John Akomfrah

♂ *1957 / Ghana / United Kingdom

Works

Solo exhibitions

Listening All Night To The Rain

Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee (GB)
5 Dec 2026 – 21 Mar 2027
Listening All Night To The Rain

Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (GB)
16 May 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
Mimesis: African Soldier

GoMA Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow (GB)
26 Oct 2024 – 20 Apr 2026
John Akomfrah

Lisson Gallery NY, New York (US)
11 Feb 2026 – 11 Apr 2026
Listening All Night To The Rain

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid (ES)
4 Nov 2025 – 8 Feb 2026
The Hour Of The Dog

Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore (US)
16 Nov 2025 – 1 Feb 2026
The Unfinished Conversation

Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, Ravensburg (DE)
25 Jul 2025 – 2 Nov 2025
Listening All Night to the Rain

National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (GB)
24 May 2025 – 7 Sep 2025
Four Nocturnes

Wrightwood 659, Chicago (US)
27 Sep 2024 – 15 Feb 2025
Listening All Night To The Rain

Venice Biennale - GB, Venezia (IT)
20 Apr 2024 – 24 Nov 2024
Arcadia

The Box, Plymouth (GB)
30 Nov 2023 – 2 Jun 2024
A SPACE OF EMPATHY

SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
9 Nov 2023 – 28 Jan 2024
PURPLE

Hirshhorn Museum, Washington (US)
28 Oct 2022 – 7 Jan 2024
The Airport

Lisson Gallery NY, Beijing (CN)
27 May 2023 – 14 Oct 2023
VERTIGO SEA

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (CA)
15 Jul 2022 – 30 Jul 2023
The Unfinished Conversation, 2012

MAC . Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham (GB)
7 May 2022 – 26 Jun 2022
FIVE MURMURATIONS

Lisson Gallery NY, New York (US)
9 Sep 2021 – 16 Oct 2021
Vertigo Sea

Fundació Antoni Tàpies , Barcelona (ES)
4 Feb 2021 – 6 Jun 2021
John Akomfrah

Centro Andaluz de Arte, Sevilla (ES)
13 Nov 2020 – 14 Mar 2021
Vertigo Sea

Musée d'art contemporain, Montréal (CA)
31 Oct 2020 – 31 Jan 2021
John Akomfrah

Lisson Gallery, London (GB)
17 Nov 2020 – 23 Jan 2021
Purple

Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve (DE)
14 Mar 2020 – 7 Sep 2020
FUTURE HISTORY

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle (US)
5 Mar 2020 – 3 May 2020
John Akomfrah

Wiener Secession, Wien (AT)
21 Feb 2020 – 19 Apr 2020
Tropikos

Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk (US)
9 Jul 2019 – 5 Jan 2020
MIMESIS: AFRICAN SOLDIER

New Art Exchange, Nottingham (GB)
27 Sep 2019 – 31 Dec 2019
Ballasts of Memory

BALTIC Centre Contemp Art, Gateshead (GB)
6 Jul 2019 – 27 Oct 2019
Purple

ICA Institute Contemp Art, Boston (US)
26 May 2019 – 2 Sep 2019
Purple

Museum CCB, Lisboa (PT)
8 Nov 2018 – 10 Mar 2019
Sublime Seas

John Akomfrah and J.M.W. Turner

SF Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco (US)
3 Mar 2018 – 16 Sep 2018
Purple

BildMuseet, Umea (SE)
13 Apr 2018 – 16 Sep 2018
Signs of Empire

New Museum, New York (US)
20 Jun 2018 – 2 Sep 2018
Vertigo Sea

Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh (GB)
21 Oct 2017 – 27 Jan 2018
Purple

Barbican Art Gallery , London (GB)
6 Oct 2017 – 7 Jan 2018
Vertigo Sea

The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (GB)
24 Mar 2017 – 28 Aug 2017
Tropikos

Art Museum Miami, Miami (US)
24 Feb 2017 – 27 Aug 2017
VERTIGO SEA

Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Copenhagen (DK)
11 Feb 2016 – 8 May 2016
John Akomfrah

Lisson Gallery, London (GB)
22 Jan 2016 – 5 Mar 2016
Vertigo Sea

BildMuseet, Umea (SE)
25 Oct 2015 – 17 Jan 2016
Hauntologies

CARROLL / FLETCHER, London (GB)
5 Oct 2012 – 8 Nov 2012

Group

Deep Waters: Four Artists and the Sea

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (US)
9 Nov 2024 – 9 Nov 2025

with Alison Jackson
THE TRUE SIZE OF AFRICA

Völklinger Hütte, Völklingen (DE)
9 Nov 2024 – 17 Aug 2025

with Sammy Baloji, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Omar Victor Diop, William Kentridge, Robert Lebeck, Zanele Muholi, Josèfa Ntjam, Susana Pilar Delahante Matienzo, Zineb Sedira, Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems
For Real For Real

daadgalerie, Berlin (DE)
16 May 2025 – 27 Jul 2025

with Mel Chin, Lyle Ashton Harris, Kahlil Joseph, Alix Lambert, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Martine Syms, Carrie Mae Weems
Dits et écrits dispersés

Exils, passages et leurs récits

Centre Photographique Marseille, Marseille (FR)
27 Oct 2023 – 25 Nov 2023

with Marwa Arsanios, Félix Blume, Frédérique Lagny, Randa Maddah, Mehdi Meddaci
Signals

How Video Transformed the World

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
5 Mar 2023 – 8 Jul 2023

with Gretchen Bender, Dara Birnbaum, Tony Cokes, Emily Jacir, Amar Kanwar, Nam June Paik, Sondra Perry, Martine Syms, Sara VanDerBeek, Ming Wong
Family

Visions of a Shared Humanity

Art Gallery NSW, Sydney (AU)
6 Nov 2021 – 13 Feb 2022

with Garrett Bradley, Stan Douglas, Theaster Gates, Arthur Jafa, Kahlil Joseph, Isaac Julien, Steve McQueen, Carrie Mae Weems
Water After All

MCA Museum Contemp Art, Chicago (US)
14 Dec 2019 – 14 Jun 2020

with Alfredo Jaar, William Kentridge, Catherine Opie, Carrie Mae Weems
Inspiring Photographs

Collecting for the Future

National Portrait Gallery, London (GB)
5 Oct 2019 – 1 Jun 2020

with Miles Aldridge, Richard Ansett, Pogus Caesar, Tereza Cervenova, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Peter Kennard, Carla van de Puttelaar, Paul Wetherall
How the light gets in

Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca (US)
7 Sep 2019 – 8 Dec 2019

with Kader Attia, Andrea Bowers, Mona Hatoum, Ai Weiwei
The Coming World: Ecology as the New Politics 2030-2100

Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow (RU)
28 Jun 2019 – 1 Dec 2019

with Doug Aitken, Maurizio Cattelan, Bruno Fontana, Hayden Fowler, Hans Haacke, Mella Jaarsma, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Eadweard J. Muybridge, Anastasia Potemkina, Laure Prouvost, Jon Rafman, Pamela Rosenkranz …
Ghana Freedom

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

with Felicia Abban, Selasi Awusi Sosu
Alienation or The Fire Next Time

Zacheta National Gallery, Warszawa (PL)
13 Jul 2019 – 29 Sep 2019

with Yuri Ancarani, Clement Cogitore, Camille Henrot, Arthur Jafa, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Angelika Markul
The Warmth of Other Suns: Stories of Global Displacement

The Phillips Collection, Washington (US)
22 Jun 2019 – 22 Sep 2019

with Erkan Oezgen, Adel Abdessemed, Chantal Akerman, Francis Alys, Pawel Althamer, Guillermo Arias, Kader Attia, Yto Barrada, Andrea Bowers, Tania Bruguera, Beverly Buchanan, Phil Collins …
Road to Justice

MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti, Roma (IT)
22 Jun 2018 – 14 Oct 2018

with Bouchra Khalili, Moshekwa Langa, Wangechi Mutu, Malik Nejmi, Michael Tsegaye, Sue Williamson
Actions. The image of the world can be different

Kettle's Yard, Cambridge (GB)
10 Feb 2018 – 6 May 2018

with Nathan Coley, Jeremy Deller, Naum Gabo, Regina Jose Galindo, Mary Kelly, Idris Khan, Linder, Melanie Manchot, Cornelia Parker, Katie Paterson
Afro-Tech and the Future of Re-Invention

Kunsthalle Dortmund, Dortmund (DE)
21 Oct 2017 – 22 Apr 2018

with Neil Beloufa, Cristina De Middel, Louis Henderson, Wanuri Kahiu, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Kapwani Kiwanga, Fabrice Monteiro, Wangechi Mutu, Tabita Rezaire, Soda_Jerk, The Otolith Group (Kodwo Eshun, Anjalika Sagar)
Riots: Allmähliches Aufkündigen der Zukunft

Riots: Slow Cancellation of the Future

ifa-Galerie, Berlin (DE)
26 Jan 2018 – 1 Apr 2018

with Chto Delat International, Gauri Gill, Louis Henderson, Glenn Ligon, Natascha Sadr Haghighian, Karrabing Film Collective
Domestic Arenas

Galerie Rudolfinum, Praha (CZ)
19 Jan 2018 – 18 Mar 2018

with Shimon Attie, Jeremy Deller, Stan Douglas, Omer Fast, Kahlil Joseph
LA TERRA INQUIETA

Palazzo della Triennale, Milano (IT)
28 Apr 2017 – 20 Aug 2017

with Adel Abdessemed, Francis Alys, Pawel Althamer, Ziad Antar, Kader Attia, Yto Barrada, Andrea Bowers, Tania Bruguera, Banu Cennetoglu, Phil Collins, Rokni Haerizadeh, Mona Hatoum …
THE RESTLESS EARTH

Palazzo della Triennale, Milano (IT)
28 Apr 2017 – 20 Aug 2017

with Adel Abdessemed, Francis Alys, Pawel Althamer, Ziad Antar, Kader Attia, Yto Barrada, Andrea Bowers, Tania Bruguera, Banu Cennetoglu, Phil Collins, Rokni Haerizadeh, Mona Hatoum …
The Place Is Here

Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham (GB)
4 Feb 2017 – 30 Apr 2017

with Zarina Bhimji, Sonia Boyce, Vanley Burke, Chila Kumari Burman, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Joy Gregory, Sunil Gupta, Mona Hatoum, Isaac Julien, Keith Piper, Ingrid Pollard, Maud Sulter
Artes Mundi 7

Chapter, Cardiff (GB)
21 Oct 2016 – 26 Feb 2017

with Neil Beloufa, Lamia Joreige, Nastio Mosquito, Bedwyr Williams
Taipei Biennial 2016

Taipei Biennial, Taipei (TW)
10 Sep 2016 – 5 Feb 2017

with Francis Alys, Sven Augustijnen, CHEN Chieh-Jen, Tiffany Chung, Manon de Boer, Tacita Dean, Angela Mendes Ferreira, Peter Friedl, CHIA-WEI HSU, Pierre Leguillon, Vincent Meessen, Christine Meisner …
The Unfinished Conversation: Encoding/Decoding

Museum CCB, Lisboa (PT)
21 Sep 2016 – 31 Dec 2016

with Sven Augustijnen, Steve McQueen, Zineb Sedira
Performer/Audience/Mirror

Lisson Gallery, London (GB)
15 Jul 2016 – 3 Sep 2016

with Marina Abramovic, Francis Alys, Cory Arcangel, Art & Language , Gerard Byrne, Ryan Gander, Rodney Graham, Dan Graham, Christian Jankowski, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Santiago Sierra
Time / Image

Blaffer Art Museum, Houston (US)
28 Sep 2015 – 29 Dec 2015

with Matthew Buckingham, Andrea Geyer, Leslie Hewitt, Isaac Julien, Chris Marker, Trevor Paglen, Raqs Media Collective, Semiconductor, Gary Simmons, Hito Steyerl, The Otolith Group (Kodwo Eshun, Anjalika Sagar), Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Venice Biennale - 56th International Art Exhibition

All the World's Futures

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
9 May 2015 – 22 Nov 2015

with Jumana Emil Abboud, Adel Abdessemed, Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc, Abounaddara, Boris Achour, Chantal Akerman, Kutluğ Ataman, Maja Bajevic, Ernesto Ballesteros, Sammy Baloji, Rosa Barba, Petra Bauer …
The Unfinished Conversation: Encoding/Decoding

The Power Plant, Toronto (CA)
24 Jan 2015 – 7 May 2015

with Sven Augustijnen, Steve McQueen, Zineb Sedira
Angels with Dirty Faces

Les filles du calvaire, Paris (FR)
4 Feb 2015 – 28 Feb 2015

with Christian Marclay
Dak'Art 2014 - 11th Biennial of Contemporary African Art

The Biennial of Contemporary African Art, Dakar (SN)
9 May 2014 – 8 Jun 2014

with Joel Andrianomearisoa, Kader Attia, Meriem Bouderbala, Mohamed Bourouissa, Candice Breitz, Jonathas de Andrade, Jean Ulrick Desert, Andrew Esiebo, Chitra Ganesh, Sam Hopkins, Samson Kambalu, Kiluanji Kia Henda …
John Akomfrah, Phoebe Boswell, Rashaad Newsome

CARROLL / FLETCHER, London (GB)
7 Mar 2014 – 12 Apr 2014

with Rashaad Newsome
Assembly: A Survey of Recent Artists' Film and Video in Britain 2008-2013

Screenings Sun 15h + Mon 19h

Tate Britain, London (GB)
23 Nov 2013 – 15 Mar 2014

with Jananne Al-Ani, Anja Kirschner & David Panos, Ed Atkins, Clio Barnard, Duncan Campbell, Steven Claydon, Phil Collins, Shezad Dawood, Tacita Dean, Luke Fowler, Gail Pickering, Elizabeth Price …
The Shadows Took Shape

Studio Museum Harlem, New York (US)
14 Nov 2013 – 11 Mar 2014

with Edgar Arceneaux, Sanford Biggers, William Cordova, Cristina De Middel, Khaled Hafez, Wangechi Mutu, Larissa Sansour, The Otolith Group (Kodwo Eshun, Anjalika Sagar)

Events

Fotofestiwal 2026

Fotofestiwal, Lódz (PL)
18 Jun 2026 – 28 Jun 2026

with Eleonora Agostini, Carlos Alba, Richard Barnes, Marta Bogdańska, Adrian Chmielewski, Karolina Gembara, Tanya Habjouqa, Eleana Konstantellos, Feng Li, Helena Majewska, Mari Mäntynen, Alisa Martynova …
Aichi Triennale 2025

A Time Between Ashes and Roses

The Aichi Triennale, Aichi (JP)
13 Sep 2025 – 30 Nov 2025

with Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Priyageetha Dia, Mohammed Kazem, Robert Zhao Renhui, Silvia Rivas, Hrair Sarkissian, Hiroshi Sugimoto
Sharjah Biennial 15

Thinking Historically in the Present

Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah (AE)
7 Feb 2023 – 11 Jun 2023

with Erkan Oezgen, Monira Al Qadiri, Farah Al Qasimi, Brook Andrew, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Kader Attia, Sammy Baloji, Pablo Bartholomew, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Carolina Caycedo, Ali Cherri …
Bangkok Art Biennale 2020

Bangkok ArtBiennale, Bangkok (TH)
29 Oct 2020 – 31 Jan 2021

with Marina Abramovic, Martha Atienza, Massimo Bartolini, Elina Brotherus, Carlos Casas, Maisie Cousins, Nezaket Ekici, Leandro Erlich, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Christian Jankowski, Choy Ka Fei, Reena Saini Kallat …
À cris ouverts

Les Ateliers de Rennes - contemporary art biennale

Les Ateliers de Rennes, Rennes (FR)
29 Sep 2018 – 2 Dec 2018

with Oreet Ashery, Meriem Bennani, Raymond Boisjoly, Sonia Boyce, Madison Bycroft, Julien Creuzet, Enrico David, Katia Kameli, Basim Magdy, Paul Maheke, Senga Nengudi , Pauline Boudry & Renate Lorenz …
FIAC 2018 - Cinéphémère

FIAC Paris, Paris (FR)
18 Oct 2018 – 21 Oct 2018

with Ahmet Oeguet, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Basma Alsharif, Maria Thereza Alves, Marwa Arsanios, Michel Auder, Sammy Baloji, Louidgi Beltrame, Will Benedict, Meriem Bennani, ZHENG Bo, Mohamed Bourouissa …
Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp

triennial of contemporary art

Prospect New Orleans, New Orleans (US)
18 Nov 2017 – 25 Feb 2018

with Abbas Akhavan, Rebecca Belmore, Sonia Boyce, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Edgar Cleijne, Donna Conlon, Genevieve Gaignard, Ellen Gallagher, Gauri Gill, Alfredo Jaar, Rashid Johnson, Kiluanji Kia Henda …
Frieze Art Fair 2017

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
4 Oct 2017 – 8 Oct 2017

with Marina Abramovic, Doug Aitken, Renate Bertlmann, Hannah Black, Candice Breitz, Anne Collier, Stan Douglas, Mary Beth Edelson, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Regina Jose Galindo, Luigi Ghirri, Birgit Juergenssen …
Auto Da Fé

STUK Arts Centre, Leuven (BE)
22 Mar 2016 – 22 May 2016
VIDEOEX

Video und Experimentalfilm Festival

Videoex, Zürich (CH)
24 May 2014 – 1 Jun 2014

with Pier Paolo Pasolini