Edson Chagas

♂ Angola

Works

Solo exhibitions

Tipo Passe

Cairo Contemporary Budapest, Budapest (HU)
4 Dec 2024 – 5 Jan 2025
Factory of Disposable Feelings

Stevenson, Cape Town (ZA)
4 Jul 2019 – 10 Aug 2019
Found Not Taken

Kunst Haus Wien, Wien (AT)
14 Jul 2016 – 30 Oct 2016
Found Not Taken / Tipo Passe

Stevenson, Johannesburg (ZA)
11 Nov 2014 – 6 Feb 2015
Found Not Taken

Belfast Exposed Photography, Belfast (GB)
5 Jun 2014 – 3 Aug 2014

Group

A World in Common

Contemporary African Photography

C/O Berlin, Berlin (DE)
1 Feb 2025 – 7 May 2025

with Kelani Abass, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Atong Atem, Kudzanai Chiurai, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Maimouna Guerresi , Hassan Hajjaj, Delio Jasse, Samson Kambalu, Kiripi Katembo, Lebohang Kganye, Mario Macilau …
Latent Landscapes

Stevenson, Amsterdam (NL)
18 Sep 2024 – 25 Oct 2024

with Bruno Boudjelal, Pieter Hugo, Moshekwa Langa, Lisa Oppenheim, Jo Ractliffe, Robin Rhode, Viviane Sassen, Guy Tillim
A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography

A celebration of the varied landscape of contemporary African photography today

Tate Modern, London (GB)
6 Jul 2023 – 14 Jan 2024

with Kelani Abass, Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Atong Atem, Sammy Baloji, James Barnor, Kudzanai Chiurai, Kudzanai Chiurai, Cristina De Middel, Andrew Esiebo, Em'Kal Eyongakpa, Rotimi Fani-Kayode …
Trace - Formations of Likeness

Photography and Video from The Walther Collection

Haus der Kunst, München (DE)
14 Apr 2023 – 23 Jul 2023

with Richard Avedon, Martina Bacigalupo, Yto Barrada, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Jodi Bieber, Karl Blossfeldt, SONG Dong, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Samuel Fosso, YANG Fudong, David Goldblatt, ZHANG Huan …
African Cosmologies: Redux

FotoFest Biennial 2022

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

with Faisal Abdu'allah, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Helene A. Amouzou, Sammy Baloji, James Barnor, Bruno Boudjelal, Ernest Cole, Jamal Cyrus, Monica de Miranda, Jean Depara, Laura El-Tantawy, Rotimi Fani-Kayode …
Shifting Dialogues

Photography from The Walther Collection

K21 Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf (DE)
9 Apr 2022 – 25 Sep 2022

with Martina Bacigalupo, Sammy Baloji, Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé, Yto Barrada, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Jodi Bieber, Mimi Cherono Ng Ok, Kudzanai Chiurai, Alfred Martin Duggan-Cronin, Theo Eshetu, Em'Kal Eyongakpa, 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 Akinbode Akinbiyi, Claudia Andujar, Ziad Antar, Vartan Avakian, Ragnar Axelsson, Oroma Elewa, rana elnemr, Anne-Marie Filaire, Lyle Ashton Harris, Leslie Hewitt, Alfredo Jaar, Lebohang Kganye …
MASKE

Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau (CH)
1 Sep 2019 – 5 Jan 2020

with Kader Attia, Helene Delprat, Cecilia Edefalk, Theaster Gates, Douglas Gordon, Aneta Grzeszykowska, Cameron Jamie, Christian Marclay, Elodie Pong, Ugo Rondinone, Markus Schinwald, Cindy Sherman …
Sixth Nature

The Ci.CLO Bienal Fotografia do Porto 2019

Centro Português de , Porto (PT)
16 May 2019 – 30 Jun 2019

with Lien Botha
Recent Histories

Zeitgenössische afrikanische Fotografie und Videokunst

The Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm (DE)
7 May 2017 – 19 Nov 2017

with Mimi Cherono Ng Ok, Andrew Esiebo, Em'Kal Eyongakpa, Francois-Xavier Gbre, Simon Gush, Delio Jasse, Lebohang Kganye, Sabelo Mlangeni, Mame-Diarra Niang, Dawit Petros, Zina Saro-Wiwa, Thabiso Sekgala …
Ocean of Images: New Photography 2015

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
7 Nov 2015 – 20 Mar 2016

with Indre Serpytyte, Ilit Azoulay, Zbynek Baladran, Lucas Blalock, Natalie Czech, DIS, Katharina Gaenssler, David Hartt, Mishka Henner, David Horvitz, John Houck, Yuki Kimura …
The Lay of the Land

New Photography from Africa

The Walther Collection, New York (US)
10 Sep 2015 – 16 Jan 2016

with Francois-Xavier Gbre, Mame-Diarra Niang
SCHEMA

Stevenson, Cape Town (ZA)
26 Nov 2015 – 16 Jan 2016

with Zander Blom, Samson Kambalu, Robin Rhode, Viviane Sassen, Guy Tillim
NOVO BANCO Photo 2015

Museum CCB, Lisboa (PT)
17 Jun 2015 – 11 Oct 2015

with Angela Mendes Ferreira, Ayrson Heraclito
The Divine Comedy

Heaven, Purgatory and Hell Revisited by Contemporary African Artists

SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah (US)
16 Oct 2014 – 25 Jan 2015

with Jane Alexander, Ghada Amer, Joel Andrianomearisoa, Kader Attia, Zoulikha Bouabdellah, Mohamed Bourouissa, Kudzanai Chiurai, Dimitri Fagbohoun, Jellel Gasteli, Frances Goodman, Nicholas Hlobo, Mouna Karray …
CHROMA

Stevenson, Cape Town (ZA)
27 Nov 2014 – 10 Jan 2015

with Bruno Boudjelal, Simon Gush, Nicholas Hlobo, Pieter Hugo, Derek Jarman, Samson Kambalu, Moshekwa Langa, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group), Viviane Sassen, Berni Searle
Lagos Photo Festival 2014

Staging Reality, Documenting Fiction

LagosPhoto Foundation, Lagos (NG)
25 Oct 2014 – 26 Nov 2014

with Laurence Aegerter, Ade Adekola, Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, Jenevieve Aken, Seun Akisanmi, Aisha Augie-Kuta, Eefje Blankevoort, Ricardo Cases, Kudzanai Chiurai, Joana Choumali, Angelica Dass, Cristina De Middel …

Events

DongGang International Photo Festival 2026

Horizontal Dialogue: Between Us

DongGang Museum of Photography, Yeongwol (KR)
17 Jul 2026 – 11 Oct 2026

with Samuel Fosso, David Goldblatt, Pieter Hugo, Anna Lim, Santu Mofokeng, Jo Ractliffe, Sanlé Sory, Paul Weinberg
Paris Photo 2025 - Group show

Stevenson, Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025

with Pieter Hugo, Mame-Diarra Niang, Frida Orupabo, Viviane Sassen, Guy Tillim, Thato Toeba
EMOP Berlin - European Month of Photography 2025

EMOP Berlin, Berlin (DE)
1 Mar 2025 – 31 Mar 2025

with Kelani Abass, Lena-Lotte Agger, Susanne Ahner, Anna Aicher, Kathleen Alisch, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Atong Atem, Ilit Azoulay, Yevgenia Belorusets, Cana Bilir-Meier, Benedikt Burger, Cihan Cakmak …
Paris Photo 2024 - Group show

Booth

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

with Bruno Boudjelal, Pieter Hugo, Mame-Diarra Niang, Frida Orupabo, Jo Ractliffe, Viviane Sassen, Guy Tillim, Thato Toeba
Images Vevey 2024

(DIS)CONNECTED Entre passé et futur

Images Vevey, Vevey (CH)
7 Sep 2024 – 29 Sep 2024

with Sébastien Agnetti, Farah Al Qasimi, Lisa Barnard, Beni Bischof, Madison Bycroft, Sarah Carp, Oliver Frank Chanarin, Alexey Chernikov, Maisie Cousins, Debsuddha, Tony Dočekal, Ben Freeman …
FotoFest Biennial 2020

AFRICAN COSMOLOGIES—Photography, Time, and the Other

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

with Faisal Abdu'allah, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Helene A. Amouzou, Shobun Baile, Sammy Baloji, James Barnor, Bruno Boudjelal, Ernest Cole, Jamal Cyrus, Monica de Miranda, Jean Depara, Laura El-Tantawy …
The Ci.CLO Bienal Fotografia do Porto 2019

// 11 curators // 53 artists // 16 venues // 8 workshops // 1 symposium // 1 publication // social events //

Ci.CLO Plataforma de Fotografia, Porto (PT)
16 May 2019 – 2 Jul 2019

with Mandy Barker, Diogo Bento, Lien Botha, Rita Castro Neves, Chana de Moura, Lena Dobrowolska, Jayne Dyer, Ewa Ciechanowska & Artur Urbanski, Virgilio Ferreira, Filippo Menichetti & Martin Errichiello, Constanze Flamme, Lucas Foglia …
Paris Photo 2018

Stevenson, Paris (FR)
8 Nov 2018 – 11 Nov 2018

with Pieter Hugo, Zanele Muholi, Jo Ractliffe, Viviane Sassen, Guy Tillim
Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival 2015

CONTACT Festival, Toronto (CA)
1 May 2015 – 31 May 2015

with Yto Barrada, Vanley Burke, Scott Conarroe, Gabriel Cuallado, Sara Cwynar, Cristina Garcia Rodero, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Sarah Anne Johnson, Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, Henryk Ross, Mark Ruwedel, Larry Towell …