Kapwani Kiwanga

♀ *1978 / Canada

Works

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News

Kapwani Kiwanga

Venice Biennale - CA, Venezia (IT)
20 Apr 2024 – 24 Nov 2024
Kapwani Kiwanga wins 2018 Sobey Art Award

Canada's most prestigious contemporary art prize

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (CA)

Solo exhibitions

Kapwani Kiwanga

Venice Biennale - CA, Venezia (IT)
20 Apr 2024 – 24 Nov 2024
Kapwani Kiwanga

CAPC Bordeaux, Bordeaux (FR)
29 Jun 2023 – 24 Feb 2024
Die Länge des Horizonts

Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg (DE)
16 Sep 2023 – 7 Jan 2024
Remediation

MOCA Contemporary Art, Toronto (CA)
24 Feb 2023 – 23 Jul 2023
Kapwani Kiwanga

Kunsthaus Biel, Biel Bienne (CH)
2 Feb 2020 – 5 Apr 2020
Surface Tensions

Galerie Poggi, Paris (FR)
16 Jun 2018 – 28 Jul 2018
Soft Measures

Part of Glasgow International 2018

Tramway, Glasgow (GB)
20 Apr 2018 – 17 Jun 2018
The Sun Never Sets

Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg (ZA)
21 Oct 2017 – 18 Nov 2017
A Memory Palace

Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin (DE)
30 Jan 2015 – 4 Apr 2015
Maji Maji

Jeu de Paume, Paris (FR)
3 Jun 2014 – 21 Sep 2014

Group

Pollen

CAPC Bordeaux, Bordeaux (FR)
28 Mar 2025 – 2 Jan 2028

with Rosa Barba, Nina Beier, Hicham Berrada, Julien Creuzet, Louis Henderson, Wolfgang Laib, Otobong Nkanga, Tony Oursler, Gina Pane, Naufus Ramirez-Figueroa, Wolfgang Tillmans
La vie climatique.

Histoires sensibles des collections privées - Triennale De leur temps #8

MAC Musée d'art contemporain, Marseille (FR)
4 Apr 2026 – 20 Sep 2026

with Bertille Bak, Béatrice Balcou, Abdelkader Benchamma, Berdaguer & Pejus, Mohamed Bourouissa, Julian Charriere, Gaëlle Choisne, Claude Closky, Stéphane Couturier, David Brognon and Stéphanie Rollin, Omer Fast, Noemie Goudal …
Settled

Biennale de la Photographie de Mulhouse

La Galerie de La Filature, Mulhouse (FR)
16 May 2026 – 11 Jul 2026

with Mahmoud Alhaj, Adji Dieye, Jennifer Douzenel, Eric Gyamfi, George Mahashe, Otobong Nkanga, Leonard Pongo
Becoming Ocean : a social conversation about the Ocean

Villa Arson, Nice (FR)
8 May 2025 – 24 Aug 2025

with Samuel Bollendorff, Stephanie Comilang, Simone Fattal, Nicolas Floch, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Armin Linke, Allan Sekula, Janaina Tschaepe, Laure Winants, Susanne M. Winterling
FEMMES

curated by Pharrell Williams

Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris (FR)
20 Mar 2025 – 19 Apr 2025

with Joana Choumali, Prince Gyasi, Naomi Lulendo, Zanele Muholi, Thandiwe Muriu, Mickalene Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems
In the hours between dawns

IAC - Institut d'art contemporain, Villeurbanne (FR)
7 Feb 2025 – 13 Apr 2025

with Arjuna Neuman & Denise Ferreira da Silva, Melanie Bonajo, Gabrielle Goliath, Tarek Lakhrissi, Pauline Boudry & Renate Lorenz
Irapuru

Goodman London, London (GB)
28 Aug 2024 – 21 Sep 2024

with David Goldblatt, William Kentridge, Yinka Shonibare MBE
Patrick Henry, Kosisochukwu Nnebe

OPTICA, Montréal (CA)
20 Jan 2024 – 23 Mar 2024

with Eve Tagny
Flowers Forever

Blumen in Kunst und Kultur

Kunsthalle München, München (DE)
3 Feb 2023 – 27 Aug 2023

with Andreas Gursky, Hannah Hoech, Owanto, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group), Thilo Westermann, Kehinde Wiley
Vidéothèque

Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin (DE)
4 Feb 2023 – 4 Mar 2023

with Ulf Aminde, Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca, Sejla Kameric, Laurel Nakadate, Angelika J. Trojnarski, Anna Witt
The Venice Biennale - The Milk of Dreams

The 59th International Art Exhibition

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
23 Apr 2022 – 27 Nov 2022

with Noor Abuarafeh, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Eileen Agar, Monira Al Qadiri, Sophia Al-Maria, Oezlem Altin, Gertrud Arndt, Tomaso Binga, ZHENG Bo, Marianne Brandt, Eglė Budvytytė, Liv Bugge …
Color as Program

Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Bonn (DE)
8 Apr 2022 – 7 Aug 2022

with Anna Atkins, Rosa Barba, Angela Bulloch, Sophie Calle, Willem de Rooij, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Renee Green, Antje Majewski, Hans Op de Beeck, Hito Steyerl
The Power of My Hands

Afrique(s) : artistes femmes

Mus. d'art moderne Paris, Paris (FR)
19 May 2021 – 22 Aug 2021

with Stacey Gillian Abe, Gabrielle Goliath, Lebohang Kganye, Senzini Marasela, Grace Ndiritu, Buhlebezwe Siwani
PRIX MARCEL DUCHAMP 2020

Centre Pompidou, Paris (FR)
7 Oct 2020 – 4 Jan 2021

with Alice Anderson, Hicham Berrada, Enrique Ramirez
I've grown roses in this garden of mine

INAUGURAL EXHIBITION

Goodman London, London (GB)
3 Oct 2019 – 2 Nov 2019

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Ghada Amer, Kudzanai Chiurai, Gabrielle Goliath, Haroon Gunn-Salie, Alfredo Jaar, William Kentridge, Grada Kilomba, Shirin Neshat, Tabita Rezaire, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Mikhael Subotzky …
Undefined Territories. Reflections on Postcolonialism

Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona (ES)
17 May 2019 – 20 Oct 2019

with Maria Thereza Alves, Lothar Baumgarten, Sandra Gamarra, Maryam Jafri, Naeem Mohaiemen, Daniela Ortiz, Superflex (Jakob Fenger, Rasmus Nielsen, Bjørnstjerne Christiansen), The Otolith Group (Kodwo Eshun, Anjalika Sagar), Munem Wasif
Material Tells

Oakvillegalleries in Gairloch Gardens, Oakville (CA)
23 Jun 2019 – 8 Sep 2019

with Kevin Beasley, Shannon Bool, Beverly Buchanan, Jesse Chun, Ja'Tovia Gary, Felix Gonzalez-Torres
Acts of Reading

Goodman Gallery Cape Town, Cape Town (ZA)
25 May 2019 – 13 Jul 2019

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Mounir Fatmi, Haroon Gunn-Salie, William Kentridge, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Grada Kilomba, Shirin Neshat, Tabita Rezaire
Grace Wales Bonner: A Time for New Dreams

Serpentine Galleries, London (GB)
19 Jan 2019 – 16 Feb 2019

with Rashid Johnson, Paul Mpagi Sepuya
Sobey Art Award Exhibition

Kapwani Kiwanga (Winner), Jordan Bennett, Jeneen Frei Njootli

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (CA)
3 Oct 2018 – 10 Feb 2019

with Joi T. Arcand, Jon Rafman
Extra States: Nations in Liquidation

Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp (BE)
22 Sep 2018 – 16 Dec 2018

with Sven Augustijnen, Chto Delat International, Sanja Ivekovic, Sophie Jung, Metahaven, Nastio Mosquito, Trevor Paglen
ZEITSPUREN

The Power of Now

Kunsthaus Biel, Biel Bienne (CH)
9 Sep 2018 – 18 Nov 2018

with Ursula Biemann, Julian Charriere, Daniel Gustav Cramer, Cecile B. Evans, Rodney Graham, Tehching Hsieh, Ragnar Kjartansson, Kris Martin, Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset, Agnieszka Polska, Barbara Probst, Barbara Probst …
Perfect Time Ahead

ZEITSPUREN

Photoforum Pasquart, Biel Bienne (CH)
8 Sep 2018 – 18 Nov 2018

with Ursula Biemann, Gabor Buda, Julian Charriere, Daniel Gustav Cramer, Martin Creed, Cecile B. Evans, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Rodney Graham, David Horvitz, Tehching Hsieh, Sophie Jung, Ragnar Kjartansson …
The Blue Hour

Contemporary Art Gallery , Vancouver (CA)
6 Apr 2018 – 24 Jun 2018

with Joi T. Arcand, Colin Miner, Grace Ndiritu, Kara Uzelman
Stories of Almost Everyone

UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (US)
28 Jan 2018 – 6 May 2018

with Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc, Andrea Buettner, Faycal Baghriche, Carol Bove, Banu Cennetoglu, Isabelle Cornaro, Willem de Rooij, Latifa Echakhch, Geoffrey Farmer, Ryan Gander, Hassan Khan, Mark Leckey …
Afro-Tech and the Future of Re-Invention

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

with John Akomfrah, Neil Beloufa, Cristina De Middel, Louis Henderson, Wanuri Kahiu, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Fabrice Monteiro, Wangechi Mutu, Tabita Rezaire, Soda_Jerk, The Otolith Group (Kodwo Eshun, Anjalika Sagar)
What does one do with such a clairvoyant image?

Gallery 44 Photography, Toronto (CA)
5 May 2017 – 3 Jun 2017

with Dana Claxton, Martine Syms
House of Commons

Portikus, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
3 Dec 2016 – 29 Jan 2017

with Fikret Atay, Sven Augustijnen, Monika Baer, Yto Barrada, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Eric Baudelaire, Rossella Biscotti, Mohamed Bourouissa, Banu Cennetoglu, Keren Cytter, Michael Dean, Roni Horn …
The Big Other

Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin (DE)
29 Jan 2016 – 2 Mar 2016

with Ulf Aminde, Sejla Kameric, Anna Witt
Giving Contours to Shadows

n.b.k., Berlin (DE)
24 May 2014 – 27 Jul 2014

with Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc, Neil Beloufa, Em'Kal Eyongakpa, Mounir Fatmi, Bouchra Khalili, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Donna Kukama, MWANGI HUTTER, Otobong Nkanga, Alexandre Singh, Hank Willis Thomas
Synchronicity

photographes et vidéastes originaires du continent africain<br>Photoquai 2011

Baudoin Lebon, Paris (FR)
30 Sep 2011 – 19 Nov 2011

with Malala Andrialavidrazana, James Barnor, Steeve Bauras, Calvin Dondo, Francois-Xavier Gbre, Akintola Hanif, Kiluanji Kia Henda, N’Krumah Lawson Daku, Amina Menia, Grace Ndiritu, Abraham Onoriode Oghobase
The role and place of the artist in today's society

Centre Pompidou, Paris (FR)
13 Sep 2006 – 27 Nov 2006

with Céline Ahond, Pawel Althamer, Ziad Antar

Events

Mulhouse Biennial of Photography 2026

SÉDIMENTATION(S) - 7ème édition de la Biennale de la Photographie de Mulhouse

Biennale Mulhouse, Mulhouse (FR)
5 Jun 2026 – 5 Jul 2026

with Mahmoud Alhaj, Sue-Elie Andrade Dé, Elsa Beaumont, Marjolein Blom, Rebecca Bowring, Eleonor Calvelli, Tiago Casanova, Pablo Castilla , Marilla Destot, Adji Dieye, Jennifer Douzenel, Sandra Eades …
Frieze London 2025

Frieze Masters 2025

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
15 Oct 2025 – 19 Oct 2025

with Bogdan Ablozhnyy, Marina Abramovic, Sophia Al-Maria, Helena Almeida, Ivan Argote, John Baldessari, Peter Beard, Hannah Black, Daniel Blaufuks, Soumya Sankar Bose, Constantin Brancusi, Julian Charriere …
Art SG 2025

Art SG, Singapore (SG)
17 Jan 2025 – 19 Jan 2025

with Korakrit Arunanondchai, Monica de Miranda, Theaster Gates, Andreas Gursky, Mella Jaarsma, William Kentridge, Wolfgang Laib, Thandiwe Muriu, Sam Nhlengethwa, Yinka Shonibare MBE
Art Basel Paris

Art Basel Paris, Paris (FR)
16 Oct 2024 – 20 Oct 2024

with Adel Abdessemed, Francis Alys, Ghada Amer, Andrea Buettner, John Baldessari, Fiona Banner, Rosa Barba, Yto Barrada, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Jacopo Benassi, Irma Blank, Andre Breton …
4. Amtsalon Gallery Pop Up

Amtsalon, Berlin (DE)
2 Dec 2022 – 3 Dec 2022

with Johan Oesterholm, Dawid, Sejla Kameric, Martin Mlecko, Adrian Sauer, Susa Templin, Yuken Teruya, Anna Witt
The 59th International Art Exhibition

The Milk of Dreams

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
23 Apr 2022 – 27 Nov 2022

with Noor Abuarafeh, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Eileen Agar, Monira Al Qadiri, Sophia Al-Maria, Oezlem Altin, Gertrud Arndt, Tomaso Binga, ZHENG Bo, Marianne Brandt, Liv Bugge, Miriam Cahn …
Frieze Art Fair | New York

Frieze art fair, New York (US)
18 May 2022 – 22 May 2022

with Doug Aitken, Carla Chan, Ernest Cole, Alex Da Corte, Thomas Demand, Stan Douglas, Paz Errazuriz, Roe Ethridge, Rodney Graham, Dan Graham, Leslie Hewitt, Alfredo Jaar …
Frieze London 2021

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

with Darren Almond, Ghada Amer, William Eggleston, Awol Erizku, Nilbar Gueres, Gauri Gill, David Goldblatt, Andy Goldsworthy, Dor Guez, Candida Hoefer, Mona Hatoum, Nicholas Hlobo …
Capture Photography Festival 2020

Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver (CA)
2 Apr 2020 – 30 Apr 2020

with Diane Arbus, Alejandro A. Barbosa, Karin Bubas, Edward Burtynsky, Julia Margaret Cameron, Rydel Cerezo, Lynne Cohen, Gohar Dashti, Jimmy Desana, Stan Douglas, Walker Evans, Anne Fishbein …
Toronto Biennial of Art 2019

72 DAYS OF FREE ART

Toronto Biennial of Art, Toronto (CA)
21 Sep 2019 – 1 Dec 2019

with Maria Thereza Alves, Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca, AA Bronson, Julian Charriere, Dana Claxton, Moyra Davey, Shezad Dawood, Cyprien Gaillard, Laurent Grasso, Rokni Haerizadeh, Ramin Haerizadeh, Luis Jacob …
Frieze Art Fair 2019

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
3 Oct 2019 – 6 Oct 2019

with Marina Abramovic, Sophia Al-Maria, Carlos Amorales, Harold Ancart, Joel Andrianomearisoa, Vanessa Beecroft, Neil Beloufa, Mark Bradford, Dirk Braeckman, Clegg & Guttmann , Natalie Czech, Shezad Dawood …
The Armory Show 2019

The Armory Show, Inc., New York (US)
7 Mar 2019 – 10 Mar 2019

with Marina Abramovic, Diane Arbus, Miriam Boehm, Vanessa Beecroft, Valerie Belin, Dirk Braeckman, Nick Brandt, Matthew Brandt, Sebastiaan Bremer, Gary Brotmeyer, Tammy Rae Carland, Asger Carlsen …
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair Marrakech 2019

1:54 African Art Fair, Marrakech (MA)
21 Feb 2019 – 24 Feb 2019

with Hicham Benohoud, Nathalie Boutte, Joana Choumali, Omar Victor Diop, Mounir Fatmi, David Goldblatt, Hassan Hajjaj, Pieter Hugo, Seydou Keita, Maurice Mbikayi, Kyle Meyer, Youssef Nabil …
FIAC 2018 - Cinéphémère

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

with Ahmet Oeguet, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, John Akomfrah, Basma Alsharif, Maria Thereza Alves, Marwa Arsanios, Michel Auder, Sammy Baloji, Louidgi Beltrame, Will Benedict, Meriem Bennani, ZHENG Bo …
Frieze Art Fair 2018

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
5 Oct 2018 – 7 Oct 2018

with Marina Abramovic, Jane Alexander, Vanessa Beecroft, Helen Chadwick, Natalie Czech, Thomas Demand, Stan Douglas, William Eggleston, Michel Francois, Nilbar Gueres, Luigi Ghirri, Andy Goldsworthy …
FNB Joburg Art Fair 2018

FNB Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg (ZA)
7 Sep 2018 – 9 Sep 2018

with Ghada Amer, Roger Ballen, Candice Breitz, Saidou Dicko, Justin Dingwall, David Goldblatt, Eyerusalem Adugna Jirenga, Davina Jogi, Euridice Kala, Letso Leipego, Mario Macilau, Dahlia Maubane …
Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art 2018

Glasgow International, Glasgow (GB)
20 Apr 2018 – 7 May 2018

with Sam Austen, Ross Birrell, Katinka Bock, Cecile B. Evans, Esther Ferrer, Lynn Hershman, Torsten Lauschmann, Linder, Nadia Myre, Ulrike Ottinger, Mai-Thu Perret, James Pfaff
Frieze Art Fair | New York

Frieze art fair, New York (US)
3 May 2018 – 6 May 2018

with Christopher Aque, John Baldessari, Hans Breder, Thomas Demand, Barbara Ess, Rainer Ganahl, Alfredo Jaar, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Richard Kern, Paul Kos, Barbara Kruger, Zoe Leonard …
Capture Photography Festival 2018

Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver (CA)
3 Apr 2018 – 30 Apr 2018

with Joi T. Arcand, Torrie Groening, Adad Hannah, Owen Kydd, Scott Massey, Colin Miner, Grace Ndiritu, Andre Petterson, Birthe Piontek, Kara Uzelman
ARTBO 2017

ARTBO, Feria de Arte de Bogotá, Bogotá (CO)
26 Oct 2017 – 29 Oct 2017

with Ivan Argote, Francois Buecher, Marcelo Brodsky, Julien Creuzet, Monica de Miranda, Adriana DuQue, Andrea Geyer, Nicolas Grospierre, Juan Fernando Herran, Walterio Iraheta, Carlos Motta, Rosangela Renno …
Momentum 9 - Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art

Alienation

Momentum, Moss (NO)
17 Jun 2017 – 11 Oct 2017

with John Duncan, Wael Shawky