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Chéri Samba
Exhibition List

Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • 2023–2024Chéri Samba, in the Jean Pigozzi collection, Musée Maillol, Paris, France
  • 2004Jaime Chéri Samba, Fondation Cartier pour lart contemporain, Paris, France
  • 2003Chéri Samba moto na Tervuren, Musée Royal de lAfrique, Tervuren, Belgium
  • 2000Chéri Samba une fois encore Kinshasa, Centre Culturel du Zoo, Kinshasa, DR Congo
  • 1999Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
  • 1998Chéri Samba, MAMCO, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 1997Berseemuseum, Bremen, Germany
  • 1996National Museum of Oceanian and African Arts, Paris, France
  • 1991ICA Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK
  • 1991Chéri Samba, le peintre populaire du Zaïre, Provinciaal Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Ostende, Belgium
  • 1990-1989La grande exposition publique Chéri Samba, Kinshasa, DR Congo
  • 1980French Cultural Center, Kinshasa, DR Congo
  • 1975-1978La Grande exposition publique Chéri Samba, Kinshasa, DR Congo

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2026Territoire Frontière Monde, MAGNIN-A, Paris, France
  • 2025–2026Exposition Générale, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France
  • 2025When We See Us: A Century of Black Figuration in Painting, BOZAR, Brussels, Belgium
  • 20151:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Pioneer Works, New York, USA
  • 20151:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Somerset House, London, UK
  • 2011South is the New North, Influx Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 2010Africa 2.0: Is There a Contemporary African Art?, Influx Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 2007/2008Popular Painting from Kinshasa, Tate Modern, London, UK
  • 2007/2008Why Africa?, Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin, Italy
  • 2006/2007100% Africa, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
  • 200515 ans de transition, Memling Hotel, Kinshasa, DR Congo
  • 2005Peinture populaire congolaise, Museum of Haitian Art, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
  • 2004/2006Africa Remix: Art contemporain d'un continent (travelling exhibition)
  • 2004/200624 July 2004 7 Nov 2004
  • 2004/2006Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • 2004/200610 Feb 2005 17 April 2005
  • 2004/2006Hayward Gallery, London, England
  • 2004/200615 May 2005 20 Aug 2005
  • 2004/2006Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
  • 2004/2006Feb May 2006
  • 2004/2006Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2004Le Salon du Mai Ateliers Berthier, Opéra National de Paris, France
  • 2004Peinture populaire congolaise, ADEIAO Centre dtudes Africaines, Maison des Sciences de lHomme, Paris, France
  • 2004Je m'installe aux abattoirs La collection d'art contemporain dagns b., Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
  • 2004Les Afriques, Tri Postal, Lille, France
  • 2003Der Rest der Welt, Neuffer am Park, Pirmasens, Germany
  • 2003Kin Moto na Bruxelles, Hôtel de Ville, Brussels, Belgium
  • 2003Afrikanische Reklamekunst (Lart et la pub en Afrique), Iwalewa-Haus, Universitt Bayreuth, Germany
  • 2002Kin Service, Contemporary Art Center, Roubaix, France
  • 2002Swiss National Exhibition EXPO 02: Money & Value, Lake of Biel, Switzerland
  • 2002São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo, Brazil
  • 1999-2000Kunstwelten im Dialog, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
  • 1998Africa Africa: Vibrant New Art from a Dynamic Continent, Tobu Museum, Tokyo, Japan
  • 1996-1995An 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
  • 1994-1991Africa 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
  • 1992-1991Africa Hoy, Atlantic Center of Modern Art, Las Palmas, Spain; Contemporary Cultural Art Center, Mexico City, Mexico; Groningen Museum, Netherlands
  • 199160 ans de la peinture zaroise, German Cultural Center, Kinshasa, DR Congo
  • 1990Provinciaal Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Gallery Annenie Dubron, Ostende, Belgium
  • 1989Magiciens de la Terre, Centre Georges Pompidou, Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris, France
  • 1985Peintres Populaires du Zaïre, Laval University & Montreal University, Canada
  • 1982Visages et Racines du Zaïre, Decorative Arts Museum, Paris, France
  • 1978Art Partout, Fine Art Academy, CIAF, Kinshasa, DR Congo