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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