Awol Erizku

*1988 / Ethiopia

Works

Solo exhibitions

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SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah (US)
26 Feb 2024 – 5 Aug 2024
Cosmic Drill

Ben Brown Fine Arts, London (GB)
27 Jan 2023 – 6 Apr 2023
Memories of a Lost Sphinx

Gagosian Gallery, New York (US)
10 Mar 2022 – 26 Apr 2022
New Flower | Images of the Reclining Venus

Flag Art Foundation, New York (US)
17 Sep 2015 – 12 Dec 2015
The Only Way Is Up

Hasted Kraeutler, New York (US)
19 Jun 2014 – 15 Aug 2014
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Hasted Kraeutler, New York (US)
14 Jun 2012 – 20 Jul 2012

Group

Aperture Loves New York

Aperture, New York (US)
18 Sep 2026 – 1 Nov 2026

with Diane Arbus, Tina Barney, Dawoud Bey, Ernest Cole, Sara Cwynar, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Nan Goldin, Ethan James Green, Justine Kurland, Gillian Laub, Deana Lawson …
Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st-Century Art and Poetics

LACMA Museum, Los Angeles (US)
15 Dec 2024 – 27 Jul 2025

with Edgar Arceneaux, Josué Azor, Sanford Biggers, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Mark Bradford, Widline Cadet, Deana Lawson, Ibrahim Mahama, Wangechi Mutu, Chelsea Odufu, Zohra Opoku, Susana Pilar Delahante Matienzo …
REMIX: Recent Acquisitions of Photographs

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (US)
5 Dec 2023 – 3 Mar 2024

with David Alekhuogie, John Edmonds, Todd Gray, Sky Hopinka, Lorna Simpson, Mickalene Thomas
Personal Space: On Photography and Being

Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach (US)
2 Dec 2023 – 18 Feb 2024

with Valerie Belin, Francie Bishop Good, Larry Clark, Donna Ferrato, Eric Fischl, Sarah Jones, Annie Leibovitz, Naomi Leshem, Ryan McGinley, Jack Pierson
The New Black Vanguard

Photography between Art and Fashion, Sarasota Art Museum

Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota (US)
27 May 2023 – 17 Sep 2023

with Campbell Addy, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Micaiah Carter, Nadine Ijewere, Quil Lemons, Namsa Leuba, Renell Medrano, Tyler Mitchell, Jamal Nxedlana, Daniel Obasi, Ruth Ossai, Adrienne Raquel …
The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion

Mus African Diaspora, San Francisco (US)
5 Oct 2022 – 5 Mar 2023

with Campbell Addy, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Micaiah Carter, Nadine Ijewere, Quil Lemons, Namsa Leuba, Renell Medrano, Tyler Mitchell, Jamal Nxedlana, Daniel Obasi, Ruth Ossai, Adrienne Raquel …
The New Black Vanguard

Photography between Art and Fashion

Saatchi Gallery, London (GB)
28 Oct 2022 – 22 Jan 2023

with Campbell Addy, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Micaiah Carter, Nadine Ijewere, Quil Lemons, Namsa Leuba, Renell Medrano, Tyler Mitchell, Jamal Nxedlana, Daniel Obasi, Ruth Ossai, Adrienne Raquel …
A Time of Gifts

Six Years of Photographs Given to the Collection, 2016-2022

Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara (US)
16 Oct 2022 – 15 Jan 2023

with Robert Adams, Diane Arbus, Margaret Bourke-White, Kwame Brathwaite, Flor Garduno, Janna Ireland, Aaron Siskind, Hiroshi Sugimoto
The New Black Vanguard

Photography between Art and Fashion

Fotografiska Museum, Stockholm (SE)
20 May 2022 – 2 Oct 2022

with Campbell Addy, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Micaiah Carter, Nadine Ijewere, Quil Lemons, Namsa Leuba, Renell Medrano, Tyler Mitchell, Jamal Nxedlana, Daniel Obasi, Ruth Ossai, Adrienne Raquel …
The New Black Vanguard

Photography between Art and Fashion

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland (US)
8 May 2022 – 11 Sep 2022

with Campbell Addy, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Micaiah Carter, Nadine Ijewere, Liz Johnson Artur, Quil Lemons, Namsa Leuba, Renell Medrano, Tyler Mitchell, Jamal Nxedlana, Daniel Obasi, Ruth Ossai …
The New Black Vanguard

Photography Between Art and Fashion

Musée des beaux-arts, Le Locle (CH)
5 Feb 2022 – 24 Apr 2022

with Campbell Addy, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Micaiah Carter, Nadine Ijewere, Liz Johnson Artur, Quil Lemons, Namsa Leuba, Renell Medrano, Tyler Mitchell, Jamal Nxedlana, Daniel Obasi, Ruth Ossai …
The New Black Vanguard

Photography between Art and Fashion

Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit (US)
17 Dec 2021 – 17 Apr 2022

with Campbell Addy, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Micaiah Carter, Nadine Ijewere, Quil Lemons, Namsa Leuba, Tyler Mitchell, Jamal Nxedlana, Daniel Obasi, Ruth Ossai, Adrienne Raquel , Dana Scruggs …
The New Black Vanguard

Photography Between Art and Fashion, Curated by Antwaun Sargent

Aperture, New York (US)
24 Oct 2019 – 18 Jan 2020

with Campbell Addy, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Micaiah Carter, Nadine Ijewere, Quil Lemons, Namsa Leuba, Renell Medrano, Tyler Mitchell, Jamal Nxedlana, Daniel Obasi, Ruth Ossai, Adrienne Raquel …
Roesler Hotel #28: Screenspace

Curated by Vik Muniz, Lucas Blalock, and Barney Kulok

Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo (BR)
10 Apr 2018 – 30 May 2018

with Leah Beeferman, Lucas Blalock, Sara Cwynar, Daniel Gordon, Leslie Hewitt, Whitney Hubbs, Barney Kulok, Deana Lawson, Vik Muniz, Paul Mpagi Sepuya
SELECTED

Sean Kelly Gallery, New York (US)
23 Jun 2017 – 28 Jul 2017

with Marina Abramovic, Bernd & Hilla Becher, James Casebere, Douglas Gordon, Antony Gormley, Laurent Grasso, David Hammons, Tehching Hsieh, Marine Hugonnier, Idris Khan, Joseph Kosuth, Peter Liversidge …

Events

EXPO CHICAGO 2026

EXPO CHICAGO, Chicago (US)
9 Apr 2026 – 12 Apr 2026

with Dawoud Bey, Cass Bird, Edward Burtynsky, Julien Creuzet, Jose Davila, Jimmy Desana, Elliott Erwitt, Gail Albert Halaban, Karen Knorr, Laura Letinsky, Jova Lynne, Michail Michailov …
SHOW LA

A new photography fair

SHOW LA, Los Angeles (US)
26 Feb 2026 – 1 Mar 2026

with Abbas, Robert Adams, David Alekhuogie, Joshua Amirthasingh, Ian Bates, Alice Boughton, Jo Ann Callis, Koral Carballo, Alejandro Cartagena, Tracy Chandler, Bob Carlos Clarke, Jeffrey Conley …
Art Basel Miami Beach 2025

Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami (US)
5 Dec 2025 – 7 Dec 2025

with Manuel Alvarez Bravo, John Baldessari, Tina Barney, Valerie Belin, Wallace Berman, Karen Paulina Biswell, Sebastiaan Bremer, Maurizio Cattelan, Julien Creuzet, Gregory Crewdson, Sissi Farassat, YANG Fudong …
miart 2025

Fiera Milano International , Milano (IT)
4 Apr 2025 – 6 Apr 2025

with Francis Alys, Francesco Arena, Yael Bartana, Hernan Bas, Marc Bauer, Sadie Benning, Monica Bonvicini, Florence di Benedetto, Leila Erdman-Tabukashvili, Simone Fattal, Mario Giacomelli, Candida Hoefer …
Frieze London 2024

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
9 Oct 2024 – 13 Oct 2024

with Ignasi Aballi, Bani Abidi, Marina Abramovic, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Francis Alys, Ghada Amer, Tina Barney, Anna Barriball, Vanessa Beecroft, Inaki Bonillas, Julian Charriere, Isaac Chong Wai …
The Armory Show 2024

The Armory Show, Inc., New York (US)
5 Sep 2024 – 8 Sep 2024

with Eugenio Ampudia, Diane Arbus, Sadie Barnette, Tina Barney, Lillian Bassman, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Valerie Belin, Polly Borland, Margaret Bourke-White, Jyll Bradley, Sebastiaan Bremer, Harry Callahan …
The Armory Show 2022

The Armory Show, Inc., New York (US)
9 Sep 2022 – 11 Sep 2022

with Marina Abramovic, AES+F, Doug Aitken, David Alekhuogie, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Ljubodrag Andric, Roger Ballen, Valerie Belin, Cecilia Bengolea, Viktoria Binschtok, Matt Black, Sebastiaan Bremer …
Art Basel in Hong Kong 2022

Art Basel HongKong, Hong Kong (CN)
27 May 2022 – 29 May 2022

with Leonor Antunes, Yoan Capote, Stan Douglas, Candida Hoefer, Soun-gui Kim, Marilyn Minter, Vik Muniz, Catherine Opie, Osang Gwon, Nam June Paik, Lam Tung Pang, JIANG Pengyi …
7th Athens Biennale: ECLIPSE

ATHENS BIENNALE, Athens (GR)
24 Sep 2021 – 28 Nov 2021

with Josefin Arnell, Simon Denny, Christoph Draeger, Samson Kambalu, Steve McQueen, Ana Mendieta, Zanele Muholi, Ebony G. Patterson, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Hank Willis Thomas, WU Tsang
Frieze London 2021

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
13 Oct 2021 – 17 Oct 2021

with Darren Almond, Ghada Amer, William Eggleston, Nilbar Gueres, Gauri Gill, David Goldblatt, Andy Goldsworthy, Dor Guez, Candida Hoefer, Mona Hatoum, Nicholas Hlobo, Alfredo Jaar …
Rencontres d'Arles 2021

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
4 Jul 2021 – 26 Sep 2021

with Campbell Addy, Bas Jan Ader, Farah Al Qasimi, Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili, Laurie Anderson, Jean-Michel André, Emmanuelle Andrianjafy, Kenneth Anger, Maria José Arjona, Knut Asdam, Ananké Asseff, Richard Avedon …
EXPO CHICAGO 2018

EXPO CHICAGO, Chicago (US)
27 Sep 2018 – 30 Sep 2018

with Ljubodrag Andric, Thomas Bangsted, Romare Bearden, Valerie Belin, Dawoud Bey, LIU Bolin, Boomoon, Jo Bradford, Nick Brandt, Matthew Brandt, Brassai, Sebastiaan Bremer …
The Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival 2018

CONTACT Festival, Toronto (CA)
1 May 2018 – 31 May 2018

with Matilda Aslizadeh, Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca, Christina Battle, Erwin Blumenfeld, Dana Claxton, Barbara Cole, Max Dean, John Edmonds, Rainer Ganahl, Angela Grauerholz, Sunil Gupta, Felicity Hammond …