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Samuel Fosso Biography
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1962 |
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Born in Kunmba (Cameroon)
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1965 - 1972 |
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Lived in Nigeria
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1975 |
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Moved to Bangui, Central African Republic, where he opened his first photography studio
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1994 |
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Thanks to Bernard Descamps’ research, Samuel Fosso’s self-portraits are shown for the first time at the "1st Bamako Rencontres de la Photographie Africaine" launched by Françoise Huguier, who discovered both Malick Sidibé and Seydou Keita
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1995 |
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Afrique en Création, Paris
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Dak’Art Firts prize for photography. Dakar, Senegal
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2001 |
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Prince Claus Fund Award, Den Hague, The Netherlands
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Lives and works in Bangui, Central African Republic
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2007
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Africa Remix, Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa
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2007
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Rencontres Photographiques de Bamako, Mali. Jean marc patras/galerie, Paris (solo)
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2006
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Africa Remix, Mori Art Museum, Japan
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2006
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Masquerade: the self in contemporary art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney Australia
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2006
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The whole world is rotten, C/AC Art Center, Cincinatti, OH, USA
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2005
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46th October Art Salon, Belgrade, Serbia
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2005
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Africa Remix, Hayward Gallery, London
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2005
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Africa Remix, Centre Pompidou, Paris
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2005
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Autoportraits The Platform for Art, London Underground, Gloucester Road Station (solo)
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2004
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Samuel Fosso (restrospective). Calcografia, Rome, Italy (solo)
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2004
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Samuel Fosso (restrospective). Centro Internazionale di Fotografia Scavi Scaligeri, Verona, Italy (solo)
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2004
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26th Sao Paolo Biennale, Sao Paolo, Brasil
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2004
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Image and Identity, Portraits by Philip Kwame Apagya, Samuel Fosso, Seydou Keita, Malick Sidibé, The Sheldon Art Galleries, St Louis, Mo, USA
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2004
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Africa Screams, Iwalewa Haus University Bayreuth, Germany
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2004
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Africa Remix, Museum KunstPalast, Düsseldorf. Catalogue (Catalogue cover, with "Le Chef")
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2003
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Samuel Fosso, Seydou Keita, Malick Sidibé, Portraits of Pride, Bidens Hus, Sundsvall/Norskt Fotomuseum Oslo, Norway
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2003
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Make it Beautiful, the Dandy in Photography, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Brighton, UK
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2003
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Geometry of the face, Det Nationale Fotomuseum, Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
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2003
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Samuel Fosso Jack Shainman Gallery, New York (solo)
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2003
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Autoretratos, PhotoEspana 2003. NosOtros, Madrid (solo)
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2003
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Photo Espana 2003, curated by Oliva María Rubio, Palacio de Velazquez, Madrid, Spain
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2002
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The 6th International Photography Gathering, Aleppo, Syria
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2002
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Samuel Fosso, Seydou Keita, Malick Sidibé, Portraits of Pride. September Stockholm Fotofestival, Moderna Museet, C/O Enkehuset, Stockholm, Sweden
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2001 - 2002
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The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa, 1945- 1994, curated by Okwui Enwezor, traveling to: Museum Villa Stuck, Munich; Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Martin-Gropius-Bau, Belgium; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; P.S. 1 Museum for Contemporary Art, New York, NY
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2001
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Africa Inside, Tampere, Finland
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2000
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Dak’Art, Biennale d’Art Contemporain Africain, Dakar, Sénégal
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2000
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Africa Inside, Noordelicht photo Festival, Fries Museum, Leuwarden, Netherlands
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1999
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Africa by Africa : a photographic view, Barbican Art Gallery, London
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1999
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Galerie Maï Ollivier, Paris (solo)
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1998
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L’Afrique par elle-même, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
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1997 - 1998
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Samuel Fosso Photographs, Greengrassi, London (solo)
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1997
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Studio Photo, 50 ans des magasins Tati, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
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1997
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L’Abattoir, Châlon-sur –Saône, France
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1997
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Lumière Noire, Château de Tanlay, France
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1997
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Retrats de l’anima ,Fotografia Africana, Centre Cultural de la Fundacio la Caixa, Granollers & Vic, Barcelona
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1996
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In/Sight : African Photographers, 1940 to the present. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
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1996
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Artothèque, Grenoble, France
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1996
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Festival des Trois continents, Nantes, France
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1996
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Galerie du Théâtre, Gap, France (solo)
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1995
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Centre Nationale de la Photographie, Paris (solo)
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1995
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Photographes Africains, FNAC, Forum des Halles, Paris
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1994
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Autoportraits, "Première Rencontres de la Photographie Africaine", Bamako, Mali
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Collections
Musée National d’Art Moderne/ Centre Pompidou, Paris
The Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA
The Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA, USA
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ, USA
Edwin A Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS, USA
The Newark Museumof Art, Newark, NJ, USA
The Studio Museum, Harlem, NY, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston TX, USA
Progressive Corporation, Mayfield Village, OH, USA
International Center of Photography, New York, NY, USA
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