Theo Eshetu

♂ *1958 / United Kingdom

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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, Sammy Baloji, Eric Baudelaire, Beverly Buchanan, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Joy Episalla, Ayrson Heraclito, Sohrab Hura, Alfredo Jaar, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige …

Solo exhibitions

Veiled Woman on a Beachfront

Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin (DE)
7 Nov 2024 – 19 Dec 2024
Atlas Portraits

Tiwani Contemporary, London (GB)
31 Jan 2020 – 29 Feb 2020
The Slave Ship

Tiwani Contemporary, London (GB)
30 Jun 2017 – 12 Aug 2017
Blood

MLAC, Roma (IT)
8 May 2003 – 28 May 2003

Group

Reisenden folgen Wegen – Humanität als Praxis

36. Bienal de São Paulo, Berlin Edition

Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (DE)
12 Sep 2026 – 6 Dec 2026

with Akinbode Akinbiyi, Leo Asemota, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Christopher Cozier, Cevdet Erek, Forensic Architecture, Lynn Hershman, Laila Hida, Leiko Ikemura, Olu Oguibe, Ming Smith, Wolfgang Tillmans
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, Sammy Baloji, Eric Baudelaire, Beverly Buchanan, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Joy Episalla, Ayrson Heraclito, Sohrab Hura, Alfredo Jaar, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige …
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, Em'Kal Eyongakpa, Rotimi Fani-Kayode …
THE FACULTY OF SENSING – Thinking With, Through, and By Anton Wilhelm Amo

Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig (DE)
28 Mar 2020 – 13 Sep 2020

with Akinbode Akinbiyi, Anna Dasovic, Jean Ulrick Desert, Adama Delphine Fawundu, Lungiswa Gqunta, Kitso Lynn Lelliott, Antje Majewski
MASKE / Mask

Kunst der Verwandlung / Art of Transformation

Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn (DE)
30 May 2019 – 25 Aug 2019

with Ed Atkins, Kader Attia, Thorsten Brinkmann, Claude Cahun, Eli Cortinas, Gauri Gill, Hannah Hoech, Cindy Sherman
And Berlin Will Always Need You

Kunst, Handwerk und Konzept Made in Berlin

Gropius Bau, Berlin (DE)
22 Mar 2019 – 16 Jun 2019

with Mariechen Danz, Antje Majewski, Simon Wachsmuth
documenta 14 Kassel

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

with Algirdas Seskus, Abounaddara, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Michel Auder, Alexandra Bachzetsis, Sammy Baloji, Rebecca Belmore, WANG Bing, Ross Birrell, Pavel Braila, Geta Bratescu, Nikhil Chopra …
Senses of Time: Video and Film-Based Works of Africa

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

with Sammy Baloji, Moataz M. Nasr, Berni Searle, Yinka Shonibare MBE
STREAMLINES

Ozeane, Welthandel und Migration

Haus der Photographie, Hamburg (DE)
4 Dec 2015 – 13 Mar 2016

with Kader Attia, Mark Boulos, Godfried Donkor, Alfredo Jaar, Bouchra Khalili, Otobong Nkanga, Ulrike Ottinger, Wendelien van Oldenborgh
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 …
Inventing the Possible

The Ephemeral Video Library

Jeu de Paume, Paris (FR)
14 Oct 2014 – 8 Feb 2015

with Edgardo Aragon, Yto Barrada, Eric Baudelaire, Ursula Biemann, Wim Catrysse, Peter Friedl, YANG Fudong, Marine Hugonnier, Martin Le Chevallier, Naeem Mohaiemen, Carlos Motta, Els Opsomer …
FRAGMENTS OF EMPIRES

Momentum, Berlin (DE)
7 Nov 2014 – 1 Feb 2015

with Kader Attia, Lutz Becker, Amir Fattal, Guelsuen Karamustafa, Fiona Pardington, Sophia Pompéry
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, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Samuel Fosso, David Goldblatt, Kay Hassan, Romuald Hazoumé, Pieter Hugo …
Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
27 Jun 2008 – 30 Sep 2008

with Doa Aly, Lara Baladi, Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé, Yto Barrada, Luís Basto, Zohra Bensemra, Zarina Bhimji, Mohamed Camara, Ali Chraïbi, Omar D. (Daoud), Allan de Souza, Depth of Field …
Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography

Miami Art Central (MAC), Miami (US)
30 Jun 2006 – 27 Aug 2006

with Doa Aly, Lara Baladi, Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé, Yto Barrada, Luís Basto, Zohra Bensemra, Zarina Bhimji, Mohamed Camara, Ali Chraïbi, Omar D. (Daoud), Allan de Souza, Depth of Field …
Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography

ICP Center of Photography, New York (US)
10 Mar 2006 – 28 May 2006

with Doa Aly, Lara Baladi, Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé, Yto Barrada, Luís Basto, Zohra Bensemra, Zarina Bhimji, Mohamed Camara, Ali Chraïbi, Omar D. (Daoud), Allan de Souza, Depth of Field …
ELETTROSHOCK The video in Italy from the 70's till today (1973-2006)

CAFA Art Museum, Beijing (CN)
25 Mar 2006 – 2 Apr 2006

with Gea Casolaro, Roberto Cuoghi, Rae di Martino, ELASTIC Group of Artistic Research, Gianluca Muratori, Giulio Paolini, Fabrizio Plessi
On air. Video in onda dall'Italia.

c/o Careof, Milano (IT)
15 Dec 2005 – 7 Jan 2006

with Davide Bertocchi, Botto & Bruno, Stefano Cagol, Daniela Carati, Francesco Carone, Gea Casolaro, Alex Cecchetti, Paolo Chiasera, Sarah Ciraci, Andrea Contin, Rae di Martino, ELASTIC Group of Artistic Research …
On Air: videos on air from Italy

Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea d, Monfalcone (IT)
19 Mar 2004 – 4 Apr 2004

with Davide Bertocchi, Botto & Bruno, Daniela Carati, Francesco Carone, Gea Casolaro, Paolo Chiasera, Sarah Ciraci, Rae di Martino, Luca Francesconi, Marina Fulgeri, Daniele Geminiani, Armin Linke …

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, Sammy Baloji, Eric Baudelaire, Beverly Buchanan, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Joy Episalla, Ayrson Heraclito, Sohrab Hura, Alfredo Jaar, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige …
36th Bienal de São Paulo

Not All Travellers Walk Roads—Of Humanity as Practice

Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo (BR)
6 Sep 2025 – 11 Jan 2026

with Noor Abed, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Leila Alaoui, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Kader Attia, Myriam Omar Awadi, Meriem Bennani, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Ernest Cole, Christopher Cozier, SONG Dong, Cevdet Erek …
Videoart at Midnight Festival 18

Videoart at Midnight, Berlin (DE)
12 Dec 2018 – 16 Dec 2018

with Ulf Aminde, Yuri Ancarani, Ed Atkins, Michel Auder, Yael Bartana, John Bock, Candice Breitz, Filipa Cesar, Christoph Girardet & Matthias Müller, Chto Delat International, Phil Collins, Keren Cytter …
documenta 14 Kassel

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

with Algirdas Seskus, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Michel Auder, Sammy Baloji, Ross Birrell, Geta Bratescu, Nikhil Chopra, Moyra Davey, Hans Eijkelboom, 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, Sammy Baloji, Moyra Davey, Hans Eijkelboom, Daniel Garcia Andujar, Amar Kanwar, Amar Kanwar, Bouchra Khalili, Naeem Mohaiemen, Rosalind Nashashibi …
Veiled Woman on a Beachfront

mit Melanie Roumiguière

Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin (DE)
Videoart at Midnight #84

Babylon Mitte, Berlin (DE)