Artist's arttributes:
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Most exhibitions in:
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| Germany | 27 |
| Belgium | 15 |
| France | 10 |
| Italy | 9 |
| USA | 6 |
Biography: 
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Courtesy by "ARTCO Galerie GmbH", Herzogenrath
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1956 Born in Kinto-Mvuila (CD)
Lives and works in Kinshasa and Paris
External links:
| | Public exhibitions (Selection) 90 
Solo shows 15
2011
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| Eleazar - Corsoveneziaotto, Milan |
2007
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| Chéri Samba - Corsoveneziaotto, Milan |
2005
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| Les débuts de Chéri Samba - Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig |
2004
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| J'aime Chéri Samba - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris |
2003
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| Chéri Samba (Kongo) - Populärmalerei - Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin |
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| Cheri Samba moto na Tervuren - Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren |
2000
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| Chéri Samba - Galerie Sollertis, Toulouse |
1999
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| Chéri Samba - Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen |
1998
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| Chéri Samba - ifa-Galerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart |
1994
1992
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| Chéri Samba : Le peintre populaire du Zaïre - Stedelijk Museum ’s-Hertogenbosch, 's-Hertogenbosch |
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| Cheri Samba - Studio d'Arte Raffaelli - Palazzo Wolkenstein, Trento |
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| Cheri Samba / Matrix 117 - The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT |
1991
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| Chéri Samba - Portikus, Frankfurt/Main |
1990
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| Chéri Samba - Mu.ZEE, Oostende |
Group shows 75
2013
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| That´s all Folks! - Stadshallen, Bruges |
2012
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| Be Your Self & Be Another - Espace A Vendre, Nice |
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| Visions - Galerie Pascal Polar, Brussels |
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| Aus Afrika - Galerie Frank Schlag & Cie. GmbH, Essen |
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| Vision - Galerie Pascal Polar, Brussels |
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| ManifestlyPresent - Then - Today - Tomorrow - Forum Triangulare - Euregionaal Kunstcentrum Oud-Rekem, Oud-Rekem |
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| Africa/Africa - Abbaye St André - Centre d'art contemporain Meymac, Meymac |
2011
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| South is the new North - INFLUXCONTEMPORARY, Lisbon |
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| The Global Contemporary, Art Worlds After 1989 - ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe |
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| Summer Groupshow - Galerie Pascal Polar, Brussels |
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| Japancongo - MAGASIN-Centre National d’art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble |
2010
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| Pop Life: Art in a Material World - National Gallery of Canada - Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa, ON |
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| Essen - Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin |
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| All about words - Mulier Mulier Gallery, Knokke-Heist |
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| Pop Life - Warhol, Haring, Koons, Hirst, … - Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg |
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| Africa 2.0 > Is There a Contemporary African Art? - INFLUXCONTEMPORARY, Lisbon |
2009
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| That’s all Folks! - Cultuurcentrum Brugge, Bruges |
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| Ré-Création - Fondation Zinsou, Cotonou |
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| Pop Life: Art in a Material World - Tate Modern, London (England) |
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| 3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art - Moscow Biennale of contemporary art, Moscow |
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| Weltanschauung Visione Del Mondo - Art Forum Würth Capena, Capena |
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| The Making of Art - Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt/Main |
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| Toute cruauté est-elle bonne à dire? - CENTRALE for contemporary art, Brussels |
2008
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| El juego africano de lo contemporaneo - MACUF Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Union Fenosa, A Coruña |
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| Die Hände der Kunst - MARTa Herford, Herford |
2007
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| WHY AFRICA? - La Collezione Pigozzi - Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin |
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| Africa Remix - Contemporary art of a continent - Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG), Johannesburg |
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| 52nd International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
2006
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| BLACK PARIS. Kunst und Geschichte einer schwarzen Diaspora - Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth |
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| 100% África - Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao |
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| The Soul of a Man - Corsoveneziaotto, Milan |
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| North/South - Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris |
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| Weltanschauung- Visione del mondo - Palazzo Riso - Museo d’Arte Contemporanea della Sicilia, Palermo |
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| Africa Remix - Contemporary Art of a Continent - Mori Art Museum, Tokyo |
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| Collection of the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain - Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT), Tokyo |
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| 2006 Beaufort: Kust brengt Kunst - Beaufort Triennale, Oostende |
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| Kiiken zonder Grenzen - Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal |
2005
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| Take Two - Worlds and Views - Contemporary Art from the Collection - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
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| Groß und Quer - Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin |
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| Arts of Africa - Grimaldi Forum Monaco, Monaco |
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| Vive l´ - Galerie du Jour agnès b, Paris |
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| African Remix - l'art contemporain d'un continent - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
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| The Enigma of Modernity - Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art - Budapest, Budapest |
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| Africa Remix – Contemporary Art of a Continent - Hayward Gallery, London (England) |
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| Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection - MFAH - Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX |
2004
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| 15 Jahre Galerie Peter Herrmann - Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin |
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| Afrika Remix - Zeitgenössische Kunst eines Kontinents - Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf |
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| L'Afrique á venir - Kunstverein Kühlungsborn, Seebad Kühlungborn |
2003
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| "Retrospektive 2003" - Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin |
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| Bright Lights, Big City - David Zwirner, Inc., New York City, NY |
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| Liz Crossley - This was a City - Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin |
2002
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| Afrika Abend - Ausstellung im Paul-Löbe-Haus des Bundestag - Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin |
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| 25° Bienal de São Paulo - Bienal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo |
2001
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| Le monde est ma maison - Abbaye St André - Centre d'art contemporain Meymac, Meymac |
2000
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| Kunstimbiss + Edition Artelier, Graz - Galerie Christa Burger, Munich |
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| Über-Blick - Galerie Peter Herrmann, Stuttgart |
1999
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| Expériences du divers - Galerie Art & Essai, Rennes |
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| Around & Around - Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin |
1998
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| Aids-Worlds; Betwee Resignation and hope - CACT Centro d´Arte Contemporanea Ticino, Bellinzona |
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| Kunst ohne Unikat - Galerie & Edition Artelier -Graz/ Steirischer Herbst/ Neue Galerie-Graz, Graz |
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| Kunst ohne Unikat - Neue Galerie Graz - Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz |
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| Dak’Art 1998 - Dak'Art Biennale de l’art africain contemporain, Dakar |
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| René Magritte en de hedendaagse kunst - Mu.ZEE, Oostende |
1994
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| The Ossuary - Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York City, NY |
1992
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| Pour la suite du monde - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
1991
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| Altrove - Centro per l´Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, PO |
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| Trans/Mission – konst i interkulturell limbo /Art in Intercultural Limbo - - Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö (closed, 2006) |
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| Africa Explores: 20th Century African Art - New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, NY |
Dealer Directory 5 |
Austria
| | Artelier Contemporary, Graz
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Belgium
France
Germany
| | Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin
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Collections 5

Belgium
| | MAC's Grand Hornu - Musée des Arts Contemporains, Hornu
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France
| | Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris
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| | Musée Régional D'Art Contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon, Sérignan
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Italy
| | Trevi Flash Art Museum Of Contemporary Art, Trevi
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