The Homeless Wanderer - Solo Exhibition by Aïda Muluneh
- Jun 12, 2025 - Jul 30,2025
- Presented by Playlist - Giampaolo Abbondio Gallery, Milan
Since opening on Thursday, June 12, the exhibition showcases Muluneh’s distinctive visual language that blends sacred geometry, themes of migration, and female empowerment. Through this work, she explores the layered complexities of African identity and its global resonances.
As critic Jacqueline Ceresoli, who introduces the exhibition with a critical essay, writes:
“Her photographs are visionary windows that compel us to see another Africa: enigmatic, ritualistic, sublime. A land that migrates and remains at once, inhabited by timeless and placeless goddesses. Read More >>
“time heals, just not quick enough…”
- May 15, 2025 - Jul 30, 2025
- Efie Gallery, Dubai
A group exhibition curated by Ose Ekore, featuring works by Samuel Fosso, Aïda Muluneh, Kelani Abass, Abeer Sultan, and Sumayah Fallatah.
“time heals, just not quick enough… is concerned with what remains unresolved. How do we live with what cannot be neatly archived? How do we remember across ruptures? How can art create openings for tenderness, ambiguity, and transformation? The exhibition does not offer any answers to these questions. It allows them to linger, echo, and wait.” Read More >>
Daniele Tamagni: Style Is Life
- May 15 - Jul 20, 2025
- Musée Théodore Monod d’Art Africain (IFAN) & Italian Cultural Institute of Dakar
Daniele Tamagni: Style Is Life is now on view—a retrospective exhibition celebrating the influential work of Italian photographer Daniele Tamagni, curated by Aïda Muluneh and co-curated by El Hadji Malick Ndiaye.
The exhibition offers a powerful visual narrative of fashion and identity across the African continent—from the iconic Congolese sapeurs and the dynamic energy of Dakar Fashion Week to Botswana’s bold afrometal scene.
This show is a tribute to Tamagni’s lasting legacy and his celebration of African expression, resistance, and style.
Second Nature: Photography in the Age of the Anthropocene
- Feb 26 - Aug 3, 2025
- Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University
Aïda Muluneh’s Water Life series is currently featured in Second Nature: Photography in the Age of the Anthropocene, an exhibition exploring photography’s role in shaping our understanding of the Anthropocene—our current era of human impact on the planet.
This global exhibition brings together artists whose work challenges us to reconsider our relationship with the environment. A selection of works from Muluneh’s Water Life series invites reflection on water scarcity, sustainability, and the resilience of women across Africa. Read More >>
Nationhood: Memory and Hope - Belfast Exhibition
- Jun 5 - Jul 11, 2025
- Belfast Exposed
Nationhood: Memory and Hope continues its UK tour at Belfast Exposed, showcasing powerful photography that celebrates the diversity and resilience of the UK’s four nations.
The exhibition features Ethiopian photographer Aïda Muluneh’s major new series The Necessity of Seeing, created through her surrealist lens in key locations including Belfast. These complex, layered images reveal overlooked stories, forgotten histories, and quiet moments that shape identity and community.
Alongside Muluneh’s work, A Portrait of Us and pieces by emerging photographers from across the UK explore themes of belonging and hope. Read More >>
Aïda Muluneh Named Nominator for Prix Pictet
- Oct 02, 2024
- Prix Pictet
Aïda Muluneh has been appointed as a nominator for the prestigious Prix Pictet, representing the Africa section. She joins a distinguished group of over 300 leading experts in the visual arts from around the globe, including directors of major museums and galleries, as well as notable journalists and critics. In this role, Aïda will contribute to the global search for images of high artistic quality and narrative power that resonate with the theme of each prize cycle. Read More >>
