Solo Exhibitions

2025

  • AIDA MULUNEH: ON THE EDGE OF PAST FUTURE, Jakopič Gallery , Ljubljana, Slovenia.

2024

  • AIDA MULUNEH: ‘This is where I am’, Louisimone Guirandou Gallery, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
  • AIDA MULUNEH: ON THE EDGE OF PAST FUTURE, Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Germany.

2023

  • Aida Muluneh: “This is where I am” Public Art Fund. JCDecaux bus shelters in NYC, Boston, Chicago, U.S.A, and Côte d’Ivoire.
  • AIDA MULUNEH: The Duality of One, Windsor Gallery, Abuja, Nigeria.
  • AIDA MULUNEH: The Art of Advocacy, Efie Gallery, Dubai, U.A.E.

2021

  • Wings that SoarDavid Krut Projects. NYC, U.S.A.

2020

  • AIDA MULUNEH: ROAD TO GLORY, The Nobel Peace Prize Exhibition, The Nobel Peace Center. Oslo, Norway.
  • STILL I RISE: አሁንም እነሳለሁ, Fondation Donwahi. Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
  • Aïda Muluneh’s Homebound: A Journey In Photography, Sharjah Art Museum, U.A.E.

2019

  • Water LifeDavid Krut Projects. NYC, U.S.A
  • Water Life, Somerset House. London, U.K.

2018

  • The World is 9 Series (selected works)David Krut Projects. NYC, U.S.A
  • The Memory of HopePurdue University Fountain Gallery. Indiana, U.S.A.
  • Aïda Muluneh: Reflections of Hope, Aga Khan Museum. Toronto, Canada.

2017

  • Memory of Hope, Gulf Plus Photo. Dubai, U.A.E.
  • Aida Muluneh, Viviane Art. Calgary, Canada.

2016

  • The World is 9 David Krut Projects. NYC, U.S.A.

Group Exhibitions

2025

  • ART SG 2025:  with Giampaolo Abbondio Gallery, Singapore.
  • A WORLD IN COMMON: Contemporary African Photography, C/O Berlin Foundation Berlin, Germany.

2024

  • Second Nature: Photography in the Age of the Anthropocene – The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, U.S.A.
  • Ethiopia at the Crossroads: Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • 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 Dream: Xposure International Photography Festival, Sharjah, UAE.
  • A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography, Tate Modern exhibition at Wereldmuseum Rotterdam, Netherlands.
  • Ethiopia at the Crossroads, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
  • AD Middle East, Ayam Gallery with Efie Gallery, Jubail Island, Abu Dhabi

2023

  • Fair Water?, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, England.
  • A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography, Tate Modern, London, England.
  • Resonating Tides, Expo City Dubai Women’s Pavilion with Efie Gallery. Dubai, UAE.
  • Paris Photo with Jenkins Johnson Gallery Grand Palais. Paris, France.
  • 1:54 Contemporary Art Fair with Efie Gallery, London, England.
  • The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Pavilion 2023, UNGA. NYC, U.S.A.
  • The Reframing Neglect; Cromwell Place, London, England.
  • State of Africa; Windsor Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria
  • The Reframing Neglect; The Africa Center, NYC, U.S.A.
  • The Reframing Neglect; an outdoor installation (NYC DOT), NYC, U.S.A.
  • EXPO Chicago with Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A.
  • OVERRIDE | A Billboard Project, EXPO Chicago, Chicago, U.S.A.
  • AIPAD Photography Show with Jenkins Johnson Gallery, NYC, U.S.A.
  • UAE Africa Connect; FBMI Diplomacy Lab with Efie Gallery, Dubai, UAE.
  • Art Dubai with Efie Gallery, Dubai, UAE
  • Sikka Art and Design Festival with Efie Gallery, Dubai, UAE.
  • The Reframing Neglect; World NTD Day 2023 UN Headquarters, NYC, U.S.A.

2022

  •  Re-framing the end, Vogue Photo Festival 2022. Milan, Italy
  • A GATEWAY TO POSSIBLE WORLDS, Art & science-fiction, Centre Pompidou-Metz, France.
  • BEHOLD|EN: New Acquisitions to the AGA Collection, Edmonton, Canada
  • Water Life, Maison des Arts de Créteil. Créteil, France.
  • The Crimson Echo, RADICAL IMAGINATION EXHIBITION, The Photographer Gallery. King’s Cross, London, England
  • Water Life, The Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Canada.

2021

  • Water Life, Biennale Photoclimat. Paris, France.
  • The World is 9, The Ballarat International Biennale Foto Festival, Ballarat, Australia.
  • Editions, Viviane Art. Calgary, Canada.

2020

  • KIND OF BLUE | EXTENSION: David Krut Workshop. Johannesburg, South Africa.

2019

  • Untitled, Jenkins Johnson Gallery. Miami Beach, FL, U.S.A.
  • Paris Photo with Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Grand Palais. Paris, France.
  • Art Toronto with Nicholas Metivier Gallery. Toronto, Canada.

2018

  • FNB Joburg Art Fair with David Krut Projects. Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • AIPAD Photography Show with Jenkins Johnson Gallery. NYC, U.S.A.
  • Festival La Gacilly – Baden Photo. Baden, Austria.
  • Being: New Photography, MoMA. NYC, U.S.A.
  • Black Artlantic, Afropolitan Festival / BOZAR. Brussels, Belgium.
  • Untitled, Jenkins Johnson Gallery. San Francisco, U.S.A.

2017

  • AKAA Art and Design Fair with Fondation Donwahi. Paris, France.
  • Icons & Avatars, David Krut Projects. NYC, U.S.A.
  • Festival Photo La Gacilly. La Gacilly, France.
  • 1:54 Contemporary Art Fair with David Krut Projects. NYC, U.S.A.
  • The Islamic Treasure of Africa, Institut de Monde Arabe. Paris, France.
  • AIPAD Photography Show with Jenkins Johnson Gallery. NYC, U.S.A.
  • Afriques Capitales, La Villette Site. Paris, France.
  • Humanity Today, Jenkins Johnson Gallery. NYC, U.S.A.

2016

  • LAUNCHPAD, Viviane Art. Calgary, Canada.
  • African Portraits, Hackelbury Gallery. London, U.K.
  • ArtView Ethiopia Today, Kunststation Kleinsassen. Kleinsassen, Germany.
  • For Freedoms Exhibition, Jack Shainman. NYC, U.S.A.
  • Portraiture, Jenkins Johnson Gallery. San Francisco, U.S.A.
  • 1:54 Contemporary Art Fair with David Krut Projects. NYC, U.S.A.
  • The City in the Blue Daylight, Dak’Art Biennale. Dakar, Senegal.
  • Marrakech Biennale. Marrakech, Morocco
  • Cape Town Art Fair with 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. NYC, U.S.A
  • Ikauru, University of South Africa (UNISA). Pretoria, South Africa.
  • FANTASTIC, Michaelis Art Gallery (University of Cape Town), South Africa.
  • Johannesburg Art Fair with David Krut Projects. Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • Turbine Art Fair with David Krut Projects, Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • Heaven, Hell, Purgatory Revisited by Contemporary African Artists, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. Washington, D.C, U.S.A.

2014

  • Heaven, Hell, Purgatory Revisited by Contemporary African Artists, Savannah College of Art and Design. Savanna, Georgia, U.S.A.

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. NYC, U.S.A.
  • Body of Evidence, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. Washington, D.C, U.S.A.
  • 7th Recontree Africanes de la Photographie – Bamako Biennale, National Museum of Mali. Bamako, Mali.

Museum Collections

  • Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). New York, NY, U.S.A.
  • Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. Washington, DC, U.S.A.
  • Currier Museum of Art. Manchester, NH, U.S.A.
  • Hood Museum, Dartmouth College. Hanover, NH, U.S.A.
  • Michaelis Art Collection, University of Cape Town. Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP), Columbia College Chicago. Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
  • National Gallery of Victoria (NGV). Melbourne, Australia.
  • RISD Museum, Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, RI, U.S.A.
  • Schomburg Center for Research on Black Culture, New York Public Library NY, U.S.A.
  • Toledo Museum of Art. Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
  • University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria
  • The Art Gallery of Alberta, Canada
  • Peabody Essex Museum

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