Past
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Inverted Blackness
Boluwatife Oyediran 17 Oct - 23 Nov 2024 Boluwatife Oyediran second solo exhibition at AFIKARIS Gallery presents his latest series called Inverted Blackness. The apparent blue bodies bathed in a luminescent halo are in reality the image of black bodies switched to their negative. This transformation, digitally operated and then reproduced onto the canvas, constitutes what Oyediran calls Inverted Blackness - the concept at the heart of his eponymous exhibition. Read more -
Dans la fumée
Géraldine Tobe 5 Sep - 12 Oct 2024 In her quest for freedom, Géraldine Tobe has set fire to her canvases. As a young artist, painting did not suit her anymore. How could she make pictures without acrylic or oil paint and break up with the predominant artistic conventions? While Congolese sculptor Freddy Tsimba shifted from traditional mediums... Read more -
Inhabiting the World
Group Show 4 Jul - 10 Aug 2024 From July 4th to August 10th, AFIKARIS hosts its traditional summer group show. This year, Inhabiting the World unveils the work of 12 artists and approaches the complexity of human beings through their relationship with the world.
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À l'horizon, une obscure clarté
Mouhcine Rahaoui 16 May - 29 Jun 2024 Mouhcine Rahaoui's first solo show in France plunges the Parisian public into the depths of Jerada's coal mines. Through textured works, Rahaoui writes the aesthetic of the miner. Read more -
Ukhurhę
Matthew Eguavoen 21 Mar - 4 May 2024 Matthew Eguavoen's second solo presentation in Paris takes place from March 21st to April 27th at AFIKARIS Gallery. This new body of work, gathered under the title Ukhurhę, evokes depression and regrets that mental health has been for a long time - and still is - neglected, stigmatised and invisibilised on the African continent. Read more -
Les mondes de l'oiseau-conteur
Hervé Yamguen 3 Feb - 16 Mar 2024 "Les mondes de l'oiseau-conteur" is Cameroonian artist Hervé Yamguen's first major solo show in Europe. It celebrates and translates 30 years of artistic practice. Read more -
The Stories Children Used to tell under the Mango Tree
Saïdou Dicko 14 Dec 2023 - 27 Jan 2024 The Stories Children Used to Tell under the Mango Tree is Saïdou Dicko's solo show, taking place from December 14th to January 27th at AFIKARIS Gallery in Paris. It features 24 new drawings and painted photographs. Read more -
When Hearts Beat with Lofty Dreams
Ozioma Onuzulike 9 Nov - 9 Dec 2023 When Hearts Beat with Lofty Dreams, the solo exhibition of Nigerian professor, artist and poet Ozioma Onuzulike explores the notion of social elevation and weaves the hope of a more equalitarian world. Shaped in clay, the traditional artefacts adorning the space reveal a desire to change an entrenched hierarchy. Read more -
Les dompteurs de nuages
Jean David Nkot 7 Oct - 4 Nov 2023 Les dompteurs de nuages is Jean David Nkot third solo show at AFIKARIS Gallery in Paris. It dives into the heart of cotton fields to address the impact, the stakes and the origin of capitalism through the history of cotton, humanity and the worker class. Read more -
Ce que nous donne la terre
Group Show 6 Jul - 23 Sep 2023 The group show Ce que nous donne la terre (What the Earth Gives Us) is a call to pay attention to our environment, its mutations and the depletion of its resources. Read more -
Dans le bruit de la ville
Salifou Lindou 25 May - 20 Jun 2023 Dans le bruit de la ville is Salifou Lindou's solo show in Paris gathering works on metal sheet, canvas and paper as well as installations. Read more -
The Softer Side of Us
Richard Mensah 21 Apr - 20 May 2023 The Softer Part of Us is Richard Mensah's first solo show is Paris. A dozen of new pieces will unfold through the gallery space. The exhibition unveils a celebration of the black community across different eras, and geographies in the USA, UK and Ghana. The exhibition aims to showcase the complexity of the black experience, highlighting moments of leisures and other glimpses of everyday life.
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Je remonte la trace de mes pas
Nasreddine Bennacer 11 Mar - 15 Apr 2023 AFIKARIS gallery welcomes for the first time the French-Algerian artist Nasreddine Bennacer (Guelma, 1967). Bennacer moved to France in 1991, at the beginning of the black decade, and for more than twenty years has been developing a practice mainly focussed on drawing - in which he explores the different materials,... Read more -
The Forgotten Branches
Omar Mahfoudi 16 Dec 2022 - 25 Feb 2023 We are pleased to announce the second solo exhibition held at the gallery devoted to Omar Mahfoudi. Under the title The Forgotten Branches, it will take place from December 16th to January 14th.
Omar Mahfoudi invites the viewers to meet him on the 'forgotten branches', a matador for childhood, the past and our ancestors. It is in this constant balancing act between past and present, memory and fantasy, that Omar Mahfoudi's work invites the Parisian public to reconnect with their roots and recreate the lost osmosis between Humanity and Nature. Read more -
How I Feel
Nana Yaw Oduro 10 - 26 Nov 2022 We are thrilled to display, in parallel of the Paris Photo Week 2022, Nana Yaw Oduro's new series. Under the title How I Feel, the Ghanaian photographer proposes a sensitive collection of shots, embodying his emotions and the psychological phases he went through in between 2019 and 2022.
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Après la pluie
Moustapha Baidi Oumarou 10 Nov - 10 Dec 2022 We are glad to host Moustapha Baidi Oumarou's second solo show at the gallery. Under the title Après la pluie, it will take place from November 10th to December 10th at 7 rue Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth.
Colours are at the matrix of Moustapha Baidi Oumarou’s creation. His canvases articulate around one dense pigment that mesmerizes the eye and heals the soul.
Whilst his art aims to produce joy, this new body of work extends this will. Après la pluie (After the rain) is a call to tenderness, love and sharing. Throughout the daily life scenes, Baidi Oumarou reminds that happiness is never far.
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Une odyssée de l'espace
Hyacinthe Ouattara 22 Oct - 26 Nov 2022 While we have been collaborating together since the gallery's creation in 2018, Hyacinthe Ouattara signs the final exhibition of the space located at 38 rue Quincampoix from 22 October to 26 November 2022. Starting from December, the gallery will only host show at 7 rue Notre Dame de Nazareth.
A multidisciplinary artist, Hyacinthe Ouattara acts as a messenger of the intangible. His art conveys the sensitive vibrations of the universe. The mediums are multiple and arise as the free expression of the creative energy flowing within him. Read more -
Le monde cherche un futur
Ousmane Niang 16 Sep - 15 Oct 2022 We are glad to host Ousmane Niang's first solo show. Under the title Le monde cherche un futur, it will take place from September 16th to October 15th at 38 Rue Quincampoix, 75004 Paris.
Through his art, the Senegalese painter, Ousmane Niang offers solutions to the issues the contemporary world is facing. The artist's works - didactic fables staging anthropomorphic animals, mirror contemporary society. The pointillism that characterises his work reveals rather than conceals. It suggests solutions to social problems and invites thought with a call to action. Under the title Le monde cherche un futur, Ousmane Niang's personal exhibition is prospective - it proposes the key to a better future. The eponymous series, which he has been exploring since 2019, embodies ongoing work and refers to persistent questioning such as what is our future? And how do we face it? Read more -
As I Reflected
Emma Odumade 7 Sep - 5 Nov 2022 We are thrilled to announce our collaboration with the young Nigerian artist Emma Odumade, which gives place to his first solo show. From October 7th to November 5th, As I Reflected will unfold at 7 rue Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth, through the 180m2 space of the gallery.
Emma Odumade’s solo show, As I Reflected, embodies an introspective reflection. It draws a multifaceted reality that questions change, while addressing the consequences of these transformations; and reconnecting us to the past. Read more -
Classique!
Group show 16 Jul - 17 Sep 2022 We are thrilled to announce the opening of our new Parisian space located at 7 rue Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth, 75003 Paris. The inaugural exhibition Classique! - featuring works by - Moustapha Baidi Oumarou, Matthew Eguavoen, Salifou Lindou, Omar Mahfoudi, Richard Mensah, Ousmane Niang, Jean David Nkot, Nana Yaw Oduro, Hyacinthe Ouattara, Daniel Pengrapher and Marc Posso - it will take place from July 16th to September 17th. Read more -
Les pommes de la discorde
Jean David Nkot 11 Jul - 16 Oct 2022 From June 11th to July 16th, we are pleased to host Les pommes de la discorde - Jean David Nkot's second major solo show in France. This new body of work is anchored in the artist's interest in ore extraction – which gave place to a solo show in 2021 (Human@Condition, 29 May – 7 July 2021) – and marks a technical progression in his work.
Jean David Nkot’s work puts forward the invisible figures of the market economy. He recalls the fight between bodies over the territory. If he dedicates his large-scaled portraits to representing those whose work serves a consumption society with endless needs, the Cameroonian artist extends his research on ore extraction started in 2020 and leads a scientific work inspired by an archaeological approach. Whilst archaeology focuses on dead bodies and items from past civilisations buried underground, Jean David Nkot conducts what he callsarchéologie des corps (archeology of the bodies). Doing so, he explores and documents the life trajectory of people working under the ground, seeking the ores that will give life to the technological goods distributed over the world. Read more -
The Prince of Shadows
Saïdou Dicko 7 May - 7 Jun 2022 You are entering the lands of the Prince of Shadows. His Kingdom isn’t ruled by any law except the one of listening to their eyes, led by their feelings. Saïdou Dicko’s works are like music. They unfold through the space and leave the visitors with control and freedom of interpretation.... Read more -
Egbé Okpá
Matthew Eguavoen 2 Apr - 3 May 2022 Matthew Eguavoen's portraits stage his thoughts on Nigerian society. He explores social, economic and political issues through the eyes of his models. His new series of works presented in the exhibition Egbé Okpá plunges visitors into the intimacy of a couple. Egbé Okpá, which means 'one family' in Benin language... Read more -
Ligne de départ
Salifou Lindou 26 Feb - 29 Mar 2022 The concept of ligne de départ (line of departure) is used in ballistics to describe the trajectory according to which a bullet follows. Thus, it is under this title that Salidou Lindou’s solo show decomposes and analyses movements - physical or emotional - taking departure as a starting point. The... Read more -
Point of Correction
Boluwatife Oyediran 22 Jan - 22 Feb 2022 Historical personalities and emblematic scenes of religious paintings enrich the pictorial vocabulary of Boluwatife Oyediran. In his solo exhibition Point of Correction , the Nigerian painter writes an alternative story, changing the complexion of widely known historical figures. He corrects the very notions of black identity, power, fashion and monarchy,... Read more -
El Dorado
Omar Mahfoudi 11 Dec 2021 - 11 Jan 2022 Liquid landscapes and cryptic characters inhabit the art of Omar Mahfoudi. The Moroccan painter living in Paris proposes dreamlike painting, tainted with melancholy and mystery. He recently makes gold and its shades a ground for experimentation, in the continuity of his exploration around light. His solo show El Dorado, is... Read more -
Humano e a Natureza
Cristiano Mangovo 6 Nov - 7 Dec 2021 In a climate of environmental crisis, where human activity is causing irreversible climate change, Angolan artist Cristiano Mangovo brings to bear the dominant relation of humans over nature. If it has been taken for granted for centuries, it has continuously upset a broader earthly equilibrium. By confronting visitors with this... Read more -
Un monde bleu
Moustapha Baidi Oumarou 2 Oct - 2 Nov 2021 If blue lends its name to the planet Earth, it is imbued with strong symbolism and inhabits art with its nuances. A mesmerizing color for its tangible absence, blue inspires and calls for dreams. Used to represent the void, the infinite and the immaterial - referring to the shade of... Read more -
Kwata Saloon
Ajarb Bernard Ategwa 28 Aug - 28 Sep 2021 If Cameroonian artist Ajarb Bernard Ategwa mainly feeds his iconography with scenes from everyday life in Douala, the exhibition Kwata Saloon embodies a new thematic experiment. In this series, the artist focuses on the ephemeral hair salons popping up each year in Cameroon from November to February. This glimpse into... Read more -
Figures of Power
Ousmane Niang & John Madu 10 Jul - 14 Aug 2021 Regardless of time or geography, uprisings around the world have always been a testimony to a certain contestation of power, a break from the established order, a need for change, in harmony with the evolution of mentalities and society itself. In parallel, art carries the voice of these movements in... Read more -
Human@Condition
Jean David Nkot 27 May - 7 Jul 2021 A painter of the human condition, Cameroonian Jean David Nkot’s work is easily recognisable, with his hyperrealist portraits over mapped backgrounds. Whilst he has focussed on the sorrow of his characters, it is time for them to be redeemed. Through his monographic exhibition Human@condition , he frees his portraits from... Read more -
La poésie du lien
Saïdou Dicko & Hyacinthe Ouattara 27 Mar - 25 May 2021 So close and yet so far apart. From urban choreography, disrupted by the social distancing measures, to the screens that interpose in our relationships, human relationships are disturbed. Queues are multiplying, but new exchanges are not being created. Staying connected in the distance is an ironic challenge at a time... Read more -
Résiste
Sejiroh Avoseh & Salifou Lindou 13 Feb - 23 Mar 2021 FROM THE LATIN WORD 'RESISTERE: TO MAKE A STAND AGAINST', THE EXHIBITION 'RÉSISTE' SHOWCASES WORKS BY SEJIRO AVOSEH AND SALIFOU LINDOU. The dynamic stroke of Salifou Lindou reveals the inside of human beings, their strengths and weaknesses. The faces Sejiro Avoseh depicts, distorted due to violence and injustice, are the... Read more -
Quitter la ville
Moustapha Baidi Oumarou & Omar Mahfoudi 9 Jan - 10 Feb 2021 In the context of the current international health crisis, leaving the city appears to be an escape route. If a time existed where cities embodied endless possibilities, they could reveal to be suffocating, objects of boredom, isolation and even danger. The health, ecological and economic situation also stirs this temptation... Read more
