Chéri SAMBA | Galerie Peter Herrmann |
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Biographie |
1956 |
Born in Kinto-M'Vuila, Democratic Republic of Congo, former Zaïre |
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Lives and workes in Kinshasa, Kongo |
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Selected Solo Exhibitions |
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1975-1978 |
Le Grand Exposition publique, Facade of his Studio, Kinshasa, Zaïre |
1980 | Centre Culturelle Français, Kinshasa, Zaïre | |
1981 | Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Kinshasa, Zaïre | |
1984 | Centre Culturelle Français, Lubumbashi, Zaïre | |
1988 | 3éme Festival de Saint-Herblain, Châteaux de Saint Herblain, Nantes, France | |
1989-1990 | Le Grand Exposition publique, Facade of his Studio, Kinshasa, Zaïre | |
1989 | Galerie N.O.M.A.D.E., Jean-Marc Patras, Paris | |
1990 |
Galerie N.O.M.A.D.E., Jean-Marc Patras, Paris |
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1990-1991 | Provinciaal Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Ostende, Belgium | |
1991 |
Portikus Kunsthalle, Frankfurt |
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1992 |
Kunsthalle Basel, Schwitzerland |
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1993 |
Galerie Apunto, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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1994 |
Centre Art
et Plaisanterie, Scène National de Montbéliard, France |
1995 | Arndt und Partner, Berlin, Germany. | |
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1997 |
National Museum of Oceanian and Africain Arts Paris - France. |
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1998 |
Echolot
II, Galerie Peter Herrmann, Stuttgart, Germany. |
1999 | Ludwig Forum, Aachen , Germany. | |
2000 | Chéri Samba une fois encore à Kinshasa. Centre Culturell de Zoo. DR Congo | |
2003 |
Chéri Samba moto na. Musée Royal de l' Afrique. Tervuren,
Belgium Chéri Samba Populärmalerei. Galerie Peter Herrmann. Berlin, , Germany. |
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2004 | J'aime Chéri Samba. Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain. Paris, France | |
2005 | J'aime Chéri Samba. Sothern University, Housten, USA Les débuts de Chéri Samba. Kunstverein Braunschweig. Consulting: Peter Herrmann |
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Selected Group Exhibitions |
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1978 |
Art partout, Académie des Beaux-Arts, CIAF, Kinshasa, Zaïre |
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1978-1979 | Foire mationale de Kinshasa, Zaïre |
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1979 | Moderne Kunst aus Afrika, Horizonte 79. Staatliche Kunsthalle. Berlin, Germany. |
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1981 | Colloque national sur l'Authenticité. Musée National des Kinshasa, Zaïre |
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1982 |
Visages et Racines du Zaire, Sura DJI, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris |
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1984 |
Folkkonst
frän Zaire, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden. |
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1985 |
Première Biennale de 'Art bantu contemporain. Libreville, Gabon |
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1986 |
Arts Africains, Peintures Populaires du Zaire, Musée dynamique. Dakar, Sénégal |
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1988 |
Peintres
Populaires de Zaire, Maison de la Culture. Arlon, Luxembourg |
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1989 |
Magiciens de la Terre, Centre Georges-Pompidou, Grande Halle de la Villette. Paris, France |
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1990 |
Devil on the Stairs: Looking Back on the Eighties. Institut of Contemporary Art. Philadelphia USA |
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1991 |
Dénonciation,
Usine Fromage, Rouen, France. |
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1991-1992 | Africa Hoy. Africa Now |
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1992 |
Galerie Apunto,
Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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1993 |
Medialismo,
Trevi Flash Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Italy |
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1994 |
Spielverderber,
Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria |
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1995 |
Afrikanische
Kunst aus der Sammlung Han Koray, Völkerkundemuseum der Universität
Zürich |
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1995-1996 | An Inside Story: African Art of Our Time Beyond Art Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan The Tokushima Modern Art Museum, Japan Himeji City Museum of Art, Japan Koriyama City Museum of Art, Japan Maru Game Inokuma - Genich Iro, Japan Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan Museum of Fine Art, Gifu, Japan |
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1996 |
L'Aquarium. hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden. Washington, USA |
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1997 |
Ecole
de Kinshasa, Galerie Peter Herrmann, Stuttgart, Germany. |
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1998 |
Vielfaches
Echo, Galerie Peter Herrmann, Stuttgart, Germany. |
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1999 | Expériences du divers. Galerie Art & Essai. Université Rennes, France |
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1999-2000 | Kunstwelten
im Dialog Museum Ludwig Cologne, Germany. |
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2000 |
Über-Blick,
Galerie Peter Herrmann, Stuttgart, Germany. |
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2001 |
Ansichten. Malerei aus dem Kongo 1990-2000 Museum für Völkerkunde Wien. Austria |
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2002 |
Painting on the Move. Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland |
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2002-2003 | Africa Apart: Afrikanische Künstlerinnen und Künstler konfrontieren AIDS. Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst (NGBK). Berlin, Germany. Coop with P. Herrmann Afrikanische Reklamekunst. Iwalewa-Haus der Universität Bayreuth, Germany |
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2003 |
Der
Rest der Welt. Pirmasens, Germany. Curator: A. Ochs. Cooperation:
P.Herrmann |
2004 | Les Afriques. Tri Postal. Lille, France |
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2004-2005 | Afrika Remix/Africa Remix, Zeitgenössische Kunst einer Kontinents/Art contemporaine d'un continent. Museum Kunst Palast. Düsseldorf, Germany. Hayward Gallery, London, UK. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France. Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan. |
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2005 | No Name Fever. Museum of World Culture. Gothenborg, Sweden. With: Louzla Darabi, Chéri Samba, Ingrid Mwangi. Coop. P. Herrmann. |
Selected Bibliography |
1989 |
Magiciens
de la terre. Cheri Samba Text in French p.223. Edited by The Georges
Pompidou Center. |
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1990 |
Saint
Cheri, vie et oeuvres " im "pies. Text in french : Jean-Pierre Jacquemin,
84 pages. In Cheri Samba, le peintre populaire du Zaire. Exhibition catalogue,
retrospective. Ostende : Proviciaal Museum voor Moderne Kunst, (october/january). |
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1991 |
Aka
Soa, Udro-Nkpo, Srele...Art in Black Africa. Text in English by Andre
Magnin, p.15-24. Africa Now. Groningen Museum. |
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Cheri
Samba. Book, text in German, 103 pages. Herausgegeben von Wolfgang Bender.
Trickster Verlag. |
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Africa
Explores. New York. Susan Vogel. pp 143, 170-175 |
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1992 |
Cheri
Samba Opere recenti ottobre. Exhibition Catalogue, 43 pages. Trento
: Raffaeli Studio d'arte. |
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1993 |
Kunstforum
Nr. 122 Afrika-Iwalewa. pp. 84,204, 306 - 308 |
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1995 |
Cheri
Samba. The Hybridity of Art. L'hybridite d'un Art. Bogumil Jewsiewicki.
Bilingual texts : French, English. Book of 102 pages. Contemporary African
Artists, N?1. |
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1996 | Neue
Kunst aus Afrika. Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin. Catalogue. P.130
- 135 |
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Contemporary
Art of Africa, p.162-163. Text : Jacques Soulillou. Edited by Andr?
Magnin and Jacques Soulillou. Publisher Harry N. Abraams. |
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1997 |
Cheri
Samba, Paris. Hazan, Musee national des Arts d'Afrique et d'Oceanie. Book
of 95 pages, text in French by Jean-Hubert Martin & Philippe Garcia de la
Rosa. |
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1998 |
Vielfaches
Echo. Zeitgenössische Kunst zwischen den Kulturen. Cooperation
of 12 Museums and 10 Galleries. Forewords by Jean-Baptiste Joly, Hans Belting,
Tilman Osterwold, Ohioma Pogoson. p 123. (Mobali ya Monyato) |
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Africa
Africa : Vibrant New Art from a Dynamic Continent, Tokyo. Text by Toshio
Shimuzu, collective exhibition catalogue, 146 pages. Tobu Museum, Japan.
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1999 |
Experiences
du Divers. Cheri Samba- Universal Ambassador, p.63-69. By Nathalie Le Gouill & Florence Marqueyrol. Introduction : Jean-Hubert Martin p.109-116. Text
in French. Collection Metier de l'exposition. Rennes, University Press 2000. |
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2000 |
A
History of Art in Africa. Monica Blackmun Visona, Robin Poynor, Herbert
M. Cole, Michael D. Harris, Suzanne Preston Blier, Rowland Abiodun. By prentice
Hall Inc and Harry N. Abrams, Inc. London. p. 409 (Mobali ya Monyato) |
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2002 |
Afrikanische
Kunst. Dr. Stefan Eisenhofer & Karin
Guggeis. Deutscher Kunstverlag. P. 150. (Mobali ya Monyato) |
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The
World of Art. 400 painters from 1200 - 2002 Prof. Robert Belton. Foreword Christopher
Rothko. pp 65 & 431. (Mobali ya Monyato) |
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Afric
apart. Afrikanische Künstler konfrontieren Aids. Neue Gesellschaft
für bildende Kunst. NGBK. Berlin pp 98 - 101 (Santu Papa) |
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2003 | Der
Rest der Welt. Pirmasens, Germany. Catalogue |
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2005 | Les débuts de Chéri Samba. Kunstverein Braunschweig. Exhibition catalogue, 88 pages, by Karola Grässlin |