Sammy Baloji

*1978 / Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

Works

News

In Minor Keys

The 61st International Art Exhibition

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
9 May 2026 – 22 Nov 2026

with Akinbode Akinbiyi, Laurie Anderson, Kader Attia, Eric Baudelaire, Beverly Buchanan, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Joy Episalla, Theo Eshetu, Ayrson Heraclito, Sohrab Hura, Alfredo Jaar, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige …

Solo exhibitions

When Extraction Becomes Form It Speaks in Borrowed Tongues

Wexner Center for Art, Columbus (US)
20 Sep 2026 – 14 Feb 2027
LANDSCAPE LENS: A KATANGESE CROSSING

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
6 Jul 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
Copper thread, Rubber thread, Sugar thread,

Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp (BE)
17 Apr 2026 – 16 Aug 2026
Echoes of History, Shadows of Progress

National Museum of Contemporary Art - EM, Athens (GR)
3 Apr 2025 – 15 Feb 2026
SAMMY BALOJI

Goldsmiths CCA, London (GB)
4 Oct 2024 – 12 Jan 2025
Other Tales

lunds konsthall, Lund (SE)
15 Feb 2020 – 24 May 2020
CONGOS, FRAGMENTS D'UNE HISTOIRE

Le Point du Jour, Cherbourg-Octeville (FR)
6 Oct 2019 – 26 Jan 2020
Suturing the city

Side Gallery, Newcastle (GB)
7 Apr 2018 – 3 Jun 2018
Urban Now: City Life in Congo

Filip De Boeck

The Power Plant, Toronto (CA)
29 Sep 2017 – 31 Dec 2017
Urban Now: City Life in Congo

photographer Sammy Baloji and anthropologist Filip De Boeck

Open Society Foundations, New York (US)
2 Nov 2016 – 14 Jul 2017
That is where, as you heard, the elephant danced the malinga.

The place where they now grow flowers.

Imane Farès , Paris (FR)
14 Apr 2016 – 20 Nov 2016
Urban Now: City Life in Congo

Sammy Baloji & Filip De Boeck

WIELS Centre d'art contemporain, Brussels (BE)
8 May 2016 – 14 Aug 2016
Mémoire

de Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL)
27 Aug 2010 – 12 Sep 2010
Mémoire

Cafe Gallery Projects London - Dilston G, London (GB)
2 Jun 2010 – 4 Jul 2010
Mémoire

le bleu du ciel, Lyon (FR)
28 May 2010 – 3 Jul 2010

Group

Simba Moto ! Seize the fire ! Saisis le feu !

Patrick Bongoy, Damso, Aimé Mpané, Géraldine Tobé.

Venice Biennale - CD, Venezia (IT)
9 May 2026 – 22 Nov 2026

with Arlette Bashizi, Gosette Lubondo, Nelson Makengo, Leonard Pongo
In Minor Keys

The 61st International Art Exhibition

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
9 May 2026 – 22 Nov 2026

with Akinbode Akinbiyi, Laurie Anderson, Kader Attia, Eric Baudelaire, Beverly Buchanan, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Joy Episalla, Theo Eshetu, Ayrson Heraclito, Sohrab Hura, Alfredo Jaar, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige …
Fast ein Paradies

Kolonialzeitliche Fotografie in der Gegenwartskunst

Museum Rietberg, Zürich (CH)
16 Apr 2026 – 26 Sep 2026

with Omar Victor Diop, Sasha Huber, Yuki Kihara, Cédric Kouamé, Dinh Q. Le, Dimakatso Mathopa, Tshepiso Moropa, Aline Motta, Frida Orupabo, Rosana Paulino, Wendy Red Star, The Anonymous Project
Second Nature

Photography in the Age of the Anthropocene

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City (US)
21 May 2026 – 12 Sep 2026

with Matthew Brandt, Edward Burtynsky, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, James Casebere, Joao Castilho, SIM Chi Yin, Elena Damiani, Gohar Dashti, Sanne de Wilde, Andrew Esiebo, Gauri Gill, Noemie Goudal …
Picture Perfect

Beauty through a Contemporary Lens

Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar, Brussels (BE)
7 Mar 2026 – 16 Aug 2026

with Ibrahim Ahmed, Yumna Al-Arashi, Francesca Allen, Sarah Amrani, Susan Anderson, Eleanor Antin, Valerie Belin, François Bellabas, Kwame Brathwaite, Nakeya Brown, Juno Calypso, William Cobbing …
Eine Stadt als Atelier

Kölnischer Kunstverein, Köln (DE)
22 May 2026 – 19 Jul 2026

with Chantal Akerman, Jef Cornelis, Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys, Aglaia Konrad, Marina Pinsky, Beat Streuli
Habitate. Über_Lebensräume

16. Triennale Kleinplastik

Galerie Stadt Fellbach, Fellbach (DE)
24 May 2025 – 28 Sep 2025

with Ahmet Oeguet, Ignacio Acosta, Monira Al Qadiri, Mariechen Danz, Christian Jankowski, M+M (Marc Weis + Martin De Mattia), Mariele Neudecker, Diana Scherer, Superflex (Jakob Fenger, Rasmus Nielsen, Bjørnstjerne Christiansen)
THE TRUE SIZE OF AFRICA

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

with John Akomfrah, 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
Second Nature

Photography in the Age of the Anthropocene

Cantor Arts Center, Stanford (US)
26 Feb 2025 – 3 Aug 2025

with Matthew Brandt, Edward Burtynsky, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, James Casebere, Joao Castilho, SIM Chi Yin, Elena Damiani, Gohar Dashti, Sanne de Wilde, Andrew Esiebo, Gauri Gill, Noemie Goudal …
Screens: A Panafrica Film Series

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (US)
10 Aug 2024 – 6 Jan 2025

with Larry Achiampong, Zarina Bhimji, Monica de Miranda, Steffani Jemison, Bouchra Khalili, Sarah Maldoror
Komm sing mit!

Vom Erheben der Stimm

Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz (AT)
4 Oct 2024 – 5 Jan 2025

with Chto Delat International, Clement Cogitore, Ines Doujak, Nikolaus Gansterer, Christian Jankowski, Dejan Kaludjerovic, Johanna Kandl, Helmut Kandl, Mikhail Karikis, Maria Lassnig, Uriel Orlow, Mathilde ter Heijne …
Photography Now

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

with Noemie Goudal, Liz Johnson Artur, Tarrah Krajnak, Vera Lutter, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Vasantha Yogananthan
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, James Barnor, Edson Chagas, Kudzanai Chiurai, Kudzanai Chiurai, Cristina De Middel, Andrew Esiebo, Em'Kal Eyongakpa, Rotimi Fani-Kayode …
The Accursed Share

Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh (GB)
17 Mar 2023 – 27 May 2023

with Marwa Arsanios, Moyra Davey
Kinshasa (N)tóngá

Between Future and Dust

Kanal - Centre Pompidou, Brussels (BE)
23 Sep 2022 – 20 Nov 2022

with Bianca Baldi, Gosette Lubondo
African Cosmologies: Redux

FotoFest Biennial 2022

FotoFest, Houston (US)
24 Sep 2022 – 6 Nov 2022

with Faisal Abdu'allah, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Helene A. Amouzou, James Barnor, Bruno Boudjelal, Edson Chagas, Ernest Cole, Jamal Cyrus, Monica de Miranda, Jean Depara, Laura El-Tantawy, Rotimi Fani-Kayode …
Shifting Dialogues

Photography from The Walther Collection

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

with Martina Bacigalupo, 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, Rotimi Fani-Kayode …
SAMMLUNG

MMK Tower, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
22 Aug 2020 – 7 Nov 2021

with Horst Ademeit, Eric Baudelaire, Isa Genzken, Anne Imhof, Bruce Nauman, Cady Noland, Marcel Odenbach, Thomas Ruff, Sturtevant (Elaine), Martine Syms, Jeff Wall
The World to Come

Art in the Age of the Anthropocene

DePaul Art Museum, Chicago (US)
19 Mar 2020 – 16 Aug 2020

with Huma Bhabha, LIU Bolin, Dana Levy, Gideon Mendel, Richard Mosse, Nicole Six & Paul Petritsch, Gabriel Orozco, Trevor Paglen
Pouvoir(s)

Domination, Engagement, Séduction.

Centre Photographique Marseille, Marseille (FR)
12 Oct 2019 – 11 Jan 2020

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Yael Bartana, Valerie Belin, Alain Bizos, Pierre Boulat, Jean-Philippe Charbonnier, Patrick Faigenbaum, YANG Fudong, Paolo Fusco, Pierre Gonnord, Karen Knorr, Barbara Kruger …
Africa State of Mind

Mus African Diaspora, San Francisco (US)
4 Sep 2019 – 15 Nov 2019

with Emmanuelle Andrianjafy, Neil Beloufa, Girma Berta, Eric Gyamfi, Lebohang Kganye, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Namsa Leuba, Michael MacGarry, Sabelo Mlangeni, Musa Nxumalo, Ruth Ossai, Athi-Patra Ruga …
The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene

UMMA Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor (US)
27 Apr 2019 – 28 Jul 2019

with Claudia Andujar, Huma Bhabha, LIU Bolin, Edward Burtynsky, Dornith Doherty, Mishka Henner, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Eva Leitolf, Dana Levy, Dana Levy, Yao Lu, Pedro Neves Marques …
The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene

Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville (US)
18 Sep 2018 – 3 Mar 2019

with Claudia Andujar, Subhankar Banerjee, Huma Bhabha, LIU Bolin, Edward Burtynsky, Sandra Cinto, Elena Damiani, Dornith Doherty, Charles Gaines, Mishka Henner, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Chris Jordan …
L’Afrique n’est pas une île

Fondation Zinsou, Cotonou (BJ)
2 Nov 2018 – 15 Feb 2019

with Ishola Akpo, Hela Ammar, Abdoulaye Barry, Carolle Benitah, Nabil Boutros, Seydou Camara, Joana Choumali, Nestor Da, Cristina De Middel, Jean Depara, Fatoumata Diabate, Omar Victor Diop …
Africa State of Mind

New Art Exchange, Nottingham (GB)
29 Sep 2018 – 16 Dec 2018

with Emmanuelle Andrianjafy, Neil Beloufa, Girma Berta, Mimi Cherono Ng Ok, Eric Gyamfi, Lebohang Kganye, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Namsa Leuba, Michael MacGarry, Sabelo Mlangeni, Musa Nxumalo, Athi-Patra Ruga …
African Metropolis. An imaginary city

MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti, Roma (IT)
22 Jun 2018 – 4 Nov 2018

with Akinbode Akinbiyi, Heba Y. Amin, Joel Andrianomearisoa, Mimi Cherono Ng Ok, Godfried Donkor, Francois-Xavier Gbre, Simon Gush, Hassan Hajjaj, Nicholas Hlobo, Delio Jasse, Samson Kambalu, Kiluanji Kia Henda …
Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo

I LOVE AFRICA

Festival La Gacilly-Baden, Baden (AT)
8 Jun 2018 – 30 Sep 2018

with Akintunde Akinleye, Ed Alcock, James Barnor, Teo Becher, Girma Berta, Emmanuel Berthier, Mama Casset, David Chancellor, Paras Chandaria, Jean Depara, Fatoumata Diabate, Omar Victor Diop …
documenta 14 Kassel

documenta, Kassel (DE)
10 Jun 2017 – 13 Sep 2017

with Algirdas Seskus, Abounaddara, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Michel Auder, Alexandra Bachzetsis, Rebecca Belmore, WANG Bing, Ross Birrell, Pavel Braila, Geta Bratescu, Nikhil Chopra, Anna Daucikova …
Afriques Capitales

Le Mois de la Photo du Grand Paris 2017

Parc de la Villette, Paris (FR)
29 Mar 2017 – 3 Sep 2017

with Franck Abd-Bakar Fanny, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Leila Alaoui, Heba Y. Amin, Joel Andrianomearisoa, Nabil Boutros, Mimi Cherono Ng Ok, Emo de Medeiros, Godfried Donkor, Francois-Xavier Gbre, Simon Gush, Hassan Hajjaj …
Tous, des sang-mêlés

MAC/VAL, Paris (FR)
22 Apr 2017 – 3 Sep 2017

with Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Francis Alys, Faycal Baghriche, Taysir Batniji, Sylvie Blocher, Jonathas de Andrade, Maryam Jafri, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Bouchra Khalili, Kimsooja, Mehryl Levisse …
The Absent Museum

WIELS Centre d'art contemporain, Brussels (BE)
20 Apr 2017 – 13 Aug 2017

with Francis Alys, Jo Baer, Dirk Braeckman, Jimmie Durham, Michel Francois, Ellen Gallagher, Mekhitar Garabedian, Jef Geys, Cameron Jamie, Ann Veronica Janssens, Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys, Mark Manders …
Soil and Stones, Souls and Songs

Para Site, Hong Kong (CN)
18 Mar 2017 – 11 Jun 2017

with Mariana Castillo Deball, Jimmie Durham, Simryn Gill, Ion Grigorescu, Jane Jin Kaisen, Haegue Yang
Senses of Time: Video and Film-Based Works of Africa

LACMA Museum, Los Angeles (US)
20 Dec 2015 – 2 Jan 2017

with Theo Eshetu, Moataz M. Nasr, Berni Searle, Yinka Shonibare MBE
The Expanded Subject

New Perspectives In Photographic Portraiture From Africa

Columbia Uni - Wallach, New York (US)
7 Sep 2016 – 10 Dec 2016

with Mohamed Camara, Saidou Dicko, George Osodi
Let's Talk About the Weather

Art and Ecology in a Time of Crisis

Sursock Museum, Beyrouth (LB)
14 Jul 2016 – 24 Oct 2016

with Ursula Biemann, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Emeric Lhuisset, Nicholas Mangan, Marwan Rechmaoui, Natascha Sadr Haghighian
Earth Matters: Land as Material and Metaphor in the Arts of Africa

Bowdoin Museum of Art, Brunswick (US)
15 Oct 2015 – 6 Mar 2016

with William Kentridge, Helga Kohl, Charles Okereke, George Osodi
After Eden

The Walther Collection

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

with Dieter Appelt, Nobuyoshi Araki, Richard Avedon, Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Alphonse Bertillon, Jodi Bieber, Karl Blossfeldt, Candice Breitz, SONG Dong, Alfred Martin Duggan-Cronin, Theo Eshetu …
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, John Akomfrah, Kutluğ Ataman, Maja Bajevic, Ernesto Ballesteros, Rosa Barba, Petra Bauer …
Personne et les autres

Vincent Meessen and guests

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

with Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc, Kasper Akhoj, Elisabetta Benassi, Tamar Guimaraes, Maryam Jafri, Vincent Meessen, Patrick Bernier & Olive Martin, Adam Pendleton
BEASTLY / TIERISCH

Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur (CH)
30 May 2015 – 4 Oct 2015

with Marcus Coates, Charlotte Dumas, Stephen Gill, Jitka Hanzlova, Pieter Hugo, Peter Hujar, Simen Johan, Erik Kessels, Elad Lassry, Jochen Lempert, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Moussa Sarr …
The Divine Comedy

Heaven, Hell, Purgatory Revisited by Contemporary African Artists

MMK Museum, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
21 Mar 2014 – 27 Jul 2014

with Jane Alexander, Ghada Amer, Joel Andrianomearisoa, Kader Attia, Berry Bickle, Zoulikha Bouabdellah, Mohamed Bourouissa, Nabil Boutros, Loulou Cherinet, Kudzanai Chiurai, Dimitri Fagbohoun, Nicholas Hlobo …
Earth Matters: Land as Material and Metaphor in the Arts of Africa

Museum of African Art, Washington (US)
22 Apr 2013 – 5 Jan 2014

with Jide Alakija, Emmanuel Bakary Daou, Allan de Souza, Helga Kohl, MWANGI HUTTER, George Osodi, Nyaba Leon Ouedraogo, Georgia Papageorge, Andrew Putter, Berni Searle
Present Tense. Photos from the South of Africa

Centre Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris (FR)
18 Sep 2013 – 14 Dec 2013

with Malala Andrialavidrazana, Pieter Hugo, Delio Jasse, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Sabelo Mlangeni, Tsvangirai Mukwazhi, Mauro Pinto, Jo Ractliffe, Guy Tillim
Knowledge is Power

<a href="http://www.phe.es" target="_blank">PHotoEspaña 2013 (PHE13)</a>

Real Jardín Botánico, Madrid (ES)
5 Jun 2013 – 28 Jul 2013

with Maria Thereza Alves, Kader Attia, Katinka Bock, Robert Doisneau, Jim Goldberg, Manuela Marques, Boris Mikhailov, Jean-Luc Moulene, Marc Pataut, Mathieu Pernot, Fulvio Roiter, Taryn Simon
Distance and Desire: Encounters with the African Archive Part II:

Contemporary Reconfiguraions

The Walther Collection, New York (US)
30 Nov 2012 – 9 Mar 2013

with Candice Breitz, Samuel Fosso, Pieter Hugo, Sabelo Mlangeni, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Zanele Muholi, Andrew Putter, Carrie Mae Weems
Infinite Balance: Artists and the Environment

artists shortlisted for the Prix Pictet

Museum Photographic Arts, San Diego (US)
11 Oct 2011 – 5 Feb 2012

with Edward Burtynsky, Thomas Joshua Cooper, Susan Derges, Naoya Hatakeyama, Chris Jordan, Vera Lutter, Michael Wolf
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, James Barnor, Abdoulaye Barry, Arturu Bibang, Jodi Bieber, Bobby Bobson (Sukdeo Bobson Mohanlall) …
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 Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé, Yto Barrada, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Candice Breitz, Allan de Souza, Theo Eshetu, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Samuel Fosso, David Goldblatt, Kay Hassan, Romuald Hazoumé, Pieter Hugo …
Prix Pictet

FORMA per la Fotografia, Milano (IT)
5 Oct 2010 – 17 Oct 2010

with Darren Almond, Christopher Anderson, Edward Burtynsky, Andreas Gursky, Naoya Hatakeyama, Nadav Kander, Ed Kashi, Abbas Kowsari, Yao Lu, Edgar Martins, Chris Steele-Perkins
Un reve utile - Photographie africaine 1960-2010

A Useful Dream: African Photography 1960-2010

Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar, Brussels (BE)
26 Jun 2010 – 26 Sep 2010

with Myriam Abdelaziz, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Mohammed “Mo” Amin, Cornelius Augustt Azaglo, Jodi Bieber, Mohamed Bourouissa, Nabil Boutros, Ananias Leki Dago, Jean Depara, Tracey Derrick, Mohamed Dib, Calvin Dondo …
Nominierung Prix Pictet 2009: Earth

Galerie Caprice Horn, Berlin (DE)
30 Jun 2010 – 19 Jul 2010

with Darren Almond, Christopher Anderson, Edward Burtynsky, Andreas Gursky, Naoya Hatakeyama, Nadav Kander, Ed Kashi, Abbas Kowsari, Yao Lu, Edgar Martins, Chris Steele-Perkins
Prix Pictet - EARTH

Photo Museum Ireland, Dublin (IE)
3 Apr 2010 – 30 May 2010

with Darren Almond, Christopher Anderson, Edward Burtynsky, Andreas Gursky, Naoya Hatakeyama, Nadav Kander, Ed Kashi, Abbas Kowsari, Yao Lu, Edgar Martins, Chris Steele-Perkins
Earth Tracks

Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki (GR)
19 Dec 2009 – 28 Feb 2010

with Darren Almond, Christopher Anderson, Antonio Biasiucci, Elina Brotherus, Simon Burch, Edward Burtynsky, Stephane Cuisset, Nikos Daniilidis, Jessica Delsaux, Romain Girtgen, Naoya Hatakeyama, Charis Kakarouchas …
Prix Pictet 2009 Shortlist - Earth

Passage de Retz, Paris (FR)
23 Oct 2009 – 23 Nov 2009

with Darren Almond, Christopher Anderson, Edward Burtynsky, Andreas Gursky, Naoya Hatakeyama, Nadav Kander, Ed Kashi, Abbas Kowsari, Yao Lu, Edgar Martins, Chris Steele-Perkins
Périfériks

Centre d'Art Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel (CH)
5 Sep 2009 – 11 Oct 2009

with Jean-Michel Pancin, Javier Tellez, Minette Vári
Mois de la photo a Montreal - 11eme edition

Les espaces de l'image / The Spaces of the Image

MOMENTA, Montréal (CA)
10 Sep 2009 – 11 Oct 2009

with Kutluğ Ataman, Yael Bartana, Robert Burley, Jim Campbell, Pascal Convert, Luc Courchesne, Michael Flomen, Jeff Guess, Alfredo Jaar, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Emmanuelle Léonard, Yveline Loiseur …
Prix Pictet, Photography Prize 2009

Purdy Hicks Gallery, London (GB)
6 Oct 2009 – 10 Oct 2009

with Darren Almond, Christopher Anderson, Edward Burtynsky, Andreas Gursky, Naoya Hatakeyama, Nadav Kander, Ed Kashi, Abbas Kowsari, Yao Lu, Edgar Martins, Chris Steele-Perkins
Spot on... Bamako

VII. Rencontres Africaines de la Photographie

ifa-Galerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart (DE)
30 Jan 2009 – 21 Mar 2009

with Berry Bickle, Jodi Bieber, Mohamed Camara, Saidou Dicko, Mouna Karray, Amal El Kenawy, Aida Muluneh, Soavina Ramaroson, Michael Tsegaye, Nontsikelelo "Lolo" Veleko
Spot on... Bamako 2007

VII. Rencontres Africaines de la Photographie

ifa-Galerie, Berlin (DE)
23 Oct 2008 – 11 Jan 2009

with Berry Bickle, Jodi Bieber, Mohamed Camara, Saidou Dicko, Mouna Karray, Amal El Kenawy, Aida Muluneh, Soavina Ramaroson, Michael Tsegaye, Nontsikelelo "Lolo" Veleko

Events

The 61st International Art Exhibition

In Minor Keys

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
9 May 2026 – 22 Nov 2026

with Akinbode Akinbiyi, Laurie Anderson, Kader Attia, Eric Baudelaire, Beverly Buchanan, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Joy Episalla, Theo Eshetu, Ayrson Heraclito, Sohrab Hura, Alfredo Jaar, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige …
Rencontres d'Arles 2026

WORLDS IN VIEW

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
6 Jul 2026 – 4 Oct 2026

with Felicia Abban, James Barnor, Martine Barrat, Willis E. Bell, Bruno Boudjelal, Anne-Lise Broyer, Clement Cogitore, Rebekka Deubner, Omar Victor Diop, Denyse Gawu-Mensah, Harry Gruyaert, Carlos Idun-Tawiah …
ZURICH ART WEEKEND 2026

ZURICH ART WEEKEND, Zürich (CH)
12 Jun 2026 – 14 Jun 2026

with Francis Alys, Omar Victor Diop, Slawomir Elsner, Valie Export, Sasha Huber, Cédric Kouamé, Dinh Q. Le, Katalin Ladik, Jonathan Monk, Tshepiso Moropa, Aline Motta, Frida Orupabo …
Photo Kathmandu 2025

Photo Kathmandu, Kathmandu (Nepal)
14 Nov 2025 – 14 Dec 2025

with Taslima Akhter, Debashish Chakrabarty, Suvra Kanti Das, Yasmine Eid-Sabbagh, Sasha Huber, Katrin Koenning, Isadora Romero
Encontros da Imagem 2024

Encontros da Imagem, Braga (PT)
20 Sep 2024 – 3 Nov 2024

with Ofir Berman, Omar Victor Diop, Imane Djamil, Filipa Frois Almeida, Marja Helander, Ayrson Heraclito, Amina Kadous, Tito Mouraz, Amilton Neves Cuna, Maria Pia Oliveira, Gloria Oyarzabal, Miguel Rio Branco …
Sharjah Biennial 15

Thinking Historically in the Present

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

with Erkan Oezgen, John Akomfrah, Monira Al Qadiri, Farah Al Qasimi, Brook Andrew, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Kader Attia, Pablo Bartholomew, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Carolina Caycedo, Ali Cherri …
12th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art

Berlin Biennale, Berlin (DE)
11 Jun 2022 – 18 Sep 2022

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Haig Aivazian, Ariella Azoulay, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Taysir Batniji, Zach Blas, Ammar Bouras, Clement Cogitore, Monica de Miranda, Omer Fast, Simone Fattal, Forensic Architecture …
FOTOBOKFESTIVAL OSLO

FOTOBOKFESTIVAL OSLO, Oslo (NO)
10 Sep 2020 – 20 Sep 2020

with Ignacio Acosta, Mandy Barker, Erik Berglin, Paul Cupido, Jon Gorospe, Michael Light, Yoshinori Mizutani, George Osodi, Oliver Ressler, Zied Ben Romdhane, Corinne Vionnet
22nd Biennale of Sydney

NIRIN

Biennale of Sydney, Sydney (AU)
14 Mar 2020 – 8 Jun 2020

with Erkan Oezgen, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Tony Albert, Maria Thereza Alves, Joel Andrianomearisoa, Huma Bhabha, Mohamed Bourouissa, Yuriyal Eric Bridgeman, Tania Bruguera, Vajiko Chachkhiani, Jose Davila, Rokni Haerizadeh …
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, James Barnor, Bruno Boudjelal, Edson Chagas, Ernest Cole, Jamal Cyrus, Monica de Miranda, Jean Depara, Laura El-Tantawy …
Festival La Photographie Marseille

Photographie Marseille, Marseille (FR)
10 Oct 2019 – 15 Dec 2019

with Laia Abril, Pierre Jean Amar, Morten Andersen, Dieter Appelt, Nobuyoshi Araki, Yael Bartana, Vincen Beeckman, Valerie Belin, Alain Bizos, Pierre Boulat, Marie Bovo, Denis Brihat …
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, Louidgi Beltrame, Will Benedict, Meriem Bennani, ZHENG Bo, Mohamed Bourouissa …
7th Daegu Photo Biennale 2018

Role-playing - Rewriting mythologies

Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu (KR)
8 Sep 2018 – 16 Oct 2018

with Clement Cogitore, Anne Collier, Omar Victor Diop, Thierry Fontaine, Aida Muluneh, Andreas Rost, Joachim Seinfeld, Nontsikelelo "Lolo" Veleko
Second Yinchuan Biennale

Starting from the Desert. Ecologies on the Edge

MoCA Yinchuan, Yinchuan (CN)
9 Jun 2018 – 19 Sep 2018

with Ravi Agarwal, Vyacheslav Akhunov, Navjot Altaf, Can Altay, Said Atabekov, Massimo Bartolini, Felice Beato, Erick Beltran, ZHENG Bo, Filipa Cesar, Sheba Chhachhi, Nikhil Chopra …
21st Biennale of Sydney

SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement

Biennale of Sydney, Sydney (AU)
16 Mar 2018 – 11 Jun 2018

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Brook Andrew, Marc Bauer, Oliver Beer, Miriam Cahn, Francisco Gonzalez Camacho, Tiffany Chung, Lili Dujourie, Luciano Fabro, Sam Falls, Marco Fusinato, Anya Gallacio …
20th Contemporary Art Festival Sesc_Videobrasil

Southern Panoramas

Videobrasil , São Paulo (BR)
3 Oct 2017 – 14 Jan 2018

with Haig Aivazian, Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca, Filipa Cesar, Köken Ergun, Natasha Mendonca
FIAC 2017

FIAC Paris, Paris (FR)
19 Oct 2017 – 22 Oct 2017

with Adel Abdessemed, Helena Almeida, Dieter Appelt, Kim Sop Boninsegni, Elina Brotherus, Hannah Collins, Pauline Curnier Jardin, Liz Deschenes, Peter Downsbrough, Roe Ethridge, Alain Fleischer, Joan Fontcuberta …
documenta 14 Kassel

documenta, Kassel (DE)
10 Jun 2017 – 13 Sep 2017

with Algirdas Seskus, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Michel Auder, Ross Birrell, Geta Bratescu, Nikhil Chopra, Moyra Davey, Hans Eijkelboom, Theo Eshetu, Peter Friedl, Regina Jose Galindo, Daniel Garcia Andujar …
documenta 14 Athens

Athens 8 Apr - 16 July / Kassel 10 June - 17 Sept

documenta, Athens (GR)
8 Apr 2017 – 16 Jul 2017

with Algirdas Seskus, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Michel Auder, Moyra Davey, Hans Eijkelboom, Theo Eshetu, Daniel Garcia Andujar, Amar Kanwar, Amar Kanwar, Bouchra Khalili, Naeem Mohaiemen, Rosalind Nashashibi …
The 11th Shanghai Biennale

Why Not Ask Again: Arguments, Counter-arguments, and Stories

Shanghai Biennale - Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai (CN)
12 Nov 2016 – 12 Mar 2017

with Sener Oezmen, Navjot Altaf, Takashi Arai, Khaled Barakeh, Patty Chang, John Gerrard, Hao Jingban, Taus Makhacheva, LEE Mingwei, Fabrice Monteiro, Peter Piller, Superflex (Jakob Fenger, Rasmus Nielsen, Bjørnstjerne Christiansen)
13th Biennale de Lyon

La Vie Moderne

Biennale de Lyon , Lyon (FR)
10 Sep 2015 – 3 Jan 2016

with Kader Attia, Yto Barrada, Nina Beier, Mohamed Bourouissa, Jeremy Deller, Simon Denny, Cyprien Gaillard, Ann Hamilton, Camille Henrot, Johannes Kahrs, George Osodi, Marina Pinsky …
Les Rencontres d'Arles 2012 - A french School

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
2 Jul 2012 – 23 Sep 2012

with Grégoire Alexandre, Jean-Christophe Bechet, Sylvia Ballhause, Brigitte Bauer, Edouard Beau, Massimo Berruti, Olivier Cablat, Sophie Calle, Sébastien Calvet, James Casebere, Alexandra Catiere, Chuha Chung …