Abu Bakarr Mansaray
B 1970 (SIERRA LEONE)
ABU BAKARR MANSARAY IS AN INDEPENDENT IMAGE-MAKER, SCIENTIST, INVENTOR, COMMENTATOR AND AFRO-FUTURIST - TODAY RESPECTED AS ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART. HIS FANTASTICAL INVENTIONS HAVE BEEN EXHIBITED WORLDWIDE, INCLUDING SIMON NJAMI’S AFRICA REMIX (2004), THE MUSEUM OF EVERYTHING (2016/17/18) AND THE 56TH VENICE BIENNALE (2015). HIS WORK IS CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN NEW YORK.
ALPHA CRUCIS, MUSEUM ASTRUP FEARNLEY (OSLO, NORWAY) 2020
ROTHKO IN LAMPEDUSA, UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES, PALAZZO QUERINI, (VENICE, ITALY) 2019
EXHIBITION #7, THE MUSEUM OF EVERYTHING (TASMANIA) 2017/8
AFRO-TECH AND THE FUTURE OF RE-INVENTION, BEGLEITHEFT ZUR AUSSTELLUNG, EXHIBITION BOOKLET, HMKV HARTWARE MEDIEN KUNST VEREIN (DORTMUND, GERMANY) 2018
DESIGN HISTORIES BETWEEN AFRICA AND EUROPE. FLOW OF FORMS / FORMS OF FLOW, MUSEUM FÜR VÖLKERKUNDE HAMBURG (GERMANY) 2018
ART/AFRIQUE : LE NOUVEL ATELIER _ THE INSIDERS : A SELECTION OF WORKS (1989 TO 2009) FROM THE JEAN PIGOZZI COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART, FONDATION LOUIS VUITTON (PARIS, FRANCE) 2017
FLOW OF FORMS / FORMS OF FLOW, INSTITUT D'HISTOIRE DE L'ART, LOUIS-ET-MAXIMILIEN UNIVERSITY (MUNICH, GERMANY) 2017
AFRICA. RACCONTARE UN MONDO, PAC PADIGLIONE D'ARTE CONTEMPORANEA (MILANO, ITALY) 2017
REGARDING AFRICA: CONTEMPORARY ART AND AFRO-FUTURISM, ART MUSEUM (TEL AVIV, ISRAEL) 2016
56ÈME BIENNALE DE VENISE, ALL THE WORLD'S FUTURES (VENICE, ITALY) 2015
HERE AFRICA, MUSÉE DES SUISSES DANS LE MONDE (GENEVA, SWITZERLAND) 2014
AFRICAN STORIES, ANCIENNE BANQUE DU MAROC, MARRAKECH, MOROCCO ARTPARIS+GUESTS. ANDRÉ MAGNIN & LERIDON COLLECTION, GRAND PALAIS (PARIS, FRANCE) 201
ACM, MANSARAY, RIGO 23 & VOLYAZLOVSKY, ANDREW EDLIN GALLERY (NEW YORK, USA) 2010
INSIDERS, CAPC (BORDEAUX, FRANCE) 200
AFRICA ? UNA NUOVA STORIA, COMPLESSO DEL VITTORIANO (ROMA, ITALY) 2009
WHY AFRICA ? LA COLLEZIONE PIGOZZI, PINACOTECA GIOVANNI E MARELLA AGNELLI (TORINO, ITALY) 2007
100% AFRICA, GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM (BILBAO, SPAIN) 2006
AFRICAN ART NOW: MASTERPIECES FROM THE JEAN PIGOZZI COLLECTION, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON, HOUSTON, USA NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION (WASHINGTON DC, USA) 2005/2006
ARTS OF AFRICA, THE CONTEMPORARY COLLECTION OF JEAN PIGOZZI, GRIMALDI FORUM (MONACO) 2005
AFRICA REMIX, MUSEUM KUNST PALAST, DÜSSELDORF (GERMANY) / HAYWARD GALLERY (LONDON, UK) / CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU (PARIS, FRANCE) / MORI ART MUSEUM (TOKYO, JAPAN) / JOHANNESBURG ART GALLERY (JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA) 2004/2007
PARTAGE D'EXOTISMES, BIENNALE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN (LYON, FRANCE) 2000
ALPHA CRUCIS, EXHIBITION CATALOGUE, MUSEUM ASTRUP FEARNLEY, 2020
EXHIBITION #7, THE MUSEUM OF EVERYTHING 2018
DESIGN HISTORIES BETWEEN AFRICA AND EUROPE, FLOW OF FORMS, FORMS OF FLOW, KERSTIN PINTHER, ALEXANDRA WEIGAND (EDS.) MUSEUM FÜR VÖLKERKUNDE HAMBURG, GERMANY, TRANSCRIPT DESIGN 2018
ESSENTIEL PAYSAGE - ARTISTES CONTEMPORAINS AFRICAINS FACE À L'ENVIRONNEMENT, EXHIBITION CATALOGUE, FONDATION ALLIANCES, MUSÉE MACAAL, BRAHIM ALAOUI (ED.), P. 159 2017
