Zina Saro-Wiwa

*1976 / Nigeria / United States

Contacts for the work of Zina Saro-Wiwa

Zina Saro-Wiwa

www.zinasarowiwa.com

Solo exhibitions

Table Manners

UMMA Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor (US)
9 Aug 2025 – 30 Aug 2026
The Turquoise Meat Inside

Tiwani Contemporary, London (GB)
13 Sep 2018 – 27 Oct 2018

Group

As Necessary as Bread*

*From Land, to Kitchen, to Table

Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam (NL)
10 Oct 2026 – 14 Mar 2027

with Sophie Calle, Camille Henrot, Jumana Manna, Maurice Scheltens & Liesbeth Abbenes, Martin Parr, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group), Magali Reus, Martha Rosler, Mika Rottenberg, Maurice Scheltens, Johannes Schwartz, Ed van der Elsken …
Black sun

Oil and Contemporary Art

Villa Medici, Roma (IT)
9 Oct 2026 – 18 Jan 2027

with Latif Al Ani, Monira Al Qadiri, Jananne Al-Ani, Ismail Bahri, Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck, Rossella Biscotti, Chloe Dewe Mathews, Fouad Elkoury, Jacqueline Hassink, Isabelle Hayeur, Romuald Hazoumé, Jumana Manna …
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, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Maimouna Guerresi , Hassan Hajjaj, Delio Jasse, Samson Kambalu, Kiripi Katembo, Lebohang Kganye …
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 …
RE/SISTERS

A Lens on Gender and Ecology

Barbican Art Gallery , London (GB)
5 Oct 2023 – 14 Jan 2024

with Laura Aguilar, Poulomi Basu, Melanie Bonajo, Carolina Caycedo, Minerva Cuevas, Monica de Miranda, Agnes Denes, Chloe Dewe Mathews, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Gauri Gill, Simryn Gill, Fay Godwin …
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 …
Potential Worlds 1: Planetary Memories

migros museum, Zürich (CH)
7 Mar 2020 – 11 Oct 2020

with Monira Al Qadiri, Maria Thereza Alves, Alberto Baraya, Ursula Biemann, Carolina Caycedo, Mark Dion, Mishka Henner, Reena Saini Kallat, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Almagul Menlibaeva, Katja Novitskova, Tabita Rezaire
Possessed Landscapes

Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg (DE)
30 Jan 2020 – 29 Mar 2020

with Viktor Brim, Tanja Engelberts, Rachel O'Reilly, Zhou Tao
Inheritance: Recent Video Art from Africa

Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles (US)
17 Feb 2019 – 28 Jul 2019

with Kudzanai Chiurai, Mikhael Subotzky
Recent Histories

Zeitgenössische afrikanische Fotografie und Videokunst

The Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm (DE)
7 May 2017 – 19 Nov 2017

with Edson Chagas, Mimi Cherono Ng Ok, Andrew Esiebo, Em'Kal Eyongakpa, Francois-Xavier Gbre, Simon Gush, Delio Jasse, Lebohang Kganye, Sabelo Mlangeni, Mame-Diarra Niang, Dawit Petros, Thabiso Sekgala …
Recent Histories: New Photography from Africa

The Walther Collection, New York (US)
22 Sep 2016 – 17 Dec 2016

with Simon Gush, Delio Jasse, Lebohang Kganye, Dawit Petros

Events

34TH BIENAL DE SÃO PAULO

THOUGH IT'S DARK, STILL I SING

Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo (BR)
4 Sep 2021 – 5 Dec 2021

with Philipp Fleischmann, Alfredo Jaar, Joan Jonas, Deana Lawson, Hélio Oiticica, Frida Orupabo, Lydia Ourahmane, Lygia Pape, Abelardo Rodriguez, Marinella Senatore, Amie Siegel
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 …
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair

Art Africa Ltd, London (GB)
4 Oct 2018 – 7 Oct 2018

with Malala Andrialavidrazana, Hicham Benohoud, Nathalie Boutte, Monica de Miranda, Omar Victor Diop, Jellel Gasteli, Lungiswa Gqunta, Hassan Hajjaj, Fathi Hassan, Pieter Hugo, Delio Jasse, Bronwyn Katz …
The 11th African Biennale of Photography

Bamako - Afrotopia

Maison Africaine Photo, Bamako (ML)
2 Dec 2017 – 31 Jan 2018

with Heba Y. Amin, Hela Ammar, James Barnor, Neil Beloufa, Girma Berta, Sibusiso Bheka, Joana Choumali, Julien Creuzet, Kadara Enyeasi, Mounir Fatmi, Samuel Fosso, Gabrielle Goliath …