| Dates: | 1962 - | | Born: | Cameroon, Kumba | | Active: | Central African Republic | | Gender: | Male |
African photographer who has experimented since 1976 with studio self portraits showing himself in a variety of personalities. His work was ‘discovered‘ in 1993 by the French photographer Bernard Descamps when he was collecting material for an exhibition on African photography.Preparing biographies
Readings on, or by, individual photographers
Bonetti, Maria Francesca & Schlinkert, Guido, 2008, Samuel Fosso, (5Continents) isbn-10: 8874391013 isbn-13: 978-8874391011 [Δ]
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All photographs by this photographer
Samuel Fosso
Born in 1962 at Kumba (Cameroon). Lives and works in Bangui (Central African Republic).
| selected solo exhibitions |
| 2006 | extraspazio, Rome |
| 2004 | Samuel Fosso, Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica/Calcografia, Rome; Centro Internazionale di Fotografia Scavi Scaligeri, Verona |
| 2003 | Samuel Fosso Autorretratos, "PhotoEspaña2003. NosOtros", Madrid; Jack Shainman Gallery, New York |
| 1999 | Galerie Maï Ollivier, Paris |
| 1997/98 | Samuel Fosso. Photographs, greengrassi, London |
| 1996 | Galerie du Théâtre, Gap, Hautes Alpes, France |
| 1995 | Centre National de la Photographie, Paris |
| selected group exhibitions |
| 2006 | Masquerade. Representation and the Self in Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney |
| 2004/06 | Africa Remix, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf; Hayward Gallery, London; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo |
| 2005 | quasi niente / almost nothing, extraspazio, Rome |
| 2003 | Samuel Fosso. Seydou Keïta. Malick Sidibé. Portraits of Pride, Bildens Hus, Sundsvall; Norskt Fotomuseum, Oslo; |
| | Make life Beautiful! The Dandy in Photography, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Brighton; |
| | Geometry of the Face, Det Nationale Fotomuseum - Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen |
| 2002 | The Short Century: Indipendence and Liberation Movements in Africa 1945-1994, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center and The Museum of Modern Art, Long Island City, New York; |
| | The 6th International Photography Gathering, Aleppo; |
| | Samuel Fosso. Seydou Keïta. Malick Sidibé. Portraits of Pride, "Xpo September-Stockholms Fotofestival", Moderna Museet c/o Enkehuset, Stockholm |
| 2001 | Africa Inside, Tampere; |
| | The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa 1945-1994, Villa Stuck, Munich; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; |
| | Africas. The Artist and the City. A Journey and an Exhibition, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Barcelona; |
| | "Troisièmes Rencontres de la Photographie Africaine", Bamako |
| 2000 | "DAK'ART, Exposition International d'Art Contemporain Africain", Dakar; |
| | Africa Inside, "Noorderlicht Photo Festival", Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, Holland; |
| | Portrait Afrika: Photographische Positionen eines Jahrhunderts, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin |
| 1999 | Africa by Africa: a Photographic View, Barbican Art Gallery, London |
| 1998 | L'Afrique par elle-même, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris |
| 1997 | Studio Photo. 50 ans des Magasins Tati, Paris; |
| | L'Abattoir, Chalon-sur-Saône, France; |
| | Lumière Noire, Château de Tanlay, Yonne, France; |
| | Retrats de l'anima: Fotografia Africana, Centre Cultural de la Fundació la Caîxa, Granollers & Vic., Barcelona |
| 1996 | In/sight: African Photographers, 1940 to the Present, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; |
| | Artothèque, Grenoble; |
| | "Festival des Trois Continents", Nantes |
| 1995 | Photographes Africains, FNAC Forum des Halles, Paris; |
| | Festival Africa 95, Photographers' Gallery, London |
| 1994 | Autoportraits, "Premières Rencontres de la Photographie Africaine", Bamako |
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| Getty Research, Los Angeles, USA has an ULAN (Union List of Artists Names Online) entry for this photographer. This is useful for checking names and they frequently provide a brief biography. | | Go to website |
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