Liz Johnson Artur

*1964 / Russia / Ghana

Works

Contacts for the work of Liz Johnson Artur

Liz Johnson Artur

London
www.lizjohnsonartur.co.uk

Solo exhibitions

of life of love of sex of movement of hope

foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam (NL)
15 Oct 2021 – 9 Feb 2022
Dusha

Cont Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis (US)
17 Jan 2020 – 19 Apr 2020
London Is Love Meets the Archive

Hayward Gallery, London (GB)
8 Jan 2020 – 5 Feb 2020
If You Know the Beginning, the End is No Trouble

South London Gallery, London (GB)
14 Jun 2019 – 1 Sep 2019
Dusha

Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn (US)
3 May 2019 – 18 Aug 2019

Group

What Rose from the Cut

Graces Mews, London (GB)
14 Oct 2026 – 30 Jan 2027

with Genesis Baez, Anne Bean, Claude Cahun, Tammy Rae Carland, Tee A. Corinne, Giana De Dier, Kati Horna, Hannah Hughes, K8 Hardy, Mari Katayama, Zofia Kulik, Justine Kurland …
If the word we

59th Carnegie International

Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (US)
2 May 2026 – 3 Jan 2027

with Fe Avila, Maithili Bavkar, Eric Gyamfi, Firman Ichsan, Khalil Rabah, Natasha Tontey, WU Tsang
As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic

Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids (US)
6 Dec 2025 – 26 Apr 2026

with James Barnor, Stan Douglas, Samuel Fosso, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Barkley L. Hendricks, Texas Isaiah, Seydou Keita, Deana Lawson, Dawit Petros, Jamel Shabazz, Xaviera Simmons, Carrie Mae Weems
As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic

Saatchi Gallery, London (GB)
5 Nov 2024 – 20 Jan 2025

with James Barnor, Dawoud Bey, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Kwame Brathwaite, Sandra Brewster, Vanley Burke, Mohamed Camara, Kennedi Carter, Stan Douglas, Louis Draper, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Samuel Fosso …
Photography Now

V&A Victoria & Albert Museum, London (GB)
11 Dec 2023 – 6 Jun 2024

with Sammy Baloji, Noemie Goudal, Tarrah Krajnak, Vera Lutter, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Vasantha Yogananthan
As We Rise

Photography from the Black Atlantic

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem (US)
17 Jun 2023 – 31 Dec 2023

with Raphael Albert, Henry Clay Anderson, James Barnor, Dawoud Bey, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Deanna Bowen, Jody Brand, Kwame Brathwaite, Sandra Brewster, Elliott Jerome Brown, Vanley Burke, Mohamed Camara …
As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic

The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver (CA)
24 Feb 2023 – 21 May 2023

with Raphael Albert, Henry Clay Anderson, James Barnor, Dawoud Bey, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Deanna Bowen, Jody Brand, Kwame Brathwaite, Sandra Brewster, Elliott Jerome Brown, Vanley Burke, Mohamed Camara …
The New Black Vanguard

Photography between Art and Fashion

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland (US)
8 May 2022 – 11 Sep 2022

with Campbell Addy, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Micaiah Carter, Awol Erizku, Nadine Ijewere, Quil Lemons, Namsa Leuba, Renell Medrano, Tyler Mitchell, Jamal Nxedlana, Daniel Obasi, Ruth Ossai …
The New Black Vanguard

Photography Between Art and Fashion

Musée des beaux-arts, Le Locle (CH)
5 Feb 2022 – 24 Apr 2022

with Campbell Addy, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Micaiah Carter, Awol Erizku, Nadine Ijewere, Quil Lemons, Namsa Leuba, Renell Medrano, Tyler Mitchell, Jamal Nxedlana, Daniel Obasi, Ruth Ossai …
Masculinities: Liberation through Photography

Gropius Bau, Berlin (DE)
16 Oct 2020 – 17 Mar 2021

with Bas Jan Ader, Laurie Anderson, Kenneth Anger, Knut Asdam, Richard Avedon, Adam Bartos, Richard Billingham, Cassils, Sam Contis, John Coplans, Jeremy Deller, Rineke Dijkstra …
THIS SYNTHETIC MOMENT

Curated by David Hartt

David Nolan Gallery, New York (US)
18 Jan 2018 – 10 Mar 2018

with James Barnor, Kwame Brathwaite, David Hartt, Zoe Leonard
This Synthetic Moment

David Nolan Gallery, New York (US)
18 Jan 2018 – 10 Mar 2018

with James Barnor, Kwame Brathwaite, David Hartt, Zoe Leonard, Christopher Williams
Aimia | AGO Photography Prize 2017

AGO Art Gallery Ontario, Toronto (CA)
6 Sep 2017 – 14 Jan 2018

with Raymond Boisjoly, Taisuke Koyama, Hank Willis Thomas

Events

Frankfurter Buchmesse 2026

90 nominierte : Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 2026

Deutscher Fotobuchpreis, Frankfurt (DE)
7 Oct 2026 – 11 Oct 2026

with Eric Asamoah, Sibylle Bergemann, Toby Binder, Beate Guetschow, Jitka Hanzlova, Anne Heinlein, Robin Hinsch, Jakob Ganslmeier & Ana Zibelnik, Volker Kreidler, Germaine Krull, Frederic Lezmi, Lisette Model …
Paris Photo 2025 - Elles x Paris Photo

7 avenue Winston Churchill

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

with Helena Almeida, Helene A. Amouzou, Claudia Andujar, Eve Arnold, Pilar Aymerich, Yto Barrada, Claude Batho, Letizia Battaglia, Sibylle Bergemann, Myriam Boulos, Julia Margaret Cameron, Helen Chadwick …
Paris Photo 2025 - Conversations

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

with David Alekhuogie, Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili, Clement Cogitore, Tania Franco Klein, Marina Gadonneix, Agnes Geoffray, Martine Gutierrez, Gene Kogan, Dionne Lee, Luna Mahoux, Aspen Mays, Constance Nouvel …
Capture Photography Festival 2023

Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver (CA)
1 Apr 2023 – 30 Apr 2023

with Henry Clay Anderson, Roy Arden, James Barnor, Dawoud Bey, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Deanna Bowen, Kwame Brathwaite, Sandra Brewster, Vanley Burke, Mohamed Camara, Kennedi Carter, Jorian Charlton …
EMOP Opening Days

Amtsalon, Berlin (DE)
2 Mar 2023 – 5 Mar 2023

with Beate Guetschow, Nan Goldin, Andreas Langfeld, Ute Mahler, Ulrike Ottinger, Laura Poitras, Tobias Zielony
Rencontres d'Arles 2021

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
4 Jul 2021 – 26 Sep 2021

with Campbell Addy, Bas Jan Ader, Farah Al Qasimi, Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili, Laurie Anderson, Jean-Michel André, Emmanuelle Andrianjafy, Kenneth Anger, Maria José Arjona, Knut Asdam, Ananké Asseff, Richard Avedon …
The 12th African Biennale of Photography

Bamako Encounters - Streams of Consciousness

Maison Africaine Photo, Bamako (ML)
30 Nov 2019 – 31 Jan 2020

with Felicia Abban, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Emmanuelle Andrianjafy, Jodi Bieber, Katia Bourdarel, Adji Dieye, Theaster Gates, Eric Gyamfi, Francoise Huguier, Adama Jalloh, Uchechukwa James Iroha, Mouna Karray …
The 10th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art

We don't need another hero / Mediation / (Ver-)Mittlung

Berlin Biennale, Berlin (DE)
9 Jun 2018 – 9 Sep 2018

with Heba Y. Amin, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Agnieszka Brzezanska, Mimi Cherono Ng Ok, Tony Cokes, Sara Haq, Grada Kilomba, Basir Mahmood, Cinthia Marcelle, Ana Mendieta, Sondra Perry, Mario Pfeifer …
If you know the beginning, the end is no trouble

mit Lighting the Archive (Maren Lübbke-Tidow und Rebecca Wilton)

Amtsalon, Berlin (DE)