 Artist's arttributes:
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Sculpture |
Most exhibitions in: |
| Country |
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| USA | 48 |
| United Kingdom | 15 |
| Japan | 5 |
| Italy | 5 |
| France | 4 |
Most exhibitions held at: |
| Institution |
№ |
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October Gallery, United Kingdom |
10 |
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Jack Shainman Gallery, USA |
5 |
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Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, USA |
4 |
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National Museum of African Art, USA |
3 |
Biography: 
1944 Born in Anyako (GH)
External links: | | Public exhibitions (Selection) 105
until 4.8.
Solo shows 31
2013
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| El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You about Africa - UMMA - The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI |
2012
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| Pot Of Wisdom - Jack Shainman Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| They Finally Broke The Pot Of Wisdom - Jack Shainman Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You about Africa - Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO |
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| Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El Anatsui - Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH |
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| El Anatsui - Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp |
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| El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You about Africa - North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC |
2011
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| El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You about Africa - Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX |
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| A Fateful Journey: Africa in the Works of El Anatsui - Museum of Modern Art Saitama, Saitama |
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| El Anatsui - Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute - The Clark, Williamstown, MA |
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| A Fateful Journey: Africa in the Works of El Anatsui - Tsuruoka Art Forum, Tsuruoka City |
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| El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You about Africa - Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA |
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| A Fateful Journey : Africa in the Works of El Anatsui - The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama, Hayama |
2010
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| A Fateful Journey: Africa in the Works of El Anatsui - National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka |
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| El Anatsui - Jack Shainman Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| El Anatsui - Gli (Wall) - Rice Gallery, Houston, TX |
2009
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| El Anatsui - Belger Arts Center, Kansas City, MO |
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| El Anatsui: Process and Project - BRIC Rotunda Gallery, New York City, NY |
2008
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| El Anatsui - Earth Growing Roots - San Diego State University Art Gallery, San Diego, CA |
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| El Anatsui: Gawu - National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC |
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| El Anatsui - Jack Shainman Gallery, New York City, NY |
2007
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| El Anatsui: Gawu - Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA |
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| El Anatsui - Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH |
2006
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| El Anatsui - Asi - David Krut Projects - New York, New York City, NY |
2005
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| Danudo - Recent Sculptures of El Anatsui - Skoto Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| El Anatsui - GAWU - Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL |
2004
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| El Anatsui: Gawu - Gallery Oldham, Oldham, Greater Manchester |
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| El Anatsui: Gawu - The Model, Sligo |
2003
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| El Anatsui - Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno (Wales) |
2002
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| El Anatsui - October Gallery, London (England) |
1998
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| El Anatsui - A Scultped History of Africa - October Gallery, London (England) |
Group shows 73
2012
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| 1era. Bienal de Montevideo 2012 - El Gran Sur (The Great South) - Bienal de Montevideo, Montevideo |
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| 18th Biennale of Sydney - Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, NSW |
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| We Face Forward: Art from West Africa Today - Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester (England) |
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| Masters Of The Transvangarde - October Gallery, London (England) |
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| La Triennale 2012 - Intense Proximity - Palais de Tokyo, Paris |
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| Contemporary - Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai |
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| Environment and Object - Recent African Art - Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, VT |
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| 20th Anniversary Exhibition - Skoto Gallery, New York City, NY |
2011
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| Environment and Object - Recent African Art - VCUarts Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA |
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| The World Belongs to You - Palazzo Grassi - Francois Pinault Foundation, Venice |
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| ARS 11 - Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki |
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| As It Is! Africa Applauded - The Mojo Gallery, Dubai |
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| The Missing Peace - San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX |
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| Environment and Object Recent African Art - The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY |
2010
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| Transparency - Art for Renewable Energy - Museo D'Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina - MADRE, Naples |
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| Refraction: Contemporary Art from the Harn Museum Collection - Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL |
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| Textiles - Fondation Jean Paul Blachere, Apt |
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| Who knows Tomorrow - Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin |
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| Who Knows Tomorrow - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin |
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| Visionaries: Contemporary Art from Santa Barbara’s Private Collections - Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA |
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| Living with art: collecting contemporary in metro New York - Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY |
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| A Collective Diary. An African Contemporary Journey - Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya |
2009
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| Transvangarde: Leading Contemporary Artists - October Gallery, London (England) |
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| Embrace! - Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO |
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| The Missing Peace - Artists Consider the Dalai Lama - Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL |
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| 3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art - Moscow Biennale of contemporary art, Moscow |
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| Art, Media and Material Witness: Contemporary Art from the Harn Museum Collection - Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL |
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| Visiones de Confin - IVAM - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia |
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| Chance Encounters - Seven Contemporary Artists from Africa - Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos (CCA,Lagos), Lagos |
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| The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama - Fundacion Canal, Madrid |
2008
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| Bizarre Perfection - The Israel Museum, Jerusalem |
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| Prospect.1 New Orleans - Prospect New Orleans, New Orleans, LA |
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| Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary - Museum of Arts & Design, New York City, NY |
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| El juego africano de lo contemporaneo - MACUF Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Union Fenosa, A Coruña |
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| sonsbeek 2008: grandeur - Sonsbeek International Sculpture Exhibition, Arnhem |
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| chance encounters - Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai |
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| World Histories - Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA |
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| Angaza Afrika - African Art Now - October Gallery, London (England) |
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| Spring Show 2008 - October Gallery, London (England) |
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| October Gallery Winter Show 2008 - October Gallery, London (England) |
2007
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| The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama - Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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| Tapping Currents: Contemporary African Art and the Diaspora - The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO |
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| Vision/Revision: Contemporary Art from the Harn Collection - Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL |
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| BoysCraft - Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa |
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| The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama - Emory Visual Arts Gallery, Atlanta, GA |
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| Un Fair/trade - Die Kunst der Gerechtigkeit - Neue Galerie Graz - Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz |
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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 |
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| ARTEMPO - Where Times Becomes Art - Museo Fortuny, Venice |
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| 8th Sharjah Biennial - Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah |
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| TRANS CAPE - contemporary African art on the move - Trans Cape Africa, Cape Town |
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| The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama - The Rubin Museum of Art (RMA), New York City, NY |
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| El Anatsui / Romuald Hazoumé / Owusu-Ankomah - FROM COURAGE TO FREEDOM - October Gallery, London (England) |
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| Contemporary African Art from the Collection of William Jones - Aljira - Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ |
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| Uncomfortable Truths-the shadow of slave trading on contemporary art & design - Victoria & Albert Museum - V&A, London (England) |
2006
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| Altered, Stitched & Gathered - MoMA PS1, New York City, NY |
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| Trienal de Luanda 2007 - Trienal de Luanda, Luanda |
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| The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama - Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA), Chicago, IL |
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| -poiesis - Jack Shainman Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Body of Evidence (Selections from the Contemporary African Art Collection) - National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC |
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| The Missing Peace - Artists Consider the Dalai Lama - Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Africa Remix - Contemporary Art of a Continent - Mori Art Museum, Tokyo |
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| 7ème Biennale de l´Art Africain contemporain - Dak'Art Biennale de l’art africain contemporain, Dakar |
2005
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| In the making: materials and process - Stevenson, Cape Town |
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| African Remix - l'art contemporain d'un continent - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
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| Africa Remix – Contemporary Art of a Continent - Hayward Gallery, London (England) |
2004
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| 5th Gwangju Biennal 2004 - A Grain of Dust A Drop of Water - Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju |
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| Afrika Remix - Zeitgenössische Kunst eines Kontinents - Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf |
1999
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| Les Champs de la Sculpture 2000 - Les Champs de la Sculpture, Paris |
1998
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| The Poetics of Line - Seven Artists of the Nsukka Group, Nigeria - National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC |
1996
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| Transvangarde - Cutting-edge Work from Africa, Asia, The Americas and Europe - October Gallery, London (England) |
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| Transforms - October Gallery, London (England) |
1990
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| XLIV. Esposizione Biennale Internazionale d'Arte della Città di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
| Dealer Directory 7 |
Belgium
| | Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp
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India
Nigeria
| | Pendulum Art Gallery, Lagos
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South Africa
| | David Krut Projects - Johannesburg, Johannesburg
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United Kingdom
| | October Gallery, London (England)
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USA
| | Jack Shainman Gallery, New York City, NY
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| | Skoto Gallery, New York City, NY
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Collections 17
France
| | Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris
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Germany
| | Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf
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Ghana
| | Ghana National Art Museum, Accra
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Japan
| | Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo
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Jordan
| | Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman
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United Kingdom
| | British Museum, London (England)
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USA
| | Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
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| | The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
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| | Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL
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| | Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH
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| | University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA
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| | Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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| | Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
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| | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY
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| | MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
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| | The de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
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| | National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC
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