Jean Depara

♂ *1928-1997 / Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

Works

Solo exhibitions

Night & Day in Kinshasa

Revue Noire, Paris (FR)
12 Oct 2011 – 17 Dec 2011
Jours tranquilles à Kinshasa

en collaboration avec André Magnin et la C.A.A.C., The Pigozzi Collection

MAMCO art contemporain, Genève (CH)
9 Jun 2004 – 12 Sep 2004

Group

Ideas of Africa

Portraiture and Political Imagination

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
14 Dec 2025 – 25 Jul 2026

with James Barnor, Kwame Brathwaite, Samuel Fosso, Seydou Keita, Silvia Rosi, Malick Sidibe, Sanlé Sory
How Wondrous the Other Through the Artist’s Glance

Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp (BE)
22 Feb 2025 – 10 May 2025

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Diane Arbus, Jane Evelyn Atwood, Roger Ballen, Kate Barry, Lillian Bassman, Elinor Carucci, Stig De Block, Rineke Dijkstra, Walker Evans, Louis Faurer, Norbert Ghisoland …
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, Edson Chagas, Ernest Cole, Jamal Cyrus, Monica de Miranda, Laura El-Tantawy, Rotimi Fani-Kayode …
HERITAGE

Carte blanche à Omar Victor Diop

MAGNIN-A , Paris (FR)
6 Mar 2021 – 8 May 2021

with Mama Casset, Omar Victor Diop, Seydou Keita, Ambroise Ngaimoko (Studio 3z), J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, Malick Sidibe
Le Studio Africain

Galerie Argentic, Paris (FR)
17 Jan 2019 – 23 Feb 2019

with Cornelius Augustt Azaglo, Seydou Keita, Philippe Koudjina, Philippe Salauen, Malick Sidibe
L’Afrique n’est pas une île

Fondation Zinsou, Cotonou (BJ)
2 Nov 2018 – 15 Feb 2019

with Ishola Akpo, Hela Ammar, Sammy Baloji, Abdoulaye Barry, Carolle Benitah, Nabil Boutros, Seydou Camara, Joana Choumali, Nestor Da, Cristina De Middel, Fatoumata Diabate, Omar Victor Diop …
Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo

I LOVE AFRICA

Festival La Gacilly-Baden, Baden (AT)
8 Jun 2018 – 30 Sep 2018

with Akintunde Akinleye, Ed Alcock, Sammy Baloji, James Barnor, Teo Becher, Girma Berta, Emmanuel Berthier, Mama Casset, David Chancellor, Paras Chandaria, Fatoumata Diabate, Omar Victor Diop …
STUDIO AFRICA !

Tristan Hoare, London (GB)
16 Nov 2017 – 20 Dec 2017

with Mama Casset, Seydou Keita, J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, Malick Sidibe, Keletigui Toure
Autophoto

dedicated to photography’s relationship to the automobile

Fondation Cartier, Paris (FR)
20 Apr 2017 – 24 Sep 2017

with Robert Adams, Eve Arnold, Bernard Asset, Eric Aupol, Theo Baart, Valerie Belin, Martin Bogren, Nicolas Bouvier, David Bradford, Brassai, Alain Bublex, Edward Burtynsky …
Zeitgenössische und historische Afrikanische Fotografie im Dialog

Photobastei, Zürich (CH)
1 Dec 2016 – 22 Jan 2017

with Nabil Boutros, Filipe Branquinho, Ilan Godfrey, Tahir Karl Karmali, Dillon Marsh, Zagabe Mugema, Thaddeus Nokuba, Paolo Patrizi, Thom Pierce, Leonard Pongo, Zied Ben Romdhane, Julia Runge …
Stadstriënnale Hasselt-Genk

TRADEMARKS

Stadstriënnale, Hasselt (BE)
1 Oct 2016 – 8 Jan 2017

with !Mediengruppe Bitnik, Dave Anderson, Anonymous, Nobuyoshi Araki, Diane Arbus, Cory Arcangel, Vanessa Beecroft, Nadia Benchallal, Bjoerk, Nagib Chtaib, CRAVAT & BADA, Aurore Dal Mas …
Vichy 2016

Portrait(s) Photography Festival

Vichy Festival, Vichy (FR)
10 Jun 2016 – 4 Sep 2016

with Jean-Christian Bourcart, Nicolas Comment, Paola de Pietri, Nicola Lo Calzo, Maï Lucas, Jean-Marie Perier, Anton Renborg, Ruud van Empel, Hellen van Meene
BEAUTÉ CONGO

1926-2015

Fondation Cartier, Paris (FR)
11 Jul 2015 – 10 Jan 2016

with Kiripi Katembo, Ambroise Ngaimoko (Studio 3z)
9th Bamako Encounters, Biennial of African Photography

For a sustainable world

Maison Africaine Photo, Bamako (ML)
1 Nov 2011 – 1 Jan 2012

with Nana Kofi Acquah, Akintunde Akinleye, Uzoma ANYANWU, Sophia Baraket, Abdoulaye Barry, Arturu Bibang, Philippe Bordas, Lien Botha, Drissa Coulibaly, Raymond Dakoua, Emmanuel Bakary Daou, Fatoumata Diabate …
Place of honour for Africa

Paris Photo 2011

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

with Alex Acolatse, Joseph Moïse Agbodjélou, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Daniel Attoumou Amicchia , Joel Andrianomearisoa, Philip Kwame Apagya, Cornelius Augustt Azaglo, Sammy Baloji, James Barnor, Abdoulaye Barry, Arturu Bibang, Jodi Bieber …
OBJECTIF PHOTO - Afrique et photographie

Galerie Art-Z, Paris (FR)
10 Feb 2011 – 24 Mar 2011

with Berry Bickle, Calvin Dondo, Mamadou Konaté, Oumar Ly, Juergen Schadeberg, Malick Sidibe, Olivier Sultan
Le rituel de la pose- L'Afrique en noir et balnc dans les annees 70

Galerie Art-Z, Paris (FR)
1 Nov 2010 – 27 Nov 2010

with Oumar Ly, Malick Sidibe
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, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Mohammed “Mo” Amin, Cornelius Augustt Azaglo, Sammy Baloji, Jodi Bieber, Mohamed Bourouissa, Nabil Boutros, Ananias Leki Dago, Tracey Derrick, Mohamed Dib, Calvin Dondo …
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 …
100% Africa

from the Jean Pigozzi - Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC)

Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao (ES)
12 Oct 2006 – 1 Feb 2007

with Philip Kwame Apagya, Seydou Keita, J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, Malick Sidibe
26th Bienal Internacional de São Paulo - AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHY

curator: Simon Njami

Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo (BR)
25 Sep 2004 – 19 Dec 2004

with Cornelius Augustt Azzaglo, Mama Casset, Samuel Fosso, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Otobong Nkanga, Eileen Perrier, Abderramane Sakaly
26th Bienal Internacional de São Paulo

Curator: Alfons Hug

Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo (BR)
25 Sep 2004 – 19 Dec 2004

with Karim Ainouz, Jaime Ávila, Cornelius Augustt Azzaglo, Juan Britos, Edward Burtynsky, Miguel Calderon, Mama Casset, Jonas Dahlberg, Thomas Demand, SONG Dong, Felten & Massinger, Samuel Fosso …
Staged realities: exposing the soul in african photography 1870 - 2004

"Family Ties" + "Composure" + "Exposing the Body"

Stevenson, Cape Town (ZA)
24 Mar 2004 – 8 May 2004

with Philip Kwame Apagya, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Pieter Hugo, Constance Stuart Larrabee, Gideon Mendel, Youssef Nabil, Eileen Perrier, Berni Searle, Fazal Sheikh, Sue Williamson
Staged realities: exposing the soul in african photography 1870 - 2004

"Constructing Power" + "From Coercion to Celebration"

Stevenson, Cape Town (ZA)
24 Mar 2004 – 8 May 2004

with Paul Alberts, Kelechi Amadi-Obi, Philip Kwame Apagya, Brett Bailey, Steven Cohen, Doudou Diop, Patricia Driscoll, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, David Goldblatt, Constance Stuart Larrabee, Chris Ledochowski, Adam Letch …

Events

PhotoBrussels Festival 08

European Month of Photography

Hangar H18, Brussels (BE)
25 Jan 2024 – 25 Feb 2024

with Michael Ackerman, Helene A. Amouzou, Delali Ayivi, Vincen Beeckman, Erwin Blumenfeld, Gael Bonnefon, Lisa Bukreyeva, Eve Cadieux, Alexander Chekmenev, Charles Chojnacki, Anne de Gelas, Maxim Dondyuk …
Photographs from a private collection

ADER NORDMANN DOMINIQUE, Paris (FR)
11 Mar 2022 – 14 Mar 2022

with Bruno Bernard (Bernard of Hollywood), Eva Besnyoe, Ilse Bing, Giancarlo Botti, Margaret Bourke-White, Robert Capa, Gilles Caron, Raymond Cauchetier, Martin Chambi, William Claxton, Jean Clemmer, Louise Dahl-Wolfe …
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, Edson Chagas, Ernest Cole, Jamal Cyrus, Monica de Miranda, Laura El-Tantawy …
artgenève 2019

artgeneve, Genève (CH)
31 Jan 2019 – 3 Feb 2019

with Adel Abdessemed, Dove Allouche, Darren Almond, Nobuyoshi Araki, Ed Atkins, John Baldessari, Yael Bartana, Gabriele Basilico, Eric Baudelaire, Valerie Belin, Hans Bellmer, Jonas Bendiksen …
14th Angkor Photo Festival & Workshops

Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap (KH)
8 Dec 2018 – 18 Dec 2018

with Jehsong Baak, Roger Ballen, Raul Canibano, Jean-Louis Courtinat, Antoine d'Agata, Sacha Goldberger, Fan Ho, Ore Huiying, Sohrab Hura, Katrin Koenning, Tuomo Manninen, Pierrot Men …
Festival photo La Gacilly 2017

Festival photo , La Gacilly (FR)
3 Jun 2017 – 30 Sep 2017

with James Barnor, Girma Berta, Mama Casset, David Chancellor, Fatoumata Diabate, Omar Victor Diop, Elliott Erwitt, Seydou Keita, Oumar Ly, Aida Muluneh, Malick Sidibe, Michel Vanden Eeckhoudt
Vichy 2016

Portrait(s) Photography Festival

Vichy Festival, Vichy (FR)
10 Jun 2016 – 4 Sep 2016

with Jean-Christian Bourcart, Paola de Pietri, Jean-Marie Perier, Ruud van Empel, Hellen van Meene
26th Bienal Internacional de São Paulo

Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo (BR)
25 Sep 2004 – 19 Dec 2004

with Edward Burtynsky, Jonas Dahlberg, Thomas Demand, SONG Dong, Felten & Massinger, Samuel Fosso, Frederic Moser & Philippe Schwinger, Simryn Gill, Naoya Hatakeyama, Vera Lutter, Lars Mathisen, Aernout Mik …