Theo Eshetu / biography

biography
works
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Public exhibitions  (Selection) 

Ongoing group exhibitions 

until 16 Jul 2017
Documenta (14) - Athens - DocumentaKassel
until 02 Jul 2017
Afriques Capitales Cape Of Good Hope Here We Come - Gare Saint SauveurLille

Solo Solo shows 3

2014
Theo Eshetu - The Return of the Axum Obelisk - daadgalerieBerlin
2010
Brave New World - National Museum of African ArtWashington, DC
2003
blood - MLAC - Museo Laboratorio d'Arte ContemporaneoRome

Group shows 32

2016
Dak’art 2016 - Dak'Art Biennale de l’art africain contemporainDakar
Eva International 2016 - Still (the) Barbarians - c/o Belltable Arts CentreLimerick
Videonale in Lagos: Changing City – Shifting Spaces - Centre for Contemporary Art LagosLagos
2015
Streamlines - Deichtorhallen HamburgHamburg
After Eden - Photography from The Walther Collection - La Maison RougeParis
Stadt/bild. Xenopolis - Deutsche Bank KunstHalleBerlin
Göteborg International Biennial For Contemporary Art (Gibca) 2015 - Göteborg Konsthall,Gothenburg
After Year Zero Universal Imaginaries - Geographies Of Collaboration - Museum of Modern Art in WarsawWarsaw
Inventar el possible - Arts Santa MònicaBarcelona
2014
Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014 - Balkrishna Bungalow Opp. - Kandarpadar Police StationMumbai 
Wir Sind Alle Berliner: 1884-2014 - SAVVY Contemporary BerlinBerlin
Fragments Of Empires - MOMENTUMBerlin
Inventing the Possible - Jeu de PaumeParis
Transform: artists' film and video at Tate Britain - Tate BritainLondon
2012
System Operations - Eli Ridgway GallerySan Francisco, CA
2011
Sharjah Biennial 10 - Plot for a Biennial - Sharjah International Art BiennialSharjah
2010
Il Caos #2 Le Migrazioni - Isola di San ServoloVenice
The Tropics – Views from the Middle of the Globe - Jim Thompson Art CenterBangkok
2009
Die Tropen - South African National GalleryCape Town
2008
Die Tropen. Ansichten von der Mitte der Weltkugel - Martin-Gropius-BauBerlin
Snap Judgments - Stedelijk Museum CSAmsterdam
Os Tropicos - Die Tropen - Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil - CCBB - Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro, RJ
Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography - Brooks Museum of Art,Memphis, TN
2007
Os Tropicos – Die Tropen - Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil - CCBB - Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro, RJ
Equatorial Rhythms - The Stenersen MuseumOslo
Juicios instantáneos - Museo TamayoMexico City
2006
Meditations on African Art: Light - The Baltimore Museum of ArtBaltimore, MD
Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography - Miami Art CentralMiami, FL
Snap Judgments - New Positions in Contemporary African Photography - ICP - International Center of PhotographyNew York City, NY
2005
Living for the city - Jack Shainman GalleryNew York City, NY
2004
ON-AIR. Video in onda dall'Italia - GC.AC - Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea di MonfalconeMonfalcone
2003
Back-up - MLAC - Museo Laboratorio d'Arte ContemporaneoRome