| Individual Shows |
| 1976 | | Asele Art Gallery, Nsukka, Nigeria. |
| 1979 | | Broken Pots: Sculpture by El Anatsui, British Council Enugu; Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. |
| 1980 | | Community of Arts, Massachusetts. |
| 1982 | | Goethe Institut, Lagos. |
| 1987 | | Franco-German Auditorium, Lagos. |
| 1987 | | Faculty of Arts & Design, Cornwall College, UK. |
| 1991 | | National Museum, Lagos. |
| 1995 | | October Gallery, London. |
| 1997 | | French Cultural Centre, Lagos. |
| 1998 | | October Gallery, London. |
| 2002 | | October Gallery, London. |
| 2003 | | Oriel Mostyn, Wales, touring Uk & Ireland Group |
| Group Shows |
| 1981 | | Billingham Art Gallery, Cleveland; Shiples Art Gallery, Middlesborough, House of Commons, London. |
| 1990-92 | | Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; |
| | | Afro-American Historical & Cultural Museum, Philadelphia |
| | | Chicago Public Library Cultural Centre, Chicago |
| | | Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC |
| | | Museum of the National Centre of African-American Artists, Boston. |
| 1990 | | 44th Venice Biennale, Italy. |
| 1991 | | Galleria d'Arte Contemporanea, Italy. |
| 1991 | | World Bank Art Society, Washington DC. |
| 1992-94 | | Modern Art Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| | | Staatliche Kunsthalle, Berlin, & Ludwig Forum, Germany. |
| 1994 | | 5th Havana Biennale, Cuba. |
| 1995 | | 1st Johannesburg Biennale, Johannesburg. |
| 1995 | | Configura 2, Erfurt, Germany. |
| 1995-96 | | Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo |
| | | The Tokushima Modern Art Museum |
| | | Himeji City Museum of Arts, Himeji |
| | | Koriyama City Museum of Art, Koriyama |
| | | Marugame Inokuma - Genichiro Museum of Contemporary Art & The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, Japan. |
| 1995 | | Whitechapel Art Gallery, London. |
| 1995 | | Johannesburg Gallery, South Africa & touring to Cairo, Amman, Gaza, Jerusalem & Tel Aviv. |
| 1995 | | World Intellectual Property Organization, WIPO Headquarters, Geneva. |
| 1995 | | Osaka, Japan. |
| 1996 | | Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden. |
| 1996 | | Contemporary African Art Gallery, New York City (with Tesfaye Tessema). |
| 1997-98 | | National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. |
| 1998-99 | | 7th Triennial of Small Sculpture, Stuttgart, Germany. |
| 1999 | | Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, UK. |
| 1999 | | Champs Elysées, Paris. |
| 2001 | | Centre de Cultura Contemporania, Barcelona (CCCB). |
| 2001 | | National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. |
| 2001 | | Ceramics Biennale Manlio Trucco, Albisola, Italy, Musée Ariana, Geneva. |
| 2002 | | Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art. |
| 2003 | | Ceramics Biennale Villa Groppallo, Vado Ligure, Italy. |
| 2004 | | Africa Remix Museum Kunst Palast, Dusseldort touring to Hayward Gallery, London, Centre Pompidou, Paris, Mori Museum, Tokyo. Prizes / Honours |
| Prizes/Awards |
| 1990 | | Honourable Mention (joint), 44th Venice Biennale, Italy. |
| 1991 | | Founding Member, Pan-African Circle of Artist (PACA). |
| 1995 | | Kansai Telecasting Corporation Prize, Osaka Triennale (Sculpture), Japan. |
| 1998 | | Bronze Prize, 9th Osaka Triennale Sculpture. |
| 1999 | | Publics Prize, 7th Triennale der Kleinplastik, Stuttgart |
| 2000 | | Member, International Selection Committee, Dakar Biennale. |
| 2000 | | Founding Member & Fellow, Forum for African ArtsCollections (Public) |
| Collections |
| The British Museum, London, UK. |
| Ghana National Art Collection, Accra. |
| Indianapolis Museum of Art |
| National Gallery of Contemporary Art, Lagos. |
| National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. |
| Osaka Foundation of Culture, Osaka, Japan. |
| Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan. |
| World Bank, Washington DC, USA. |
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