| Solo 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. |
| | | 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. |
| 2003-8 | |
El Anatsui: Gawu, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, Wales, UK. An Oriel Mostyn Gallery exhibition touring UK, Ireland and USA |
| 2005 |
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El Anatsui: Gawu, October Gallery, London, UK |
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El Anatsui: Gawu, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, Florida, USA |
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Danudo: Recent Sculptures of El Anatsui.Skoto Gallery (in collaboration with Contemporary African Art Gallery, New York) |
| 2006 |
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El Anatsui: Nyekor, Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Milan, Italy |
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El Anatsui, David Krut Projects, New York, NY, USA (in collaboration with October Gallery, London) |
| 2007 |
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El Anatsui: Gawu, the University of Arizona Museum for Art, Tucson, Arizona, the Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles and the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA |
| 2008 |
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Zebra Crossing, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY, USA |
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El Anatsui: Gawu, National Museum for African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA |
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Big 4, Channel 4 Headquarters (special outdoor installation), London, UK |
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Earth Growing Roots, University Art Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA |
| 2009 |
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3rd Moscow Biennale for Contemporary Art: Against Ecxlusion, Garage Center for Contempoary Art, Moscow, Russia |
| Group Shows |
| 1974 |
| Tekarts Expo 5, Accra Arts Centre, Accra, Ghana. |
| 1975 |
| Fabric Wall Hangings, Burnt Wooden Wall Plaques, The Institute of African Studies,University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria. |
| 1979 |
| The Nsukka School, Art Gallery of the Rivers State Council for Arts and Culture, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. |
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| Christian Arts in Nigeria, Holy Trinity Cathedral Hall, Onitsha, Nigeria. |
| 1981 | | Drawing on the World, Billingham Art Gallery, Billingham; Middlesborough Art Gallery, Middlesborough and the House of Commons Gallery, Westminster, London, UK |
| 1982 |
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Okike 10th Anniversary Exhibition, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria. |
| 1983 |
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Four Contemporary African Artists, Mintec Gallery, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. |
| 1986 |
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AKA ’86– Inaugural Exhibition of the AKA Circle of Artists, the French Centre, Enugu and Goethe Institut, Lagos, Nigeria. |
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Nigerian-German Prints, University of Nigeria, Nsukka and the Franco-German Auditorium, Lagos, Nigeria |
| 1987 |
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AKA ’87, The Presidential Hotel, Enugu and the National Gallery of Crafts and Design, Lagos, Nigeria. |
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Original Prints from the 3rd Nsukka Workshop, University of Nigeria, Nsukka and Goethe Institut, Lagos, Nigeria |
| 1988 |
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AKA ’88, Nigerian Union of Journalists’ Press Centre, Enugu; Institute of African Studies, Nsukka and the National Gallery of Crafts and Design, Lagos, Nigeria. |
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Walls and Gates– El Anatsui & Liz Willis, Avant-Garde Gallery, Kaduna, Nigeria.
Thoughts and Processes– El Anatsui & Ndubisi Onah, The Italian Cultural Institute, Lagos, Nigeria. |
| 1989 |
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Zeitgenössische Nigerianische Kunst, Bonn, Bocholt and Mönchengladbach, Germany. |
| 1990-92 | | Contemporary African Artists:Changing Tradition, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, touring to the Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Chicago Public Library Cultural Centre, Chicago, Illinois; Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC and the Museum of the National Centre of African-American Artists, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. |
| 1990 | |
Five Contemporary African Artists, 44th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy. |
| | | The Calabash 1st Art Exhibition, The Calabash, Lagos, Nigeria. |
| | | AKA ’90, The Presidential Hotel, Enugu and Goethe Insitut, Lagos, Nigeria. |
| 1991 | | AKA ’91, Bona Gallery, Enugu and Goethe Institut, Lagos, Nigeria. |
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Works by a Group of African Artists, The World Bank Art Society Gallery, World |
| 1992 |
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Arte Amazonas, Modern Art Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and subsequently touring as Klima Global to Staatliche Kunsthalle, Berlin and Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany. |
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AKA ’92, Bona Galley, Enugu and Didi Museum, Lagos, Nigeria. |
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Begegnung mit den Anderen, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany. |
| 1993 |
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Six African Artists, October Gallery, London, UK. |
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New Currents ’93– Avant-Garde Nigerian Art, Didi Museum, Lagos, Nigeria. |
| 1994 |
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5th Havana Biennale, Havana, Cuba. |
| 1995 |
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AKA ’95, Bona Gallery, Enugu and Didi Museum, Lagos, Nigeria. |
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8th Osaka Sculpture Triennale, Osaka, Japan. |
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Contemporary African Art, World Intellectual Property Organisation Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland. |
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Seven Stories about Modern Art in Africa, The Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK. |
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The Right to Hope, Johannesburg Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa, touring to Cairo, Amman, Gaza, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. |
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An Inside Story– African Art of our Time, Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, touring to the Tokushima Modern Art Museum, Tokushima; Himeji City Museum of Arts, Himeji; Koriyama City Museum of Art, Koriyama; Marugame Inokuma-Genichiro Museum of Contemporary Art; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, Japan. |
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Configura 2, Erfurt, Germany. |
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Art In The Shadow, The Nigerian Pavillion at Africus– 1st Johannesburg Biennale, Johannesburg, South Africa. |
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Uli Art– Master Works, Skoto Gallery, New York, USA. |
| 1996 |
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Transvangarde, October Gallery, London, UK |
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Container ’96– Art Across Oceans, Langelinie, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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Images of Africa, Torpedohallen, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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Seven Stories about Modern Art in Africa, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden. |
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Africana, Sala 1, Rome, Italy. |
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Transforms, October Gallery, London, UK. |
| 1997 |
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The Poetics of Line– Seven Artists of the Nsukka Group, The National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA. |
| 1998 |
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7. Triennale der Kleineplastik, Stüttgart, Germany. |
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Riddle of the Spirits– Twelve African Artists, Skoto Gallery, New York, USA. |
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9th Osaka Sculpture Triennale, Osaka, Japan. |
| 1999 |
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New Colours From Old Worlds: Contemporary Art from West Africa, October Gallery, London, UK. |
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The Transvangarde, October Gallery, London, UK. |
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The Independent, Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool, UK |
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Les Champs de la Sculpture, Presented by the City of Paris and organised by the Paris Cultural Afairs Department, Champs Elysées, Paris, France |
| 2000 |
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El Tiempo de Africa (Africa’s Time), Centro Atlántico Arte Moderno, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. |
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Messagers de la Terre, Rur’Art– Espace d’Art Contemporain d’Lycée Agricole Xavier Bernard, Rouille, France. |
| 2001 |
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Encounters with the Contemporary, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC, USA. |
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The Happy Face of Globalisation, The 1st Albissola Ceramics Biennale, MuseoCivico d’Arte Contemporanea and Museo della Ceramica Manlio Trucco, Albissola, Italy, touring to Musée Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland. |
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Elf Village, Port Harcourt, Nigeria |
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Africas: The Artist and the City, Centro de Cultura Contemporania Barcelona (CCCB), Barcelona, Spain. |
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News from the Front, October Gallery, London, UK. |
| 2002 |
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One: The Independent, Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool, UK |
| 2003 |
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Africa Informs, October Gallery, London, UK. |
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Biennale de Ceramica dell’ Arte Contemporanea, Villa Groppallo, Vado Ligure, Italy. |
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Transfers, Palais de Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium. |
| 2004-7 | |
Afrika Remix, museum kunst palast, Düsseldorf, Germany and touring to the Hayward Gallery, London, UK; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris and Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2005 |
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Out There, Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts, Norwich, UK |
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De Young Museum, San Francisco, USA |
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In the Making: materials and process, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town, SA |
| 2006 |
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The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama, UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles, USA (touring) |
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DAK’ART 2006, 7th edition of the Biennale of African Art, Senegal |
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Black Panther Rank and File, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA |
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Europe-Afrique: Regards Croisés, Ateliers des Tanneurs, Brussels |
| 2007 |
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Altered, Stitched and Gathered, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, USA |
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Uncomfortable Truths, Victoria and Albert Museum, London (touring UK) |
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Un/Fair Trade, Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria |
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Artempo – Where Art Becomes Time, Venice, Italy |
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52nd Annual Venice Biennale in the Arsenale, Venice, Italy |
| 2008 |
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Tapping Currents: Contemporary African Art and Diaspora, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, USA |
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Angaza Afrika, October Gallery, London |
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Sonsbeek 2008: Grandeur, Sonsbeek Park, Arnhem, Netherlands |
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El Juego Africano de lo Contemporáneo : Pre-Figuraciones Poscoloniales Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Union Fenosa (MACUF), A Coruna,Spain |
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World Histories, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, USA |
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Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary, Museum for Arts and Design, New York, NY, USA |
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The Essential Art of African Textiles: Design Without End, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA |
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The Poetics of Cloth: African Textiles, Grey Art Gallery, New York, NY, USA |
| 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 |
| African Studies Gallery, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria. |
| Musée Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland. |
| Asele Institute, Nimo, Nigeria. |
| The British Museum, London, UK. |
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington DC, USA.
Diamond Bank of Nigeria, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.
French Cultural Centre, Lagos, Nigeria.
Ghanaian Embassy, Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Hammermill Collection, Hellebaek, Helsingør, Denmark.
International Peoples’ College, Helsingør, Denmark.
Museum of Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Iwalewa-Haus, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
The National Gallery of Contemporary Art, Lagos, Nigeria.
The National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC,
Osaka Foundation of Culture, Osaka, Japan.
Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
The World Bank Art Collection, Washington DC, USA.
Centre Pomipdou, Paris, France
Museum kunst palast, Duesseldorf, Germany
Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Clarks International Art Collection, Somerset, UK
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, Florida, USA
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
De Young Museum, San Francisco, USAMissoni, Milan, Italy |
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