Pélagie Gbaguidi (Beninese, born )

Timeline

1965
Born in Dakar
1999
Fiacre de la DRAC REUNION for the project ‘Le chariot de l’humanité’
2004
Artist in Residence, Nantes, France
2006
Prize - Res Artis for A residency in Air Krems Progamm Austria, Biennale de Dakar
2007
Artist in Residence Factory; Krems, Austria
2008
Artist in Residence IFAA, Arnhem, Netherlands
2008
Prize - Thamgidi Fondation, Biennale de Dakar
Lives and works in Brussels
Graduated from the Saint Luc School of Fine Arts, Liège

Exhibitions

2021
Selected Pélagie Gbaguidi Exhibitions in 2021:
'Congoville', Middelheimmuseum, Antwerp, (BE)
'10e Triennale d’Art Contemporain d’Ottignies-Louvain-La-Neuve', Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve (BE)
'BXL Universel II: Multipli.City', CENTRALE for contemporary art, Brussels (BE)
2020
Selected Pélagie Gbaguidi Exhibitions in 2020:
'Berlin Biennale: The Crack Begins Within', KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin (DE)
2019
Selected Pélagie Gbaguidi Exhibitions in 2019:
'I had a dream', Africa Center, New York (US)
'Festival Désir... Désirs: Décoloniser les corps', Eternal Network, Tours (FR)
'Multiple Transmissions: Art in the Afropolitan Age', WIELS, Brussels (BE)
'Somewhere in the World: Afrikanisch-niederösterreichische Begegnungen', Forum Frohner, Krems an der Donau (AT)
'6th Biennale De Lubumbashi: Future Genealogies, Tales From The Equatorial Line', Museum Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi (CG)
2018
Selected Pélagie Gbaguidi Exhibitions in 2018:
Pélagie Gbaguidi: Disclosed Traces and Triadic Apparitions', Sulger-Buel Gallery, London (GB) (solo)
'I am what I am', Ici Gallery, Paris (FR)
'Dak’Art 2018: La Biennale de l’Art Africain Contemporain', Dakar (SN)
2017
Selected Pélagie Gbaguidi Exhibitions in 2017:
', Maison des Arts de Malakoff, Malakoff (FR)
'Afriques Capitales', Gare Saint Sauveur, Lille (FR)
'El Iris de Lucy. Artistas africanas contemporáneas', CAAM - Atlantic Center of Modern Art, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ES)
'Documenta 14', Kassel (DE)
'Documenta 14', Athens Conservatoire (Odeion), Athens (GR)
2016
Selected Pélagie Gbaguidi Exhibitions in 2016:
'El Mundo sans le corps', Sulger-Buel Gallery, London (GB) (solo)
'Dakar-Martigny: Hommage à la Biennale d’art contemporain', Le Manoir de la Ville de Martigny, Martigny (CH)
'The Lucy's iris. African Contemporary women artists', MUSAC - Contemporary Art Museum of Castille-et-León, Castille-et-León (ES)'l’Iris de Lucy: Artistes Africaines Contemporaines', Musée de Rochechouart, Rochechouart (FR)
2015
Selected Pélagie Gbaguidi Exhibitions in 2015:
The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Hell, Purgatory revisited by Contemporary African Artists', Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington D.C. (US)
2014
Selected Pélagie Gbaguidi Exhibitions in 2014:
The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Hell, Purgatory revisited by Contemporary African Artists', MMK, Frankfurt (DE)
2013
Selected Pélagie Gbaguidi Exhibitions in 2013:
''Traces de Femmes, ici & demain', Villa des Arts de Casablanca, Casablanca (MA)'Serial Attempts: Berti, Ferreira, Gbaguidi', News of the World Gallery, London (GB)
'Asyl Stadtmuseum. Afrikanische Theaterfiguren in einer künstlerischen Installation von Pélagie Gbaguidi und Stefanie Oberhoff', Münchner Stadtmuseum, Munich (DE)
2012
Selected Pélagie Gbaguidi Exhibitions in 2012:
'1ere Biennale Internationale de Casablanca 2012', Casablanca (MA)
2011
Selected Pélagie Gbaguidi Exhibitions in 2011:
'As it is! Ancestral Space: Translated Identities', The Mojo Gallery, Dubai (AE)
2009
Museum National Modern Art Alger festival panafricain
2009
Ifa Institut Stutgartt
2009
Ifa Institut Berlin Dak’Art
2009
De Oude Berk Amsterdam IFAA
2008
Museum of Modern Art Arnhem Nerthelands
2008
Afrika Museum Arnhem Nerthelands
2008
IFAA Exhibition Location Hommelstraat Arnhem Nerthelands
2008
Galerie Kevin Conru Bruxelles
2008
Biennale de l’Art Contemporain Africain, Dakar
2008
Exposition Musicale Conservatoire Royal de Musique Brussels
2008
Maison des Arts, Evreux, France
2007
Casa Africa, las Palmas de Canarias, Spain
2007
Exposition individuelle,Factory,Krems ,Austria
2007
Black Fine Art Show Atlanta
2007
Dockanema festival du film Mozambique
2006
National Black Fine Art Show, New York
2006
Biennale de l’Art Contemporain Africain, Dakar
2006
Musée des Expositions Temporaires, Saint-Brieuc, France
2006
Musée d’Art moderne, Saint Domingo, Domincan Republic
2005
National Black Fine Art Show, New York
2005
Centre Wallonie Bruxelles, Paris
2004
Biennale de l’Art Contemporain Africain, Dakar
2004
A 3 Nuit d’art contemporain, Saint-Sulpice, Paris
2004
Le Lieu Unique, Nantes, France
2004
Rites Sacrés Rites Profanes Bern, Switzerland
2004
Rites Sacrés Rites Profanes Mexico
2003
Biennale de la Photographie Bamako Rites Sacrés Rites Profanes
2003
Galerie Alizés, Brussels
2003
Rhizome, Espace d’Art Contemporain, Torcy,France
2001
Biennale de la photographie Africaine, Bamako
2001
Musée d’Art Moderne et contemporain de Liége, Passages Belgique

Public Collections

Artothèque, Saint-Denis, Réunion (FR)
Casa África, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ES)
Holocaust Memorial Foundation, Chicago (US)
Memorial ACTe, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe (FR)
Mu.ZEE, Ostend (BE)

Literature

2021
Selected Pélagie Gbaguidi Publications in 2021:
BXL Universel II: Multipli.City - Published by CFC Éditions
2020
Selected Pélagie Gbaguidi Publications in 2020:
the crack begins within - 11th berlin biennale for contemporary art Kunst-Werke Berlin e.V., Berlin (DE) - texts by GBAGUIDI Pélagie
The Documenta 14 Reader - Published by Prestel
2013
Selected Pélagie Gbaguidi Publications in 2013:
Afrikanische Theaterfiguren in einer künstlerischen Installation; Pélagie Gbaguidi & Stefanie Oberhoff Münchner Stadtmuseum, München (DE) - texts by WEGNER Manfred, ERBELDING Mascha, TRUNK Wiebke
Traces de femmes - Ici & Maintenant Villa des Arts, Casablance (MA)