Dineo Seshee Bopape

*1981 / South Africa

Works

Solo exhibitions

(ka) pheko ye – the dream to come

migros museum, Zürich (CH)
8 Jun 2024 – 8 Sep 2024
(ka) pheko ye – the dream to come

Kiasma Museum, Helsinki (FI)
6 Oct 2023 – 25 Feb 2024
Dineo Seshee Bopape

Portikus, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
2 Dec 2023 – 18 Feb 2024
Born in the first light of the morning [moswara’marapo]

Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milano (IT)
6 Oct 2022 – 29 Jan 2023
The Soul Expanding Ocean #3

Chiesa di San Lorenzo, Venezia (IT)
9 Apr 2022 – 2 Oct 2022
Lerato le le golo (...la go hloka bo kantle)

Wiener Secession, Wien (AT)
4 Mar 2022 – 12 Jun 2022
Lerole: footnotes

(The struggle of memory against forgetting)

Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg (DE)
8 Nov 2018 – 19 Jan 2019
and- in. the light of this.

Darling Foundation, Montréal (CA)
9 Mar 2017 – 21 May 2017
UNTITLED (OF OCCULT INSTABILITY) [FEELINGS]

Palais de Tokyo, Paris (FR)
23 Jun 2016 – 11 Sep 2016
KGORO YA GO TŠWA: EVEN IF YOU FALL FROM A CIRCLE

Stevenson, Cape Town (ZA)
6 Jun 2013 – 20 Jul 2013
lešobana!! lešobana! lešobana!! (le bulegile)...

Stevenson, Johannesburg (ZA)
11 Aug 2011 – 15 Sep 2011
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Stevenson, Cape Town (ZA)
29 Jul 2010 – 4 Sep 2010
Dreamweaver

Stevenson, Cape Town (ZA)
15 May 2008 – 15 Jul 2008

Group

We, the People: 30 Years of Democracy in South Africa

Norval Foundation, Cape Town (ZA)
6 Dec 2024 – 23 Nov 2025

with Jane Alexander, Nicola Brandt, Candice Breitz, Steven Cohen, Abri De Swardt, Jabulani Dhlamini, Andrew Esiebo, David Goldblatt, Simon Gush, Pieter Hugo, Svea Josephy, Maurice Mbikayi …
Homage: Queer lineages on video

Columbia Uni - Wallach, New York (US)
27 Jun 2025 – 19 Oct 2025

with Tony Cokes, Carolyn Lazard, Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Fun Feminism

Museum Gegenwartskunst, Basel (CH)
24 Sep 2022 – 19 Mar 2023

with Monika Baer, Lynda Benglis, Dara Birnbaum, Ruth Buchanan, Pauline Curnier Jardin, Paz Errazuriz, Andrea Fraser, Ellen Gallagher, Guerrilla Girls, Lorraine O'Grady, Pauline Boudry & Renate Lorenz , Pipilotti Rist …
Magical Soup

Medienkunstwerke aus der Sammlung der Nationalgalerie, der Friedrich Christian Flick Collection und Leihgaben

Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (DE)
29 Apr 2020 – 18 Apr 2021

with Nevin Aladag, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Trisha Baga, Stan Douglas, Cyprien Gaillard, Jochen Gerz, Douglas Gordon, Rodney Graham, Anne Imhof, Nam June Paik, Charlemagne Palestine, Ulrike Rosenbach …
Soft Power

SF Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco (US)
26 Oct 2019 – 17 Feb 2020

with Haig Aivazian, Marwa Arsanios, Nairy Baghramian, Nikhil Chopra, Minerva Cuevas, Cevdet Erek, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Hassan Khan, Tanya Lukin Linklater, Cinthia Marcelle, Dave McKenzie, Carlos Motta …
The Stronger We Become

+ Mawande Ka Zenzile

Venice Biennale - ZA, Venezia (IT)
11 May 2019 – 24 Nov 2019

with Tracey Rose
Sharjah Biennial 13 Act I

Tamawuj

Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah (AE)
10 Mar 2017 – 12 Jun 2017

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Abbas Akhavan, Kader Attia, Ismail Bahri, Yto Barrada, Abdelkader Benchamma, Ursula Biemann, Mariana Castillo Deball, Jonathas de Andrade, Koo Donghee, Inci Eviner, Harun Farocki …
32nd Bienal de São Paulo - Incerteza Viva

LIVE UNCERTAINTY

Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo (BR)
10 Sep 2016 – 11 Dec 2016

with Gabriel Abrantes, Francis Alys, Maria Thereza Alves, Rosa Barba, Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca, Jordan Belson, José Bento, Ursula Biemann, Mariana Castillo Deball, Carolina Caycedo, Jonathas de Andrade, Jeremy Deller …
12th Biennale de Lyon

Meanwhile... Suddenly, And Then

Biennale de Lyon , Lyon (FR)
12 Sep 2013 – 5 Jan 2014

with Ed Atkins, Trisha Baga, Matthew Barney, Neil Beloufa, Antoine Catala, Xavier Cha, Paul Chan, Jonathas de Andrade, Aleksandra Domanovic, Roe Ethridge, Gabríela Fridriksdóttir, YANG Fudong …
My Joburg

Kunstszene Johannesburg

Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau, Dresden (DE)
26 Oct 2013 – 5 Jan 2014

with Jane Alexander, Jodi Bieber, Willem Boshoff, Candice Breitz, Kudzanai Chiurai, Steven Cohen, David Goldblatt, Nicholas Hlobo, Stephen Hobbs, William Kentridge, Donna Kukama, Moshekwa Langa …
My Joburg

La Maison Rouge, Paris (FR)
20 Jun 2013 – 22 Sep 2013

with Jane Alexander, Jodi Bieber, Willem Boshoff, Candice Breitz, Kudzanai Chiurai, Steven Cohen, David Goldblatt, Simon Gush, Nicholas Hlobo, Stephen Hobbs, William Kentridge, Donna Kukama …
what we talk about when we talk about love

Stevenson, Cape Town (ZA)
1 Dec 2011 – 15 Jan 2012

with Francis Alys, Simon Gush, Pieter Hugo, Zanele Muholi, Viviane Sassen
Mine

Filme und Videos südafrikanischer Künstler/innen

IWALEWA-Haus , Bayreuth (DE)
10 Feb 2011 – 22 Mar 2011

with Bridget Baker, Doris Bloom, Simon Gush, William Kentridge, Donna Kukama, Nandipha Mntambo, Zanele Muholi, Cedric Nunn, Robin Rhode, Berni Searle, Penny Siopis, Gregg Smith …
Dineo Bopape, Marlene Dumas, Zanele Muholi

Museum Arnhem, Arnhem (NL)
19 Dec 2010 – 13 Mar 2011

with Zanele Muholi
Ampersand

Mercedes-Benz Museum, Berlin (DE)
11 Jun 2010 – 10 Oct 2010

with Abrie Fourie, Michael MacGarry, Marcellvs L., Nandipha Mntambo, Patrick Fabian Panetta, Robin Rhode, Athi-Patra Ruga, Lasse Schmidt Hansen, Lerato Shadie, Mikhael Subotzky, Nontsikelelo "Lolo" Veleko

Events

6th Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025/26

For The Time Being

Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kochi (IN)
12 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026

with Marina Abramovic, Hicham Berrada, Monica de Miranda, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Hiwa K, Jompet Kuswidananto, Ibrahim Mahama, Cinthia Marcelle, Naeem Mohaiemen, Sandra Mujinga, Huma Mulji, Otobong Nkanga …
Toronto Biennial of Art 2024

Precarious Joys

Toronto Biennial of Art, Toronto (CA)
21 Sep 2024 – 1 Dec 2024

with Sonia Boyce, Sandra Brewster, Gaëlle Choisne, Nicholas Galanin, Abraham Onoriode Oghobase
ZURICH ART WEEKEND 2024

ZURICH ART WEEKEND, Zürich (CH)
7 Jun 2024 – 9 Jun 2024

with David Armstrong, Slawomir Elsner, Ryan Gander, Dora Garcia, Susan Hefuna, Gregor Hildebrandt, Sherrie Levine, Mai-Thu Perret, Pamela Rosenkranz, Comenius Röthlisberger
Manifesta 14 Prishtina

Manifesta 14, Prishtine (Kosovo)
22 Jul 2022 – 30 Oct 2022

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Larry Achiampong, Lee Bul, Daniel Gustav Cramer, Cevdet Erek, Roni Horn, Majlinda Hoxha, Astrit Ismaili, Emily Jacir, Jelena Juresa, Sejla Kameric, Katalin Ladik …
23rd Biennale of Sydney

rīvus

Biennale of Sydney, Sydney (AU)
12 Mar 2022 – 13 Jun 2022

with Will Benedict, ZHENG Bo, Clemencia Echeverri, Eva L’Hoest , Mike Parr, Caio Reisewitz, Barthelemy Toguo
The 10th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art

We don't need another hero / Mediation / (Ver-)Mittlung

Berlin Biennale, Berlin (DE)
9 Jun 2018 – 9 Sep 2018

with Heba Y. Amin, Agnieszka Brzezanska, Mimi Cherono Ng Ok, Tony Cokes, Sara Haq, Liz Johnson Artur, Grada Kilomba, Basir Mahmood, Cinthia Marcelle, Ana Mendieta, Sondra Perry, Mario Pfeifer …
LA BIENNALE DE MONTRÉAL 2016

The Grand Balcony

La Biennale de Montréal, Montréal (CA)
19 Oct 2016 – 15 Jan 2017

with Haig Aivazian, Knut Asdam, Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, Eric Baudelaire, Thomas Bayrle, Michael Blum, Shannon Bool, Chris Curreri, Moyra Davey, Em'Kal Eyongakpa, Geoffrey Farmer, Isa Genzken …
(ka) pheko ye – the dream to come

migros museum, Zürich (CH)