Rotimi Fani-Kayode

*1955-1989 / Nigeria

Works

Solo exhibitions

Forest of Metaphor

Hales, New York (US)
24 Jan 2026 – 28 Mar 2026
Tranquility Of Communion

The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver (CA)
28 Feb 2025 – 25 May 2025
The Studio – Staging Desire

Autograph ABP, London (GB)
31 Oct 2024 – 22 Mar 2025
Abiku (Born to Die)

Wexner Center for Art, Columbus (US)
21 Sep 2024 – 5 Jan 2025
Tranquility of Communion

Hales Gallery, London (GB)
10 Jun 2021 – 31 Jul 2021
Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989)

ICEBERG PROJECTS, Chicago (US)
2 Nov 2019 – 1 Dec 2019
Rage & Desire

Hales, New York (US)
1 May 2018 – 23 Jun 2018
Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989)

Light Work, Syracuse (US)
18 Aug 2015 – 22 Oct 2015
Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989)

Tiwani Contemporary, London (GB)
19 Sep 2014 – 1 Nov 2014
Nothing to Lose

The Walther Collection, New York (US)
23 Mar 2012 – 28 Jul 2012
Retrospective

Autograph ABP, London (GB)
27 May 2011 – 30 Jul 2011
Rotimi Fani Kayode:(1955-1989) Photographs

Neil and Angelica Rudenstine Gallery, Cambridge (US)
29 Jan 2009 – 15 May 2009
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Stevenson, Cape Town (ZA)
4 Jun 2007 – 7 Jul 2007
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Jean Marc Patras Galerie, Paris (FR)
15 Mar 2007 – 13 Apr 2007
Black and white photographs from the estate

Stevenson, Cape Town (ZA)
29 Mar 2006 – 29 Apr 2006

Group

Queer Constellations

Photographs from the Aronowitz Family Collection

Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus (US)
16 Oct 2026 – 21 Mar 2027

with George Dureau, John Edmonds, Andrea Geyer, Martine Gutierrez, George Hoyningen-Huene, Peter Hujar, Robert Mapplethorpe, Duane Michals, Catherine Opie, George Platt-Lynes, Hunter Reynolds, Paul Mpagi Sepuya …
Staging Resistance

in 1980s London

Hales Gallery, London (GB)
10 Sep 2026 – 23 Oct 2026

with Tessa Boffin, Sunil Gupta
Alliance, Infinity, Love – In the Face of the Other

9. Triennale der Photographie Hamburg

Haus der Photographie, Hamburg (DE)
5 Jun 2026 – 22 Sep 2026

with Laura Aguilar, Helene A. Amouzou, Richard Avedon, Dawoud Bey, Sandra Brewster, Jasmina Cibic, Mario Cravo Neto, Brenda L. Croft, Monica de Miranda, Omar Victor Diop, Arlene Gottfried, Eikoh Hosoe …
INTO THE UNSEEN

The Walther Collection

Haus der Photographie, Hamburg (DE)
24 Oct 2025 – 26 Apr 2026

with Martina Bacigalupo, Em'Kal Eyongakpa, YANG Fudong, David Goldblatt, Ana María Gómez López, Santu Mofokeng, Eadweard J. Muybridge, Jo Ractliffe, Felipe Romero Beltrán, RONG Rong, Berni Searle, Munemasa Takahashi …
Queer Lens: A History of Photography

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (US)
17 Jun 2025 – 28 Sep 2025

with Hoda Afshar, Cecil Beaton, Rick Castro, Thomas Eakins, John Edmonds, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Nan Goldin, Ken Gonzales-Day, Lyle Ashton Harris, Gertrude Kaesebier, David LaChapelle, Man Ray …
A World in Common

Contemporary African Photography

C/O Berlin, Berlin (DE)
1 Feb 2025 – 7 May 2025

with Kelani Abass, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Atong Atem, Edson Chagas, Kudzanai Chiurai, Maimouna Guerresi , Hassan Hajjaj, Delio Jasse, Samson Kambalu, Kiripi Katembo, Lebohang Kganye, Mario Macilau …
The 80s: Photographing Britain

Tate Britain, London (GB)
21 Nov 2024 – 5 May 2025

with Subrata Biswas, Tessa Boffin, Victor Burgin, Vanley Burke, John Davies, Al-An deSouza, Willie Doherty, Jason Evans, Anna Fox, Simon Foxton, Paul Graham, Joy Gregory …
When Works Meet

Stevenson, Cape Town (ZA)
7 Dec 2024 – 8 Feb 2025

with Jane Alexander, Zander Blom, Ernest Cole, David Goldblatt, Simon Gush, Pieter Hugo, Moshekwa Langa, Sabelo Mlangeni, Paulo Nazareth, Frida Orupabo, Jo Ractliffe, Robin Rhode …
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, Samuel Fosso, LaToya Ruby Frazier …
GROW IT, SHOW IT!

Haare im Blick von A look at hair from Diane Arbus to TikTok

Museum Folkwang, Essen (DE)
13 Sep 2024 – 12 Jan 2025

with Robert Adamson, Hoda Afshar, Laura Aguilar, Diane Arbus, Ellen Auerbach, AWA Magazine, BALAM, Jürgen Baldiga, Carina Brandes, BRAVO, Tessica Brown, Nakeya Brown …
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, Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Atong Atem, Sammy Baloji, James Barnor, Edson Chagas, Kudzanai Chiurai, Kudzanai Chiurai, Cristina De Middel, Andrew Esiebo, Em'Kal Eyongakpa …
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 …
Dreamy

queer works from the collections of the Finnish National Gallery.

Kiasma Museum, Helsinki (FI)
28 Apr 2023 – 26 Nov 2023

with Lynda Benglis, Nan Goldin, Artor Jesus Inkerö, Jacolby Satterwhite
Trace - Formations of Likeness

Photography and Video from The Walther Collection

Haus der Kunst, München (DE)
14 Apr 2023 – 23 Jul 2023

with Richard Avedon, Martina Bacigalupo, Yto Barrada, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Jodi Bieber, Karl Blossfeldt, Edson Chagas, SONG Dong, Samuel Fosso, YANG Fudong, David Goldblatt, ZHANG Huan …
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 …
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, Jean Depara, Laura El-Tantawy …
Shifting Dialogues

Photography from The Walther Collection

K21 Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf (DE)
9 Apr 2022 – 25 Sep 2022

with Martina Bacigalupo, Sammy Baloji, Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé, Yto Barrada, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Jodi Bieber, Edson Chagas, Mimi Cherono Ng Ok, Kudzanai Chiurai, Alfred Martin Duggan-Cronin, Theo Eshetu, Em'Kal Eyongakpa …
Greater New York 2021

MoMA PS1, New York (US)
7 Oct 2021 – 28 Apr 2022

with Robin Graubard, Bettina Grossman, Avijit Halder, Steffani Jemison, Hiram Maristany, Servane Mary, Marilyn Nance, Shelley Niro, Kayode Ojo, Raha Raissnia, Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa
Masculinities

Liberation through Photography

FOMU Fotomuseum Antwerp, Antwerp (BE)
22 Oct 2021 – 13 Mar 2022

with Laurie Anderson, Richard Avedon, Rineke Dijkstra, Hal Fischer, Sunil Gupta, Peter Hujar, Isaac Julien, Robert Mapplethorpe, Annette Messager, Catherine Opie, Wolfgang Tillmans
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 …
Masculinities

Liberation through Photography

Barbican Art Gallery , London (GB)
20 Feb 2020 – 17 May 2020

with Laurie Anderson, Sunil Gupta, Isaac Julien, Catherine Opie
Feast for the Eyes

The Story of Food in Photography

Hasselblad Center, Göteborg (SE)
29 Feb 2020 – 10 May 2020

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Guy Bourdin, Imogen Cunningham, Nan Goldin, Rinko Kawauchi, Ouka Leele, Laura Letinsky, Man Ray , Nickolas Muray, Martin Parr, Cindy Sherman, Wolfgang Tillmans …
Implicit Tensions: Mapplethorpe Now II

Guggenheim New York, New York (US)
24 Jul 2019 – 5 Jan 2020

with Lyle Ashton Harris, Glenn Ligon, Robert Mapplethorpe, Catherine Opie, Paul Mpagi Sepuya
Feast for the Eyes - The Story of Food in Photography

foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam (NL)
21 Dec 2018 – 6 Mar 2019

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Guy Bourdin, Imogen Cunningham, William Eggleston, Roe Ethridge, Marion Faller, Roger Fenton, Fischli & Weiss, Hollis Frampton, Nan Goldin, Daniel Gordon, Rinko Kawauchi …
The Evidence of Things Not Seen

JAG Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg (ZA)
11 Nov 2016 – 15 May 2017

with Ernest Cole, Gabrielle Goliath, Ranjith Kally, Nandipha Mntambo, Mohau Modisakeng, Santu Mofokeng, Zanele Muholi, Sam Nhlengethwa, Tracey Rose, Berni Searle, Mary Sibande
The Place Is Here

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

with John Akomfrah, Zarina Bhimji, Sonia Boyce, Vanley Burke, Chila Kumari Burman, Joy Gregory, Sunil Gupta, Mona Hatoum, Isaac Julien, Keith Piper, Ingrid Pollard, Maud Sulter
Kiasma’s Collection Exhibition

Kiasma Museum, Helsinki (FI)
22 Apr 2016 – 29 Jan 2017

with Saara Ekstroem, Brian Eno, Sigurdur Gudmundsson, Pekka Niskanen
In the Spirit of Nature

Spiritual photographs

Huis Marseille, Amsterdam (NL)
10 Sep 2016 – 4 Dec 2016

with Mario Cravo Neto, Martin Gusinde
After Eden

The Walther Collection

La Maison Rouge, Paris (FR)
17 Oct 2015 – 24 Jan 2016

with Dieter Appelt, Nobuyoshi Araki, Richard Avedon, Sammy Baloji, Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Alphonse Bertillon, Jodi Bieber, Karl Blossfeldt, Candice Breitz, SONG Dong, Alfred Martin Duggan-Cronin …
Chobi Mela VIII - Intimacy

Chobi Mela Festival, Dhaka (BD)
23 Jan 2015 – 5 Feb 2015

with Philip Blenkinsop, Arthur Bondar, Antoine Bruy, Kevin Bubriski, Denis Dailleux, Andrea Diefenbach, Laura El-Tantawy, Luis Gonzalez Palma, Shirin Neshat, Simon Norfolk, Cristina Nunez, Max Pinckers …
WARE & WISSEN

(or the stories you wouldn’t tell a stranger)

Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
16 Jan 2014 – 4 Jan 2015

with Lothar Baumgarten, Clegg & Guttmann , Armin Linke, Rut Blees Luxemburg, Pushpamala N., Otobong Nkanga
This Will Have Been

Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s

ICA Institute Contemp Art, Boston (US)
15 Nov 2012 – 3 Mar 2013

with Judith Barry, Ashley Bickerton, Sophie Calle, Jimmie Durham, General Idea, Robert Gober, Nan Goldin, Jack Goldstein, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, David Hammons, Peter Hujar, Isaac Julien …
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 …
Events of the Self: Portraiture and Social Identity

Momente des Selbst: Porträtfotografie und soziale Identität

The Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm (DE)
17 Jun 2010 – 15 May 2011

with Sammy Baloji, Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé, Yto Barrada, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Candice Breitz, Allan de Souza, Theo Eshetu, Samuel Fosso, David Goldblatt, Kay Hassan, Romuald Hazoumé, Pieter Hugo …
fabric of identity

Camilla Grimaldi , Roma (IT)
3 Apr 2009 – 3 May 2009

with Grace Ndiritu, J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, Malick Sidibe, Nontsikelelo "Lolo" Veleko
Über Schönheit

Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (DE)
18 Mar 2005 – 16 May 2005

with Matthew Barney, Samta Benyahia, Olaf Breuning, XING Danwen, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Hans-Peter Feldmann, WANG Gongxin, Jens Haaning, ZHUANG Hui, ZHU Jinshi, Katarzyna Kozyra, Boris Mikhailov …
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, Jean Depara, 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, Jean Depara, Doudou Diop, Patricia Driscoll, David Goldblatt, Constance Stuart Larrabee, Chris Ledochowski, Adam Letch …
50th International Venice Biennale

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
15 Jun 2003 – 2 Nov 2003

with Adel Abdessemed, Carlos Amorales, Emmanuelle Antille, Kader Attia, Maja Bajevic, John Baldessari, Matthew Barney, Zarina Bhimji, Dara Birnbaum, Sergey Bratkov, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Boris Cvjetanovic …

Events

9th Triennial of Photography Hamburg 2026

Alliance Infinity Love - IN THE FACE OF THE OTHER

Triennale der Photographie Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
5 Jun 2026 – 22 Sep 2026

with Laura Aguilar, Halil Altindere, Helene A. Amouzou, Diane Arbus, Karimah Ashadu, Richard Avedon, Maja Bajevic, John Baldessari, Lewis Baltz, Rosa Barba, Yto Barrada, Taysir Batniji …
FotoFest Biennial 2026

FotoFest, Houston (US)
7 Mar 2026 – 10 May 2026

with Monica Alcazar-Duarte, Nouf Aljowaysir, Refik Anadol, Del Bey, Adrian Burrell, Julia Margaret Cameron, Victor Cartagena, Gregory Chatonsky, Sofia Crespo, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Lalla Essaydi, George Fikry …
Capture Photography Festival 2025

Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver (CA)
1 Apr 2025 – 30 Apr 2025

with Roy Arden, Barbara Astman, Karl Blossfeldt, Karin Bubas, Dana Claxton, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Greg Girard, Rodney Graham, Fred Herzog, Owen Kydd, Gabrielle L'Hirondelle Hill …
2024 FOTOFOCUS BIENNIAL: backstories

FotoFocus Cincinnati, Cincinnati (US)
26 Sep 2024 – 30 Oct 2024

with Ansel Adams, Michael Almereyda, Rachael Banks, Rose Marie Cromwell, Dawn DeDeaux, William Eggleston, Albert Moser, Kanthy Peng, Barbara Probst, Ming Smith, Chip Thomas
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 …
EXPO CHICAGO 2023

EXPO CHICAGO, Chicago (US)
13 Apr 2023 – 16 Apr 2023

with Alia Ali, Tina Barney, Dawoud Bey, Edward Burtynsky, Patty Carroll, Robert Cumming, Justin Dingwall, William Eggleston, Daniel Gordon, Noemie Goudal, Gail Albert Halaban, Robert Heinecken …
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 …
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, Jean Depara …
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 …