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The Barbican is pleased to announce the first large-scale public commission to be presented in the UK by Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama (b.1987), opening in April 2024. Transforming the Barbican’s famous Lakeside Terrace, which sits …
“Understood in the context of the 35th Bienal de São Paulo these choreographies of returns, movements of the impossible, are as temporalities that are realised in episteme at each movement that seeks to escape the …
Choreographies of the Impossible: Bienal de São Paulo Read Article
From giant coffin-like caskets to petite flying leopards and monoliths, an array of extraordinary sculptures awaits your attention… ‘Seeds of the Fig’, an undeniable highlight of the summer/autumn art calendar, is on at Twee Jonge …
Exhibition of contemporary African sculpture seeds multiple ideas and conversations Read Article
Mahama created a new, space-filling installation especially for Amsterdam’s oldest building. Walk through the centuries-old church building and discover the shared history of ancient places connected by trade networks, migration flows and globalisation. Installation view …
Garden of Scars: Ibrahim Mahama at Oude Kerk Amsterdam Read Article
The African Artists’ Foundation encourages the expansion of African art on its continent and beyond – organising exhibitions, festivals and residencies working to expand awareness of known and unknown African artists. Two new exhibitions focus …
Over the past ten years, Ibrahim Mahama (born in 1987 in Tamale, Ghana) has been turning out a meticulous body of work socially engaged, interacting with the various museums, art centres, monuments and other public …
Ibrahim Mahama at Frac des Pays de la Loire, France Read Article
The International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC) is pleased to announce Ibrahim Mahama as the artistic director of the 35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts (15 September 2023–14 January 2024). Ibrahim Mahama on his first …
Ibrahim Mahama appointed director of the 35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts Read Article
sonsbeek20→24, entitled ‘force times distance – on labour and its sonic ecologies’, will run in Arnhem, the Netherlands, from July 2nd through August 29th, 2021, celebrating the opening of its 12th edition. Amidst everything that …
Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung on sonsbeek20→24, Netherlands Read Article
Ibrahim Mahama is a visual artist who is actively involved in improving social conditions. His powerful artworks use provocative materials and sites to examine and expose histories, uphold the role of labour, challenge authorities and …
Ibrahim Mahama receives 2020 Principal Prince Claus Laureate Read Article
Communal Spirit Ibrahim Mahama during his talk at Design Indaba Conference 2020. Photographer: Jonx Pillemer Ibrahim Mahama was born in Tamale, Ghana in 1987 where he currently lives and works. Mahama obtained a MFA in …
