Cheri Samba

Solo Exhibitions

2004 – “J’aime Chéri Samba”, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France
2003 – “Chéri Samba moto na Tervuren”, Musée Royal de l’Afrique, Tervuren, Belgium
2000 – “Chéri Samba une fois encore à Kinshasa”, Centre Culturel du Zoo, Kinshasa, DR Congo
1999 – Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
1998 – “Chéri Samba”, MAMCO, Geneva, Switzerland
1997 – Berseemuseum, Bremen, Germany
1996 – National Museum of Oceanian and African Arts, Paris, France
1991 – ICA – Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK
– “Chéri Samba, le peintre populaire du Zaïre”, Provinciaal Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Ostende, Belgium
1990–1989 – “La grande exposition publique Chéri Samba”, Kinshasa, DR Congo
1980 – French Cultural Center, Kinshasa, DR Congo
1975–1978 – “La Grande exposition publique Chéri Samba”, Kinshasa, DR Congo

Group Exhibitions

2015 – “1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair”, Pioneer Works, New York, USA
– “1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair”, Somerset House, London, UK
2011 – “South is the New North”, Influx Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
2010 – “Africa 2.0: Is There a ‘Contemporary African Art?’”, Influx Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
2007/2008 – “Popular Painting from Kinshasa”, Tate Modern, London, UK
– “Why Africa?”, Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin, Italy
2006/2007 – “100% Africa”, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
2005 – “15 ans de transition”, Memling Hotel, Kinshasa, DR Congo
– “Peinture populaire congolaise”, Museum of Haitian Art, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
2004/2006 – “Africa Remix: Art contemporain d’un continent” (travelling exhibition)

24 July 2004 – 7 Nov 2004
Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany

10 Feb 2005 – 17 April 2005
Hayward Gallery, London, England

15 May 2005 – 20 Aug 2005
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

Feb – May 2006
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

2004 – “Le Salon du Mai – Ateliers Berthier”, Opéra National de Paris, France
– “Peinture populaire congolaise”, ADEIAO – Centre d’Études Africaines, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris, France
– “Je m’installe aux abattoirs – La collection d’art contemporain d’agnès b.”, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
– “Les Afriques”, Tri Postal, Lille, France

2003 – “Der Rest der Welt”, Neuffer am Park, Pirmasens, Germany
– “Kin Moto na Bruxelles”, Hôtel de Ville, Brussels, Belgium
– “Afrikanische Reklamekunst (L’art et la pub en Afrique)”, Iwalewa-Haus, Universität Bayreuth, Germany

2002 – “Kin Service”, Contemporary Art Center, Roubaix, France
– “Swiss National Exhibition – EXPO 02: Money & Value”, Lake of Biel, Switzerland
– São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo, Brazil

1999–2000 – “Kunstwelten im Dialog”, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
1998 – “Africa Africa: Vibrant New Art from a Dynamic Continent”, Tobu Museum, Tokyo, Japan

1996–1995 – “An Inside Story: African Art of Our Time Beyond Art”, Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo; The Tokushima Modern Art Museum; Himeji City Museum of Art; Koriyama City Museum of Art; Marugame Inokuma-Genichiro Museum of Contemporary Art; The Museum of Fine Art, Gifu, Japan

1994–1991 – “Africa Explores: 20th Century African Art”, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA; Center for African Art, New York; Berkeley University Art Museum; Prestel, Munich; Dallas Museum of Art; Saint Louis Art Museum; Mint Museum of Art; Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona; Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen; The Center for Fine Arts, Miami; The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; Tate Gallery, Liverpool, UK

1992–1991 – “Africa Hoy”, Atlantic Center of Modern Art, Las Palmas, Spain; Contemporary Cultural Art Center, Mexico City, Mexico; Groningen Museum, Netherlands

1991 – “60 ans de la peinture zaïroise”, German Cultural Center, Kinshasa, DR Congo
1990 – Provinciaal Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Gallery Annenie Dubron, Ostende, Belgium
1989 – “Magiciens de la Terre”, Centre Georges Pompidou, Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris, France
1985 – “Peintres Populaires du Zaïre”, Laval University & Montreal University, Canada
1982 – “Visages et Racines du Zaïre”, Decorative Arts Museum, Paris, France
1978 – “Art Partout”, Fine Art Academy, CIAF, Kinshasa, DR Congo