2026, "After the Fire: memorie e conflitti nell'arte africana contemporanea a Roma", Africa Rivista
2026, "After the Fire, arte africana a Roma", AGI
2026, Antonella Pisilli, "After the Fire. Memorie, corpi e conflitti nell'arte africana contemporanea", exhibition text, Black Liquid Art Gallery, Rome
2023, "Mário Macilau: Giving a Voice to the Voiceless", Tate, London
2016, "Growing in Darkness", monograph, Kehrer Verlag (texts by Gabriela Salgado, Mia Couto, Mário Macilau, Olivia Nitis, Roger Ballen, Simon Njami)
2015, Geraldine Schwarz, "Dalla parola alla carne, all'arte", Artribune

 

SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2024
Unspoken Wars (with Nahom Teklehaimanot), AKKA Project, Venice, Italy

2018
Behind the Lens, AKKA Project, Dubai, UAE

2016
Growing in Darkness, London, UK

2015
The Road Not Taken, The Auction Room, London, UK
Nada Como O Tempo, curated by Berry Bickle, Kulungwana Gallery, Maputo, Mozambique
Discovery Show, Fotofestiwal, Łódź, Poland

2014
The Road Not Taken, National Art Museum, Maputo, Mozambique
Fora da Cidade, Blank Projects, Cape Town, South Africa
Moments of Transition, Belo-Galsterer Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal

2013
Esquecidos, PLMJ Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal

2011
Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal

2008
National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Canada

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026
After the Fire. Memories, Bodies and Conflicts in Contemporary African Art, curated by Antonella Pisilli, Black Liquid Art Gallery, Rome, Italy (Raw for Peace)

2023
A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography, Tate Modern, London, UK

2018
Songs of the Present, Musée de la Photographie de Saint-Louis, Senegal
Third Beijing Photo Biennale, Beijing, China
Unseen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2017
Afrique Capitales, La Villette, Paris, France

2015
Pavilion of the Holy See, 56th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Making Africa, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany

2014
Pangaea: New Art from Africa and Latin America, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

2013
Rencontres Picha, Biennale de Lubumbashi, DRC
Biennale Arts Actuels, Saint-Denis, Réunion

2011
Rencontres de Bamako, Biennale of African Photography, Mali
VI Chobi Mela Photo Festival, Dhaka, Bangladesh
LagosPhoto, Lagos, Nigeria

Public Collections

Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
PLMJ Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal