Meschac Gaba
CURRICULUM
Born in 1961 in Cotonou, Bénin.
Works and lives in The Netherlands.
Solo Exhibitions and Performances
2010
Meschac Gaba. Museum of Contemporary African Art & More (travelling solo exhibition) – Museum of Contemporary African Art (12 rooms) – Lac de Sagesse – Tresse – Safety Rat, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderne, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
2009
Meschac Gaba. The Street – Car Tresses – Couleurs de Cotonou, Gallery Michael Stevenson, Capetown, South African
Meschac Gaba. Museum of Contemporary African Art & More (travelling solo exhibition) – Museum of Contemporary African Art (12 rooms) – Lac de Sagesse - Sweetness, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Sweetness, Ucca, Beijing, China
Meschac Gaba, Museum of Contemporary African Art & More, Museum De Paviljoens, Al Almere, Netherlands
2008
TRACE, Lumen Travo, Amsterdam, NL
Glück – Welches Glück, Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Dresden (D)
Tresses Milan, Artra Gallery, Milano (I)
Couleurs de Cotonou du mur à la toile, Centre Culturel Français de Cotonou (Bénin)
2007
Meschac Gaba. Tresses + other recent projects, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg (South Africa)
Tresses. Meschac Gaba, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town (South Africa) (cat.)
Sweetness, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano (I)
2006
Tresses, inIVA, London, (street) performance (UK)
Défilé de perruques, City of Paris, (street) performance (F)
Glue Me Peace, Nobel Peace Center, Oslo (N)
2005
Library of the Museum, BiblioNova, Geleen (NL)
Glue Me Peace,Tate Modern, London (UK)
Le Pain Migrateur, Artra Gallery, Milano (I)
Meschac Gaba: Tresse, The Studio Museum, Harlem, New York (USA)
Peace Maker, Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
2004
Peace Maker, Ernest G. Welch School of Arts & Design, Gallery of the Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia (USA)
2003
Atlantique, Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
2002
Library of the Museum - Museum of Contemporary African Art, Falaki Gallery,American Univerisity of Cairo (E)
Museum Shop for Sale and Museum Living Room for Sale - Museum of Contemporary African Art, Artra Gallery, Milan and Genova (I)
Le Discothèque du Musée - Museum of Contemporary African Art, SBK Tramremise (Stichting Beeldende Kunst), Amsterdam (NL)
Le Salon du Musée - Museum of Contemporary African Art, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (F)
2001
Marriage Room - Museum of Contemporary African Art, INOVA, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (USA)
Library of the Museum - Museum of Contemporary African Art, Witte de With, Rotterdam (NL)
Der Inforaum /The Info-room, Kunsthalle Bern (SH)
2000
Salle de Jeux- Museum of Contemporary African Art, S.M.A.K. Gent, (B)
Game Room - Museum of Contemporary African Art, Crown Gallery, Brussels (B)
Spielregeln/Rules of the Game, Galerie Gebauer, Berlin (DE)
1999
Summer Collection - Museum of Contemporary African Art, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (NL)
Salle de Jeux - Museum of Contemporary African Art, Le Pavé Dans La Mare, Besançon (F)
Museum Restaurant - Museum of Contemporary African Art, W139, Amsterdam (NL)
Vente en gros et detaille, Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
1998
Missing Links Draft Room - Museum of Contemporary African Art, Praterinsel, Munich (DE)
Museum of Contemporary African Art, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam, (NL)
Architecture of the Museum - Museum of Contemporary African Art, Gate Foundation, Amsterdam (NL)
Meschac Gaba, SBK knsm-eiland, Amsterdam (NL)
1997
Draft Room – Museum of Contemporary African Art, Rijksmuseum Het Koninklijk Penningkabinet, Leiden, Netherlands: in conjunction with the exhibition Moneta Exotica. Oorspronkelijk geld uit de hele wereld
Bazar Bizar, Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam (NL)
1995
Art festival Pour la Francophonie, Palace of the President of Bénin, Cotonou
1993
Biennale de Dakar, Galerie Ife, Dakar, Senegal
1991
Meschac Gaba, Centre Culturelle Français de Cotonou, Bénin
Group Exhibitions
2009
Esposizione Universale , GAMeC, Bergamo (ITA)
Ambulant - (performance and installation), Cape 09, Capetown (South Africa)
2008
Carried Away. Procession in art, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem (NL)
Port City: on mobility and exchange, AFoundation, Liverpool (UK)
Biennale Cuvée, O.K Center for Contemporary Art, Linz (A)
Résilience, Galleria Continua/Le Moulin, Boissy-le-Châtel, (F)
Africa Now! Emerging talents from a continent on the move, World Bank (World Bank Art Program), Washington DC (USA)
2007
Port City: on mobility and exchange, Arnolfini, Bristol (UK) and John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton (UK)
Africa Remix, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg (South Africa)
Keep the Change, Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York, NY (USA)
2006
Tresse, Galerie Fernand Leger, Ivry, Paris (F)
How to Live Together, São Paulo Biennial, San Paulo, (Brazil)
Fever Variations, 6th Gwangju Biennale, (South Korea)
Contact Zones, Sydney Biennale, Sydney (Australia)
De Kleine Biënnale’ (The Little Biennial for children, 2nd edition): Qui Veut Cajoux, Je Veux Cajoux, Fort op de Ruigenhoeksedijk, Utrecht (NL)
Africa Remix, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (Japan)
Biennale of Havana, Havana (Cuba)
Global Tour, W139, Amsterdam (NL)
Respect! Formes de cohabitation, Musée Dar Si Saïd, Marrakech (Morocco)
2005
Overtures on Water, Art Circolo Kunstprojekt, Munich (DE)
Trace of a Structure of Ideas: Archaeology of a Utopia in the Hardau, City of Zurich, Zurich (CH)
Africa Remix: Boulangerie Africaine, Hayward Gallery, London (UK) (cat.)
Identità & Nomadismo, Palazzo delle Papesse Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena (I)
Africa Remix: Boulangerie Africaine, Centre George Pompidou, Paris (F)
Monuments for the USA: Peace Moun, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, Monuments for the USA, San Francisco (USA)
Dressing Ourselves, La Triennale di Milano, Milano (I)
Op Hoogte Gedacht, Beeldende Kunst op Groningen Kerkhoven, Stichting de Kerken, Groningen (NL)
2004
Horizons, voices from a Global Africa, Museum of World Cultures, Göteborg (S)
Economies, Art and Gallery, Milano (I)
Strange Planet: Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design Gallery of the Georgia State University, Atlanta (USA)
The Fiction of Authenticity, Miller Gallery of the Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
Lustwarande 04, City Park Project, Fundament Foundation, Tilburg (NL)
Africa Remix, Museum Kunst Palast Ehrenhof, Dusseldorf (D) (cat.)
Visa For Thirteen. International Studio Program exhibition, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY (USA)
Les Afriques, Le Tri Postal, Lille (Cultural Capital of Europe) (F)
We Are The World. Rotterdam Edition of Dutch pavilion at Venice Biennale, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL)
Open Studios: Peace Maker, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY (USA)
2003
The Fiction of Authenticity, Forum of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri (USA) (cat.)
Water, Amsterdamse Duinwaterleidingen, Amsterdam (NL) (cat.)
Exhibition of Exhibitions, Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York (USA)
We Are The World, Dutch Pavilion, Venezia Biennale, Venezia (I) (cat.)
Plasticiens en Mouvement/Kunstenaars in Beweging, De Markten:, Brussels (B)
2002
Artists' Games, Public's Games, Kunstverein, Ulm (D)
Museum of Contemporary African Art: Library of the Museum, Museum Shop, Humanist Space, Documenta11, Kassel (D)
Geld und Wert / Das letzte Tabu, Schweizerisches Nationalbank, Biel (CH)
2001
Ensemble: Michel François & Meschac Gaba, Galerie Lumen Travo, Amsterdam (NL)
Democracy Game, Helsinki (Finland)
Sonsbeek 9, Locus/Focus, Arnhem (NL) (cat.)
Geldlust. ModellBanking, Kunsthalle Tirol, Hall (A)
Design for National Slavery Monument, The Slave Route, City Hall Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL)
Réalité Revisitée: Expérimenter le Réel: Atlantique, Cimaise & Portique centre departmental d’art contemporain, Albi (F)
Museum of Contemporary African Art Architecture of the Museum: Mirror’s Edge - Tramway, Glasgow (Scotland)
Red Ribbon Art, Groninger Museum, Groningen (NL)
2000
Museum of Contemporary African Art - Architecture of the Museum: Mirror’s Edge, Castello di Rivoli, Torino (I)
Museum of Contemporary African Art For Real: The Marriage Room, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL) (cat.)
Taipei Biennale The Sky is the Limit, Fine Arts Museum, Taipei (Taiwan)
L'Art dans le Monde: Pain et Marteaux, Paris Musées/Revue des Beaux Arts, Pont Alexandre III, Paris (F) (cat.)
Museum of Contemporary African Art - Draft Room: East International, Norwich Gallery, Norwich (UK) (cat.)
Museum of Contemporary African Art - Game Room: Play-use, Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam (NL)
Museum of Contemporary African Art- Art and Religion Room: A Casa Di, Cittadellarte/Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella (I)
Museum of Contemporary African Art: Le Discothèque du Musée Continental Shift. A voyage between cultures, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht (NL) (cat.)
Museum of Contemporary African Art - Museum Shop: Dialogues, ARCO Art Fair (Gallery Lumen Travo), Madrid (S)
Museum of Contemporary African Art - Draft Room Worthless (invaluable). The concept of value in contemporary art, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana (SL)
No Title, Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
Chess Game (part of Museum of Contemporary African Art: Game Room), Gallery Gebauer,, Basel (CH)
1999
Museum of Contemporary African Art - Architecture of the Museum: Mirror's Edge, Bildmuseet, Umeå (SW)
Museum of Contemporary African Art - Museum Shop: South Meets West, National Museum of Ghana, Accra (Ghana) (cat.)
Museum of Contemporary African Art – Summer Collection: Waardige Zaken. Wonderkamers, De Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem (NL)
Le Pavé Dans La Mare, Besançon (F)
Museum of Contemporary African Art - Draft Room: TroubleSpot.painting–, NICC and MUHKA, Antwerp (B)
Museum of Contemporary African Art - Museum Shop: Trafique, S.M.A.K. extra muros, Ghent (B)
Museum of Contemporary African Art -.Architecture of the Museum: National Museum Weekend, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL)
Museum of Contemporary African Art - Architecture of the Museum: Unlimited.nl-2, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam (NL)
1998
Copy Culture, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam (NL)
Meeting Point, Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
NICC, Antwerp, Belgium: curated by Michel François (B)
1997
Museum of Contemporary African Art - Draft Room: Open Ateliers- Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam (NL)
De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam (NL)
Virtual exhibition at www.africaserver.nl/virtual/exhibitions/gaba
1996
Rasa Foundation, Utrecht (NL)
Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam (NL)
1995
Ewole, Lome (Togo)
German Embassy, Cotonou (Bénin)
1994
On the occasion of the top Africa/America, Libreville (Gabon)
Biennale d'Abidjan, Abidjan (Ivory Coast)
Centre Culturelle Chinois, Cotonou (Bénin)
Galerie GO, Cotonou (Bénin)
1993
Centre Culturelle Americain, Cotonou (Bénin)
1992
Arts sur 7. S.O.S. Artistes Halle des Sports, Cotonou (Bénin)
Musée des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie, Paris, France
Websites
2006
Tresses:
www.gabatresses.org (inIVA, London)
2002
Museum of Contemporary African Art: www.museumofcontemporaryafricanart.com
Meschac Gaba's Adji Game:
www.imal.org/gaba
Works and lives in The Netherlands.
Solo Exhibitions and Performances
2010
Meschac Gaba. Museum of Contemporary African Art & More (travelling solo exhibition) – Museum of Contemporary African Art (12 rooms) – Lac de Sagesse – Tresse – Safety Rat, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderne, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
2009
Meschac Gaba. The Street – Car Tresses – Couleurs de Cotonou, Gallery Michael Stevenson, Capetown, South African
Meschac Gaba. Museum of Contemporary African Art & More (travelling solo exhibition) – Museum of Contemporary African Art (12 rooms) – Lac de Sagesse - Sweetness, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Sweetness, Ucca, Beijing, China
Meschac Gaba, Museum of Contemporary African Art & More, Museum De Paviljoens, Al Almere, Netherlands
2008
TRACE, Lumen Travo, Amsterdam, NL
Glück – Welches Glück, Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Dresden (D)
Tresses Milan, Artra Gallery, Milano (I)
Couleurs de Cotonou du mur à la toile, Centre Culturel Français de Cotonou (Bénin)
2007
Meschac Gaba. Tresses + other recent projects, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg (South Africa)
Tresses. Meschac Gaba, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town (South Africa) (cat.)
Sweetness, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano (I)
2006
Tresses, inIVA, London, (street) performance (UK)
Défilé de perruques, City of Paris, (street) performance (F)
Glue Me Peace, Nobel Peace Center, Oslo (N)
2005
Library of the Museum, BiblioNova, Geleen (NL)
Glue Me Peace,Tate Modern, London (UK)
Le Pain Migrateur, Artra Gallery, Milano (I)
Meschac Gaba: Tresse, The Studio Museum, Harlem, New York (USA)
Peace Maker, Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
2004
Peace Maker, Ernest G. Welch School of Arts & Design, Gallery of the Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia (USA)
2003
Atlantique, Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
2002
Library of the Museum - Museum of Contemporary African Art, Falaki Gallery,American Univerisity of Cairo (E)
Museum Shop for Sale and Museum Living Room for Sale - Museum of Contemporary African Art, Artra Gallery, Milan and Genova (I)
Le Discothèque du Musée - Museum of Contemporary African Art, SBK Tramremise (Stichting Beeldende Kunst), Amsterdam (NL)
Le Salon du Musée - Museum of Contemporary African Art, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (F)
2001
Marriage Room - Museum of Contemporary African Art, INOVA, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (USA)
Library of the Museum - Museum of Contemporary African Art, Witte de With, Rotterdam (NL)
Der Inforaum /The Info-room, Kunsthalle Bern (SH)
2000
Salle de Jeux- Museum of Contemporary African Art, S.M.A.K. Gent, (B)
Game Room - Museum of Contemporary African Art, Crown Gallery, Brussels (B)
Spielregeln/Rules of the Game, Galerie Gebauer, Berlin (DE)
1999
Summer Collection - Museum of Contemporary African Art, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (NL)
Salle de Jeux - Museum of Contemporary African Art, Le Pavé Dans La Mare, Besançon (F)
Museum Restaurant - Museum of Contemporary African Art, W139, Amsterdam (NL)
Vente en gros et detaille, Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
1998
Missing Links Draft Room - Museum of Contemporary African Art, Praterinsel, Munich (DE)
Museum of Contemporary African Art, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam, (NL)
Architecture of the Museum - Museum of Contemporary African Art, Gate Foundation, Amsterdam (NL)
Meschac Gaba, SBK knsm-eiland, Amsterdam (NL)
1997
Draft Room – Museum of Contemporary African Art, Rijksmuseum Het Koninklijk Penningkabinet, Leiden, Netherlands: in conjunction with the exhibition Moneta Exotica. Oorspronkelijk geld uit de hele wereld
Bazar Bizar, Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam (NL)
1995
Art festival Pour la Francophonie, Palace of the President of Bénin, Cotonou
1993
Biennale de Dakar, Galerie Ife, Dakar, Senegal
1991
Meschac Gaba, Centre Culturelle Français de Cotonou, Bénin
Group Exhibitions
2009
Esposizione Universale , GAMeC, Bergamo (ITA)
Ambulant - (performance and installation), Cape 09, Capetown (South Africa)
2008
Carried Away. Procession in art, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem (NL)
Port City: on mobility and exchange, AFoundation, Liverpool (UK)
Biennale Cuvée, O.K Center for Contemporary Art, Linz (A)
Résilience, Galleria Continua/Le Moulin, Boissy-le-Châtel, (F)
Africa Now! Emerging talents from a continent on the move, World Bank (World Bank Art Program), Washington DC (USA)
2007
Port City: on mobility and exchange, Arnolfini, Bristol (UK) and John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton (UK)
Africa Remix, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg (South Africa)
Keep the Change, Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York, NY (USA)
2006
Tresse, Galerie Fernand Leger, Ivry, Paris (F)
How to Live Together, São Paulo Biennial, San Paulo, (Brazil)
Fever Variations, 6th Gwangju Biennale, (South Korea)
Contact Zones, Sydney Biennale, Sydney (Australia)
De Kleine Biënnale’ (The Little Biennial for children, 2nd edition): Qui Veut Cajoux, Je Veux Cajoux, Fort op de Ruigenhoeksedijk, Utrecht (NL)
Africa Remix, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (Japan)
Biennale of Havana, Havana (Cuba)
Global Tour, W139, Amsterdam (NL)
Respect! Formes de cohabitation, Musée Dar Si Saïd, Marrakech (Morocco)
2005
Overtures on Water, Art Circolo Kunstprojekt, Munich (DE)
Trace of a Structure of Ideas: Archaeology of a Utopia in the Hardau, City of Zurich, Zurich (CH)
Africa Remix: Boulangerie Africaine, Hayward Gallery, London (UK) (cat.)
Identità & Nomadismo, Palazzo delle Papesse Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena (I)
Africa Remix: Boulangerie Africaine, Centre George Pompidou, Paris (F)
Monuments for the USA: Peace Moun, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, Monuments for the USA, San Francisco (USA)
Dressing Ourselves, La Triennale di Milano, Milano (I)
Op Hoogte Gedacht, Beeldende Kunst op Groningen Kerkhoven, Stichting de Kerken, Groningen (NL)
2004
Horizons, voices from a Global Africa, Museum of World Cultures, Göteborg (S)
Economies, Art and Gallery, Milano (I)
Strange Planet: Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design Gallery of the Georgia State University, Atlanta (USA)
The Fiction of Authenticity, Miller Gallery of the Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
Lustwarande 04, City Park Project, Fundament Foundation, Tilburg (NL)
Africa Remix, Museum Kunst Palast Ehrenhof, Dusseldorf (D) (cat.)
Visa For Thirteen. International Studio Program exhibition, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY (USA)
Les Afriques, Le Tri Postal, Lille (Cultural Capital of Europe) (F)
We Are The World. Rotterdam Edition of Dutch pavilion at Venice Biennale, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL)
Open Studios: Peace Maker, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY (USA)
2003
The Fiction of Authenticity, Forum of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri (USA) (cat.)
Water, Amsterdamse Duinwaterleidingen, Amsterdam (NL) (cat.)
Exhibition of Exhibitions, Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York (USA)
We Are The World, Dutch Pavilion, Venezia Biennale, Venezia (I) (cat.)
Plasticiens en Mouvement/Kunstenaars in Beweging, De Markten:, Brussels (B)
2002
Artists' Games, Public's Games, Kunstverein, Ulm (D)
Museum of Contemporary African Art: Library of the Museum, Museum Shop, Humanist Space, Documenta11, Kassel (D)
Geld und Wert / Das letzte Tabu, Schweizerisches Nationalbank, Biel (CH)
2001
Ensemble: Michel François & Meschac Gaba, Galerie Lumen Travo, Amsterdam (NL)
Democracy Game, Helsinki (Finland)
Sonsbeek 9, Locus/Focus, Arnhem (NL) (cat.)
Geldlust. ModellBanking, Kunsthalle Tirol, Hall (A)
Design for National Slavery Monument, The Slave Route, City Hall Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL)
Réalité Revisitée: Expérimenter le Réel: Atlantique, Cimaise & Portique centre departmental d’art contemporain, Albi (F)
Museum of Contemporary African Art Architecture of the Museum: Mirror’s Edge - Tramway, Glasgow (Scotland)
Red Ribbon Art, Groninger Museum, Groningen (NL)
2000
Museum of Contemporary African Art - Architecture of the Museum: Mirror’s Edge, Castello di Rivoli, Torino (I)
Museum of Contemporary African Art For Real: The Marriage Room, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL) (cat.)
Taipei Biennale The Sky is the Limit, Fine Arts Museum, Taipei (Taiwan)
L'Art dans le Monde: Pain et Marteaux, Paris Musées/Revue des Beaux Arts, Pont Alexandre III, Paris (F) (cat.)
Museum of Contemporary African Art - Draft Room: East International, Norwich Gallery, Norwich (UK) (cat.)
Museum of Contemporary African Art - Game Room: Play-use, Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam (NL)
Museum of Contemporary African Art- Art and Religion Room: A Casa Di, Cittadellarte/Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella (I)
Museum of Contemporary African Art: Le Discothèque du Musée Continental Shift. A voyage between cultures, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht (NL) (cat.)
Museum of Contemporary African Art - Museum Shop: Dialogues, ARCO Art Fair (Gallery Lumen Travo), Madrid (S)
Museum of Contemporary African Art - Draft Room Worthless (invaluable). The concept of value in contemporary art, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana (SL)
No Title, Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
Chess Game (part of Museum of Contemporary African Art: Game Room), Gallery Gebauer,, Basel (CH)
1999
Museum of Contemporary African Art - Architecture of the Museum: Mirror's Edge, Bildmuseet, Umeå (SW)
Museum of Contemporary African Art - Museum Shop: South Meets West, National Museum of Ghana, Accra (Ghana) (cat.)
Museum of Contemporary African Art – Summer Collection: Waardige Zaken. Wonderkamers, De Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem (NL)
Le Pavé Dans La Mare, Besançon (F)
Museum of Contemporary African Art - Draft Room: TroubleSpot.painting–, NICC and MUHKA, Antwerp (B)
Museum of Contemporary African Art - Museum Shop: Trafique, S.M.A.K. extra muros, Ghent (B)
Museum of Contemporary African Art -.Architecture of the Museum: National Museum Weekend, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL)
Museum of Contemporary African Art - Architecture of the Museum: Unlimited.nl-2, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam (NL)
1998
Copy Culture, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam (NL)
Meeting Point, Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
NICC, Antwerp, Belgium: curated by Michel François (B)
1997
Museum of Contemporary African Art - Draft Room: Open Ateliers- Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam (NL)
De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam (NL)
Virtual exhibition at www.africaserver.nl/virtual/exhibitions/gaba
1996
Rasa Foundation, Utrecht (NL)
Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam (NL)
1995
Ewole, Lome (Togo)
German Embassy, Cotonou (Bénin)
1994
On the occasion of the top Africa/America, Libreville (Gabon)
Biennale d'Abidjan, Abidjan (Ivory Coast)
Centre Culturelle Chinois, Cotonou (Bénin)
Galerie GO, Cotonou (Bénin)
1993
Centre Culturelle Americain, Cotonou (Bénin)
1992
Arts sur 7. S.O.S. Artistes Halle des Sports, Cotonou (Bénin)
Musée des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie, Paris, France
Websites
2006
Tresses:
www.gabatresses.org (inIVA, London)
2002
Museum of Contemporary African Art: www.museumofcontemporaryafricanart.com
Meschac Gaba's Adji Game:
www.imal.org/gaba
