Solo Exhibitions

2025

  • “On the Edge of Past Future” — Jakopič Gallery / Ljubljana, Slovenia

2024

  • “This Is Where I Am” — Louisimone Guirandou Gallery / Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
  • “On the Edge of Past Future” — Fotografie Forum Frankfurt / Frankfurt, Germany

2023

  • “The Art of Advocacy” — Efie Gallery / Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • “This Is Where I Am” — Public Art Fund at JCDecaux bus shelters / New York City, Boston, Chicago, United States of America, and Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

2021

  • “Wings That Soar” — David Krut Projects / New York City, United States of America

2020

  • “Road to Glory” — The Nobel Peace Prize Exhibition, Nobel Peace Center / Oslo, Norway
  • “Still I Rise: አሁንም እነሳለሁ” — Fondation Donwahi / Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
  • “Homebound: A Journey in Photography” — Sharjah Art Museum / Sharjah,United Arab Emirates

2019

  • “Water Life” — David Krut Projects /  New York City, United States of America
  • “Water Life” — Somerset House /  London, United Kingdom

2018

  • “The World Is 9” Series (selected works) — David Krut Projects / New York City, United States of America
  • “The Memory of Hope” — Purdue University Fountain Gallery / Indiana, United States of America

2017

  • “The Memory of Hope” — Gulf Plus Photo / Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • “The World Is 9” & “99 Series” (selected works) — Viviane Art / Calgary, Canada

2016

  • “The World Is 9” — David Krut Projects / New York City, United States of America

Group Exhibitions

2025

  • “Rhythm in Time” — Jenkins Johnson Gallery /  San Francisco, United States of America
  • ART SG 2025 — Giampaolo Abbondio Gallery / Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore
  • “A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography” — C/O Berlin Foundation / Berlin, Germany
  • “Nationhood: Memory and Hope” — Impressions Gallery / Bradford, United Kingdom

2024

  • “Second Nature: Photography in the Age of the Anthropocene” — The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University / Durham, North Carolina,United States of America
  • “Ethiopia at the Crossroads” — Peabody Essex Museum  / Salem, Massachusetts, United States of America
  • “Bamako Dreams 30” — The National Museum of Photography / Rabat, Morocco
  • “Aida Muluneh and Meryl McMaster: Ebb and Flow” — The Art Gallery of Alberta / Edmonton, Canada
  • “Bamako Dreams 30” — Xposure International Photography Festival / Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
  • “A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography” — Wereldmuseum / Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • “Ethiopia at the Crossroads” — Walters Art Museum / Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
  • “AD Middle East” — Ayam Gallery with Efie Gallery / Jubail Island, Abu Dhabi

2023

  • “A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography” — Tate Modern, London / United Kingdom
  • Art Dubai — Efie Gallery / Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • Sikka Art and Design Festival — Efie Gallery / Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • The Photography Show AIPAD — Jenkins Johnson Gallery / New York City, United States of America
  • EXPO Chicago — Jenkins Johnson Gallery / Chicago, United States of America

2022

  • “Re-framing the End” — Vogue Photo Festival / Milan, Italy
  • “A Gateway to Possible Worlds: Art & Science Fiction” — Centre Pompidou-Metz / Metz, France
  • “Behold|en: New Acquisitions to the AGA Collection” — Art Gallery of Alberta / Edmonton, Canada
  • “Water Life” — Maison des Arts de Créteil / Créteil, France
  • “Radical Imagination: Seven International Women Photographers” — The Photographer Gallery King’s Cross / London, United Kingdom
  • “Water Life” — The Textile Museum of Canada with  Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival / Toronto, Canada

2021

  • “Water Life” — Biennale Photoclimat / Paris, France
  • “The World Is 9” — The Ballarat International Biennale Foto Festival / Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
  • “Editions” — Viviane Art / Calgary, Canada

2019

  • “Untitled” — Jenkins Johnson Gallery / Miami Beach, Florida, United States of America
  • Paris Photo — Jenkins Johnson Gallery / Grand Palais, Paris, France
  • Art Toronto — Nicholas Metivier Gallery / Toronto, Canada

2018

  • FNB Joburg Art Fair — David Krut Projects / Johannesburg, South Africa
  • The Photography Show AIPAD — Jenkins Johnson Gallery / New York City, United States of America
  • Festival La Gacilly – Baden Photo — Baden, Austria
  • “Being: New Photography” — The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), / New York City, United States of America
  • “Black Artlantic” — Afropolitan Festival, BOZAR / Brussels, Belgium
  • “Untitled” — Jenkins Johnson Gallery / San Francisco, United States of America

2017

  • AKAA Art and Design Fair — Fondation Donwahi / Paris, France
  • “Icons & Avatars” — David Krut Projects / New York City, United States of America
  • Festival Photo La Gacilly — La Gacilly, France
  • 1:54 Contemporary Art Fair — David Krut Projects / New York City, United States of America
  • “Islamic Treasures of Africa: From Timbuktu to Zanzibar” — Institut du Monde Arabe / Paris, France
  • AIPAD Photography Show —  Jenkins Johnson Gallery / New York City, United States of America
  • “Afriques Capitales” — La Villette Site / Paris, France
  • “Humanity Today” — Jenkins Johnson Gallery / San Francisco, United States of America

2016

  • “Launchpad” — Viviane Art / Calgary, Canada
  • “African Portraits” — Hackelbury Gallery / London, United Kingdom
  • “ArtView Ethiopia Today” — Kunststation Kleinsassen / Kleinsassen, Germany
  • “For Freedom Exhibition” — Jack Shainman / New York City, United States of America
  • “Portraiture” — Jenkins Johnson Gallery / San Francisco, United States of America
  • 1:54 Contemporary Art Fair — David Krut Projects / New York City, United States of America
  • “The City in the Blue Daylight” — Dak’Art Biennale / Dakar, Senegal
  • “Fana Wogi” — Marrakech Biennale / Marrakech, Morocco
  • Cape Town Art Fair — David Krut Projects / Cape Town, South Africa
  • “Lucy’s Iris: Women African Artists” — Musée d’art contemporain de la Haute-Vienne / Rochechouart, France
  • “Insider/Outsider Perspectives” — David Krut Projects / Johannesburg, South Africa

2015

  • “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?” — Richard Taittinger / New York City, United States of America
  • “Ikauru” — University of South Africa (UNISA) / Pretoria, South Africa
  • “Fantastic” — Michaelis Art Gallery, University of Cape Town / Cape Town, South Africa
  • Johannesburg Art Fair — David Krut Projects / Johannesburg,South Africa
  • Turbine Art Fair — David Krut Projects / Johannesburg, South Africa
  • “Heaven, Hell, Purgatory Revisited by Contemporary African Artists” — Smithsonian National Museum of African Art / Washington, D.C., United States of America

2014

  • “Heaven, Hell, Purgatory Revisited by Contemporary African Artists” — Savannah College of Art and Design / Savannah, Georgia, United States of America

2013

  • “Heaven, Hell, Purgatory Revisited by Contemporary African Artists” — MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst / Frankfurt, Germany
  • “Ethiopia, The Land of Wonders” — Eretz Israel Museum / Tel Aviv, Israel

2007

  • “Angels of Light: Ethiopian Art from Walters Art Museum” — Museum of Biblical Art / New York City, United States of America
  • “Body of Evidence” — Smithsonian National Museum of African Art / Washington, D.C., United States of America
  • “7th Rencontres Africaines de la Photographie” — Bamako Biennale, National Museum of Mali / Bamako, Mali

 

Museum Collections

  • Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) – New York City, New York, United States
  • Smithsonian National Museum of African Art – Washington, District of Columbia, United States
  • Currier Museum of Art – Manchester, New Hampshire, United States
  • Hood Museum, Dartmouth College – Hanover, New Hampshire, United States
  • Michaelis Art Collection, University of Cape Town – Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  • Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP), Columbia College Chicago – Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • RISD Museum, Rhode Island School of Design – Providence, Rhode Island, United States
  • Schomburg Center for Research on Black Culture, New York Public Library – New York City, New York, United States
  • Toledo Museum of Art – Toledo, Ohio, United States
  • University of South Africa (UNISA) – Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
  • The Art Gallery of Alberta – Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Peabody Essex Museum – Salem, Massachusetts, United States

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