Samuel Fosso

(Cameroonian, born 1962)

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Samuel Fosso

Sans titre, 1997–2000

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Biography

Timeline

1962
Born in Kunmba, Cameroon
1965 - 1972
Lived in Nigeria
1975
Moved to Bangui, Central African Republic, where he opened his first photography studio
1994
Thanks to Bernard Descamps’ research, Samuel Fosso’s self-portraits were shown for the first time at the 1st Bamako Rencontres de la Photographie Africaine
1995
Afrique en Création, Paris
2000
Dak’Art Firts prize for photography, Dakar, Senegal
2001
Prince Claus Fund Award, Den Hague, The Netherlands
Lives and works in Bangui, Central African Republic

Exhibitions

2007
Africa Remix, Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa
Rencontres Photographiques de Bamako, Mali, Jean marc patras/galerie, Paris, France (solo)
2006
Africa Remix, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Masquerade: the self in contemporary art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
The whole world is rotten, C/AC Art Center, Cincinatti, USA
2005
46th October Art Salon, Belgrade, Serbia
Africa Remix, Hayward Gallery, London, England
Africa Remix, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Autoportraits The Platform for Art, London Underground, Gloucester Road Station, England (solo)
2004
Samuel Fosso (restrospective), Calcografia, Rome, Italy (solo)
Samuel Fosso (restrospective), Centro Internazionale di Fotografia Scavi Scaligeri, Verona, Italy (solo)
26th Sao Paolo Biennale, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Image and Identity, Portraits by Philip Kwame Apagya, Samuel Fosso, Seydou Keita, Malick Sidibé, The Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, USA
Africa Screams, Iwalewa Haus University, Bayreuth, Germany
Africa Remix, Museum KunstPalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
2003
Samuel Fosso, Seydou Keita, Malick Sidibé, Portraits of Pride, Bidens Hus, Sundsvall/Norskt Fotomuseum, Oslo, Norway
Make it Beautiful, the Dandy in Photography, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Brighton, England
Geometry of the face, Det Nationale Fotomuseum, Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
Samuel Fosso, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
Autoretratos, PhotoEspana 2003. NosOtros, Madrid, Spain (solo)
Photo Espana 2003, Palacio de Velazquez, Madrid, Spain
2002
The 6th International Photography Gathering, Aleppo, Syria
Samuel Fosso, Seydou Keita, Malick Sidibé, Portraits of Pride, September Stockholm Fotofestival, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa, 1945- 1994, traveled to: Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany; Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Martin-Gropius-Bau, Belgium; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA; P.S. 1 Museum for Contemporary Art, New York, USA
2001
Africa Inside, Tampere, Finland
2000
Dak’Art, Biennale d’Art Contemporain Africain, Dakar, Senegal
Africa Inside, Noordelicht photo Festival, Fries Museum, Leuwarden, The Netherlands
1999
Africa by Africa: a photographic view, Barbican Art Gallery, London, England
Galerie Maï Ollivier, Paris, France (solo)
1998
L’Afrique par elle-même, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
Samuel Fosso Photographs, Greengrassi, London, England (solo)