofosu Boateng, Alexis Peskine, Ricardo Rangel, Benji Reid, Aurélie Jocelyne Tiffy
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair

Art Africa Ltd, London (GB)
13 Oct 2022 – 16 Oct 2022

with Atong Atem, Prince Gyasi, Zanele Muholi, Bernice Mulenga
KunstRAI 2022

KunstRAI Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL)
13 Apr 2022 – 18 Apr 2022

with Albarran Cabrera, Alia Ali, Katerina Belkina, Tom Blachford, Saskia Boelsums, Barry Kornbluh, Marc Lagrange, Sara Punt, Schilte & Portielje, Marie Cecile Thijs, Justine Tjallinks, Lars van den Brink …
AKAA - Also known as Africa

AKAA , Paris (FR)
12 Nov 2021 – 14 Nov 2021

with James Barnor, José Chambel, Tatenda Chidora, Imraan Christian, Giana De Dier, Delphine Diallo, Saidou Dicko, Justin Dingwall, Prince Gyasi, Keyezua, Toyin Loye, Gosette Lubondo …
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair

Art Africa Ltd, London (GB)
14 Oct 2021 – 17 Oct 2021

with Kelani Abass, Djeneba Aduayom, Malala Andrialavidrazana, James Barnor, Alun Be, Joana Choumali, Mounir Fatmi, Romuald Hazoumé, Osborne Macharia, Mario Macilau, Zanele Muholi, Nana Yaw Oduro …
KunstRAI 2021

KunstRAI Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL)
8 Sep 2021 – 12 Sep 2021

with Albarran Cabrera, Alia Ali, Katerina Belkina, David Burdeny, Pieter Henket, Joep Hijwegen, Erik Kessels, Barry Kornbluh, Marc Lagrange, Bas Meeuws, Kevin Osepa, Eddy Posthuma de Boer …
Photography from the 19th - 21st Century

Bassenge Fotoauktionen, Berlin (DE)
7 Jun 2021 – 15 Jun 2021

with Carl Albiker, Henri Bechard, Dimitry Baltermants, Max Baur, Felice Beato, Boris Becker, Francis Bedford, Sibylle Bergemann, Karl Blossfeldt, Felix Bonfils, Brassai, Rene Burri …