Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou

♂ *1965 / Benin

Works

Solo exhibitions

Borderlands

Jack Bell Gallery, London (GB)
8 Jul 2016 – 22 Jul 2016
The Egungun Project

Kleinschmidt, Wiesbaden (DE)
19 Oct 2013 – 20 Dec 2013
Citizens of Porto-Novo

Jack Bell Gallery, London (GB)
1 May 2013 – 24 May 2013
Egungun Project

Jack Bell Gallery, London (GB)
17 Nov 2011 – 17 Dec 2011
From Dahomey to Benin

Jack Bell Gallery, London (GB)
10 Sep 2010 – 3 Oct 2010

Group

Radical Botany: The Politics of Flowers

Alice Austen House Museum, New York (US)
6 Jun 2026 – 22 Aug 2026

with Justine Kurland, Linder, Wendy McMurdo, Pipilotti Rist, Dagmar van Weeghel, Kara Walker, Remsen Wolff
Marvellous Realism

Groundbreaking Contemporary African Photography Show

Fotografiska CN, Shanghai (CN)
30 Aug 2024 – 1 Dec 2024

with Atong Atem, Justin Dingwall, Maimouna Guerresi , Hassan Hajjaj, Ayana Jackson, Lebohang Kganye, Michael MacGarry, Mohau Modisakeng, Zanele Muholi, Ruby Okoro, Thania Petersen, Micha Serraf …
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, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Atong Atem, Sammy Baloji, James Barnor, Edson Chagas, Kudzanai Chiurai, Kudzanai Chiurai, Cristina De Middel, Andrew Esiebo, Em'Kal Eyongakpa, Rotimi Fani-Kayode …
Soul of Africa

Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam (NL)
8 Sep 2023 – 14 Oct 2023

with Malick Sidibe, Sanlé Sory
100 faces

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
4 Mar 2023 – 28 May 2023

with Tony Albert, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Brook Andrew, Atong Atem, Harold Cazneaux, Michael Cook, Olive Cotton, Paul Cox, Max Dupain, Rennie Ellis, Sue Ford, Gisele Freund …
Through an African Lens

Sub-Saharan Photography from the Museum’s Collection

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (US)
27 Feb 2020 – 8 Nov 2020

with Seydou Keita, Baudoin Mouanda, Malick Sidibe, Ike Ude
Fashioning black identity

Africa and the African diaspora

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
23 Nov 2019 – 9 Feb 2020

with Atong Atem, Delphine Diallo, Omar Victor Diop, Seydou Keita, Namsa Leuba
African Spirits

Yossi Milo Gallery, New York (US)
11 Jul 2019 – 23 Aug 2019

with Martina Bacigalupo, Mohamed Bourouissa, Nathalie Boutte, Delphine Diallo, Samuel Fosso, Hassan Hajjaj, Pieter Hugo, Seydou Keita, Oumar Ly, Hamidou Maiga, Kyle Meyer, Kyle Meyer …
Making Africa

A Continent of Contemporary Design<br><a href="http://makingafrica.net" target="_blank">http://makingafrica.net</a>

Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque (US)
3 Feb 2018 – 6 May 2018

with Jody Brand, Justin Dingwall, Omar Victor Diop, Hassan Hajjaj, Tahir Karl Karmali, Seydou Keita, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Hector Mediavilla, Sabelo Mlangeni, Fabrice Monteiro, Wangechi Mutu, J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere …
PEER

SMAC gallery , Cape Town (ZA)
28 Oct 2017 – 18 Nov 2017

with Margaret Courtney-Clarke, Zara Julius, Musa Nxumalo
Regarding Africa: Contemporary Art and Afro-Futurism

<a href="http://www.africa-tamuseum.org.il" target="_blank">www.africa-tamuseum.org.il</a>

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv (IL)
9 Dec 2016 – 27 May 2017

with David Adika, Pieter Hugo, Nandipha Mntambo, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Wangechi Mutu, J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, Malick Sidibe
Making Africa

A Continent of Contemporary Design<br><a href="http://makingafrica.net" target="_blank">http://makingafrica.net</a>

Centre de Cultura Cont., Barcelona (ES)
23 Mar 2016 – 28 Aug 2016

with Jody Brand, Justin Dingwall, Omar Victor Diop, Hassan Hajjaj, Tahir Karl Karmali, Seydou Keita, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Mario Macilau, Hector Mediavilla, Sabelo Mlangeni, Fabrice Monteiro, Wangechi Mutu …
Making Africa

A Continent of Contemporary Design<br><a href="http://makingafrica.net" target="_blank">http://makingafrica.net</a>

Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao (ES)
30 Oct 2015 – 21 Feb 2016

with Jody Brand, Justin Dingwall, Omar Victor Diop, Hassan Hajjaj, Tahir Karl Karmali, Seydou Keita, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Mario Macilau, Hector Mediavilla, Sabelo Mlangeni, Fabrice Monteiro, Wangechi Mutu …
Making Africa

A Continent of Contemporary Design<br><a href="http://makingafrica.net" target="_blank">http://makingafrica.net</a>

Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein
14 Mar 2015 – 13 Sep 2015

with Jody Brand, Justin Dingwall, Omar Victor Diop, Hassan Hajjaj, Tahir Karl Karmali, Seydou Keita, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Mario Macilau, Hector Mediavilla, Sabelo Mlangeni, Fabrice Monteiro, Wangechi Mutu …
Lagos Photo Festival 2014

Staging Reality, Documenting Fiction

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

with Laurence Aegerter, Ade Adekola, Jenevieve Aken, Seun Akisanmi, Aisha Augie-Kuta, Eefje Blankevoort, Ricardo Cases, Edson Chagas, Kudzanai Chiurai, Joana Choumali, Angelica Dass, Cristina De Middel …
LagosPhoto 2013 The Megacity and the Non-City

LagosPhoto Foundation, Lagos (NG)
26 Oct 2013 – 24 Nov 2013

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Akintunde Akinleye, Kelechi Amadi-Obi, Kudzanai Chiurai, Cristina De Middel, Samuel Fosso, Jan Hoek, Ayana Jackson, Namsa Leuba, Uche Okpa Iroha, Ahmet Polat, Andrea Stultiens …
OUT OF FOCUS: PHOTOGRAPHY

Saatchi Gallery, London (GB)
23 Apr 2012 – 22 Jul 2012

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Olaf Breuning, Jonny Briggs, Elina Brotherus, Anders Clausen, Mat Collishaw, Matthew Day Jackson, JH Engstroem, Mitch Epstein, Andreas Gefeller, Luis Gispert, Daniel Gordon …

Events

Photographies

ADER NORDMANN DOMINIQUE, Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2022 – 10 Nov 2022

with Antonin Artaud, Hippolyte Bayard, Claude Cahun, Lewis Carroll, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Louis-Emile Durandelle, Robert Frank, Noemie Goudal, Florence Henri, George Hoyningen-Huene, Peter Hujar, William Klein …
Lagos Photo Festival 2017

Regimes of Truth

LagosPhoto Foundation, Lagos (NG)
24 Nov 2017 – 15 Dec 2017

with James Barnor, Alun Be, Joana Choumali, Cristina De Middel, Kadara Enyeasi, Samuel Fosso, Hassan Hajjaj, Jan Hoek, Nadine Ijewere, Nicola Lo Calzo, Bas Losekoot, Mohau Modisakeng …
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair

Art Africa Ltd, London (GB)
6 Oct 2016 – 9 Oct 2016

with James Barnor, Hicham Benohoud, Girma Berta, Jodi Bieber, Halida Boughriet, Em'Kal Eyongakpa, Maimouna Guerresi , Hassan Hajjaj, Delio Jasse, Majida Khattari, Namsa Leuba, Hamidou Maiga …