Artist's arttributes:
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Most exhibitions in:
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| Netherlands | 21 |
| United Kingdom | 11 |
| USA | 10 |
| Italy | 10 |
| Germany | 7 |
Most exhibitions held at:
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Lumen Travo, Netherlands |
7 |
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Artra, Italy |
4 |
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Stevenson, South Africa |
3 |
Biography: 
1961 Born in Cotonou (BJ)
Lives and works in Rotterdam, ZH (NL)
External links:
| | Public exhibitions (Selection) 99 
until 30.6.
Solo shows 20
2012
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| Lac De Sagesse – Wisdom Lake - Lumen Travo, Amsterdam |
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| Meschac Gaba - in SITU/FABIENNE LECLERC, Paris |
2011
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| Meschac Gaba - Souvenir Palace - Lumen Travo, Amsterdam |
2010
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| Meschac Gaba - Museum of Contemporary African Art y mas - Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |
2009
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| Meschac Gaba: The Street - Stevenson, Cape Town |
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| Meschac Gaba - Museum of Contemporary African Art - Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel |
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| Meschac Gaba: Sweetness - UCCA - Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing |
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| Meschac Gaba - Museum of Contemporary African Art & More - Museum De Paviljoens, Almere |
2008
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| MESCHAC GABA - Lumen Travo, Amsterdam |
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| Perruques Milan - Artra, Milan |
2007
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| Meschac Gaba: Tresses - Stevenson, Cape Town |
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| MESCHAC GABA - sweetness - Galleria Continua - San Gimignano, San Gimignano |
2005
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| Level 2 Gallery - Meschac Gaba - Tate Modern, London (England) |
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| Meschac Gaba - Tate Britain, London (England) |
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| Le pain migrateur - Artra, Milan |
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| Meschac Gaba - Tresses - The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, NY |
2002
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| Bibliotheque - Falaki Gallery, Cairo |
2001
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| Meschac Gaba - Museum of Contemporary African Art - Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam |
2000
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| Meschac Gaba - "Spielregeln" - Galerie Carlier | Gebauer, Berlin |
1999
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| Salle de Jeux du Musée d’Art Contemporain Africain - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent |
Group shows 78
2012
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| Biennale Bénin 2012 - Biennale Bénin, Cotonou |
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| (Re-) Cycles of Paradise - LACE - Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA |
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| When Attitudes Became Form Become Attitudes - CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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| La Triennale 2012 - Intense Proximity - Palais de Tokyo, Paris |
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| Africa/Africa - Abbaye St André - Centre d'art contemporain Meymac, Meymac |
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| Cer variabil - Collectors House, Heerlen |
2011
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| Connect - Lumen Travo, Amsterdam |
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| Museum Show Part 1 - Arnolfini, Bristol (England) |
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| The Global Contemporary, Art Worlds After 1989 - ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe |
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| Tijdelijk Verblijf - Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem |
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| Summer Show - Lumen Travo, Amsterdam |
2010
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| Aware: Art Fashion Identity - Royal Academy of Arts, London (England) |
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| Body Language - Lumen Travo, Amsterdam |
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| The Global Africa Project - Museum of Arts & Design, New York City, NY |
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| Exhibition Models - Cultuurcentrum Brugge, Bruges |
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| This is Our Time - Stevenson, Cape Town |
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| Dialogues: Artists of the gallery - Lumen Travo, Amsterdam |
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| Individual memory in glocal economy - Artra, Milan |
2009
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| El tiempo del Arte - Fundación PROA, Buenos Aires |
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| Saccharum BA - MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Salvador |
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| Take the Money and Run - de Appel arts centre, Amsterdam |
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| Esposizione Universale - GAMeC - Galleria d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Bergamo |
2008
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| Port City - A Foundation - Liverpool, Liverpool (England) |
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| port city - A Foundation - Liverpool, Liverpool (England) |
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| Sonsbeek 2008 - Carried Away Procession in Art - Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem - MMKA, Arnhem |
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| Glück- welches Glück - Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Dresden |
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| Biennale Cuvée - OK Offenes Kulturhaus OÖ, Linz |
2007
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| Port City - John Hansard Gallery, Southampton (England) |
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| Brocken Memory - Ghana National Art Museum, Accra |
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| Résidents - Espace Fondation EDF, Paris |
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| Port City: On Mobility and Exchange - Arnolfini, Bristol (England) |
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| Africa Remix - Contemporary art of a continent - Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG), Johannesburg |
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| Suitcase Illuminated#5 Parallel Economies - P74 Center and Gallery, Ljubljana |
2006
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| 27° Bienal de Săo Paulo - Bienal de Sao Paulo, Săo Paulo |
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| A Fiction of Authenticity - Contemporary Africa Abroad - Blaffer Gallery - The Art Museum of the University of Houston, Houston, TX |
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| 6th Gwangju Biennale 2006 - Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju |
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| 15th Biennale of Sydney 2006 - Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, NSW |
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| De Kleine Biennale 2006 - KAAP (former De Kleine Biennale), Utrecht |
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| Africa Remix - Contemporary Art of a Continent - Mori Art Museum, Tokyo |
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| Meschac Gaba & Hermann Pitz - Centre d´art contemporain d´Ivry - le Credac, Ivry sur Seine |
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| 9. Bienal de La Habana - La Bienal de La Habana, Havana |
2005
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| Global Tour - W139, Amsterdam |
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| War is over - 1945 - 2005 la libertá dell'arte da Picasso a Warhol a Cattelan - GAMeC - Galleria d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Bergamo |
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| Identitá & Nomadismo - SMS Contemporanea, ex Palazzo Delle Papesse, Siena |
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| African Remix - l'art contemporain d'un continent - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
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| Monuments to the USA - CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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| Africa Remix – Contemporary Art of a Continent - Hayward Gallery, London (England) |
2004
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| Strange Planet - Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design Gallery, Atlanta, GA |
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| A Fiction of Authenticity - The Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, PA |
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| Afrika Remix - Zeitgenössische Kunst eines Kontinents - Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf |
2003
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| Grensgangers - Fries Museum, Leeuwarden |
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| A Fiction of Authenticity - Contemporary Africa Abroad - Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO |
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| Gelijk het leven is - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent |
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| Prague Biennale 1 - Prague Biennale, Prague |
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| Models & mavericks - Museum het Domein, Sittard |
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| 50th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
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| Rijksakademie Show - Victoria Miro Gallery, London (England) |
2002
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| Politically Correct? Dutch! - Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna |
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| ARTISTS´ GAMES, PUBLIC`S GAMES - Kunstverein Ulm, Ulm |
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| Documenta 11 - Documenta, Kassel |
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| Fekete Fehér / Gondolsz-e ma Fekete Afrikára? - Mucsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest |
2001
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| ARS 01 Unfolding Perspectives - Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki |
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| Gaba, Marzouk, Sooja, Bonde, Kusolwong , Hadjithomas And Joreige - INOVA - Institute of Visual Arts, Milwaukee, WI |
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| Mirror's Edge - Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen |
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| 10 years - Galerie Carlier | Gebauer, Berlin |
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| Locus Focus - Sonsbeek 2001 - Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem - MMKA, Arnhem |
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| Mirror’s Edge - Tramway, Glasgow (Scotland) |
2000
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| Mirror's Edge - Il bordo dello specchio - Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Turin |
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| Taipei Biennial 2000 - The sky is the limit - Taipei Biennial, Taipei |
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| Play - use - Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam |
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| Continental Shift - Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen |
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| Mirror's Edge - Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
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| WORTHLESS (INVALUABLE).THE CONCEPT OF VALUE IN CONTEMPORARY ART - Moderna galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana |
1999
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| Mirrors Edge - Bildmuseet, Umeĺ |
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| Trouble spot - painting - MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp |
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| Unlimited.nl 2 - de Appel arts centre, Amsterdam |
Dealer Directory 3 |
Italy
| | Galleria Continua - San Gimignano, San Gimignano
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Netherlands
Collections 2

Belgium
| | SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent
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Netherlands
| | Museum het Domein, Sittard
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