Aboudia Ivory Coast, b. 1983

SOLO SHOWS

2024
- "Aboudia: la Salle de Lecture" - Larkin Durey - London, UK
- "Aboudia Studio" - Ethan Cohen Gallery - New York, USA
- "Impossible n’est pas Ivoirien: Aboudia" - Galerie Cécile Fakhoury - Paris, France

2023
- "Aboudia: Under the African Sun" - Ethan Cohen Gallery - Beacon, NY, USA
- "Aboudia: Selected Works on Paper" - Ethan Cohen KuBe - Beacon, NY, USA
- "Aboudia" - Jack Bell Gallery - London, UK

2022
- "Aboudia in Focus" - Ethan Cohen Gallery - New York, USA
- "Enjaillement à Babi" - Galerie Cécile Fakhoury - Paris, France
- "Aboudia" - West Chelsea Contemporary - Austin, TX, USA
- "Les Baramogoh de Poy" - Jack Bell Gallery - London, UK

2021
- "Nouchi Graffiti" - Ethan Cohen Gallery - New York, USA
- "Aboudia, the Dinka, and the Gogo" - Ethan Cohen Gallery - New York, USA
- "Diable Rouge" - Jack Bell Gallery - London, UK
- "Tokyo" - Galerie Cécile Fakhoury - Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

2020
- "Tete de bit" - Jack Bell Gallery - London, UK

2019
- "Anges Déchus" - Jack Bell Gallery - London, UK
- "Portraits des Nouchis" - Jack Bell Gallery - London, UK
- "Masquerade" - Galerie Cécile Fakhoury - Dakar, Senegal

2018
- "Djoly Du Mogoba" - Jack Bell Gallery - London, UK

2017
- "Aboudia, Gawa Dangoro" - Jack Bell Gallery - London, UK
- "Where Are You Diana Fardon?" - Ethan Cohen Gallery - New York, USA
- "Light & Dark" - Thompson Gallery, Ethan Cohen - New York, USA
- "Talking Faces" - Piasa - Paris, France

2016
- "Talking Heads" - Ethan Cohen Gallery - New York, USA
- "I HAVE A DREAM" - OOA Gallery - Barcelona, Spain
- "Bombe Fantôme" - Jack Bell Gallery - London, UK
- "Môgô Dynasty" - Galerie Cécile Fakhoury - Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- "Chap Chap" - Art Twenty One - Lagos, Nigeria

2015
- "Nouchi Dream" - Ethan Cohen Gallery - New York, USA
- "Sossoroh Urbain" - Jack Bell Gallery - London, UK

2014
- "African Dawn" - Ethan Cohen Gallery - New York, USA
- "Nouchi City" - Galerie Cécile Fakhoury - Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- "Trin Trin Ba-By" - Jack Bell Gallery - London, UK

2013
- "Quitte Le Pouvoir" - Jack Bell Gallery - London, UK

2012
- "Les Derniers Travaux d’Aboudia" - Galerie Cécile Fakhoury - Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

2011
- "The Battle for Abidjan" - Jack Bell Gallery - London, UK
- Solo exhibition - Goethe-Institut - Johannesburg, South Africa
- "New Works" - Lab 2.0 - Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

2009
- Solo exhibition - Centre Culturel Franco-Guinéen - Conakry, Guinea
- Solo exhibition - Centre Culturel Français - Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

GROUP SHOWS

2025
- "Au-delà des Apparences – Une Exploration de la Collection CBH" - Musée Rath - Geneva, Switzerland
- "Dans L’Oeil du Collectionneur" - Hôtel de Ville de Caen - Caen, France
- "Côte d’Ivoire Memories and Dreams of a Destiny" - OOA Gallery - Sitges, Spain

2024
- "ARTHAUS" - Basel, Switzerland
- "Back to School Art Festival" - Ethan Cohen KuBe - Beacon, NY, USA
- "1-54 Presents: Coalescent Lights" - Christie’s Hong Kong - Hong Kong
- "Winter Salon Show" - Larkin Durey - London, UK
- "Summer Salon Show" - Larkin Durey - London, UK

2023
- "Roots and Routes: From Ghana to Dubai" - Opera Gallery - Dubai, UAE
- "L’art en Guerre – Art in War" - Christophe Person - Paris, France
- Easter Show - MDZ ART Gallery at BRAFA - Knokke, Belgium
- Salon Show - Jack Bell Gallery - London, UK
- "Aboudia x Picasso x Paik" - Ethan Cohen Gallery - New York, USA
- "A Fine Line: Graffiti & the Power of Dissent" - Ethan Cohen KuBe - Beacon, NY, USA
- 1-54 Marrakech 2023: Group Show - La Mamounia - Marrakech, Morocco

2022
- "Different Throws of Dreams: Aboudia x Dubuffet" - Phillips - London, UK
- La Biennale di Venezia, Ivory Coast Pavilion, "The Dreams of a Story" - Venice, Italy
- Biennale de Dakar, Ivory Coast Pavilion - Dakar, Senegal
- "Landslides" - Ethan Cohen Gallery - New York, USA
- "Once upon a time in West Africa" - LIS10 Gallery - Pietrasanta, Italy
- "Under the African Sun" - Ethan Cohen KuBe - Beacon, NY, USA
- "The World Outside the Frame - Wandering between Sensibility and Rationality" - XUan Art Research Center - Taipei, Taiwan
- "Aboudia & Yeanzi: In Transit" - LIS10 Gallery - Arezzo, Italy
- "Aboudia, Armand Boua, Laetitia Ky, Yeanzi" - LIS10 Gallery - Italy
- "Reality Check" - Ethan Cohen - Los Angeles, USA
- VOLTA New York - Ethan Cohen Gallery - New York, USA
- Palm Beach Modern and Contemporary - Ethan Cohen Gallery - Palm Beach, FL, USA
- Art Miami 2022 - Ethan Cohen Gallery - Miami, FL, USA
- BRAFA 2022 - MDZ ART Gallery - Brussels, Belgium
- VOLTA Basel 2022 - Ethan Cohen Gallery - Basel, Switzerland
- Taipei Dangdai 2022 - Jack Bell Gallery - Taipei, Taiwan

2021
- "American Dreams" - Ethan Cohen Gallery - New York, USA
- "The Last Word" - Ethan Cohen Gallery - New York, USA
- "Africa On My Mind" - Ethan Cohen KuBe - Beacon, NY, USA
- "African Vibe II" - LIS10 Gallery - Milan, Italy
- "Art Formula" - Whatever Artspace - Hong Kong
- "African Avant-Garde: Aboudia and Frédéric Bruly Bouabré" - Jamestown Art Center - Jamestown, RI, USA
- Art Miami - Ethan Cohen Gallery - Miami, FL, USA
- ART X Lagos 2021 - Galerie Cécile Fakhoury - Lagos, Nigeria
- VOLTA Basel - Ethan Cohen Gallery - Basel, Switzerland
- 1-54 New York - Jack Bell Gallery - New York, USA
- The Armory Show 2021 - Helwaser Gallery - New York, USA
- Hamptons Fine Art Fair - Ethan Cohen Gallery - Southampton, NY, USA

2020
- ART X Lagos 2020 - Galerie Cécile Fakhoury - Lagos, Nigeria
- "Darkest Before Dawn: Art in a Time of Uncertainty" - Ethan Cohen KuBe - Beacon, NY, USA
- "African Vibe" - LIS10 Gallery - Milan, Italy
- "Individualism" - Whatever Artspace - Hong Kong
- 1-54 London - Jack Bell Gallery - London, UK
- "Abstraction, Tradition, Time, and Totems" - Ethan Cohen Gallery - New York, USA
- "Afrique: Nouvelle Vague" - Ethan Cohen Gallery - New York, USA
- "Variations in Line: From Baltimore to Beijing, to Abidjan, and Back to New York" - Ethan Cohen Gallery - New York, USA
- 1-54 New York - Jack Bell Gallery - New York, USA
- 1-54 Marrakech - Galerie Cécile Fakhoury - Marrakech, Morocco

2019
- "Orphans of Painting II" - Ethan Cohen KuBe - Beacon, NY, USA
- "Fears of Art" - Ethan Cohen Gallery - New York, USA
- Winter Group Show - OOA Gallery - Barcelona, Spain
- Art Miami - Ethan Cohen Gallery - Miami, FL, USA
- 1-54 Marrakech - Galerie Cécile Fakhoury - Marrakech, Morocco
- 1-54 London - Jack Bell Gallery - London, UK
- ART X Lagos - Galerie Cécile Fakhoury - Lagos, Nigeria
- "Kubatana" - Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium - Vestfossen, Norway

2018
- "Talent Show" - Ethan Cohen Gallery - New York, USA
- VOLTA New York - Ethan Cohen Gallery - New York, USA
- VOLTA Basel 14 - Ethan Cohen Gallery - Basel, Switzerland
- "Rassemblement" - Jack Bell Gallery - London, UK
- Art Miami - Ethan Cohen Gallery - Miami, FL, USA
- "Angels" - OOA Gallery - Barcelona, Spain
- ART X Lagos - OOA Gallery - Lagos, Nigeria
- 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair - Galerie Cécile Fakhoury - Marrakech, Morocco

2017
- "Orphans of Painting" - Ethan Cohen Gallery - New York, USA
- "Devil in Disguise" - Jack Bell Gallery - London, UK
- "Regarding Africa: Contemporary Art and Afro-Futurism" - Tel Aviv Museum of Art - Tel Aviv, Israel
- Summer Exhibition - Royal Academy of Arts - London, UK
- VOLTA Basel 13 - Ethan Cohen Gallery - Basel, Switzerland
- Art Central Hong Kong - Ethan Cohen Gallery - Hong Kong
- AKAA - OOA Gallery - Paris, France
- Salon Zürcher - OOA Gallery - Paris, France

2016
- Art Stage Singapore - Ethan Cohen Gallery - Singapore
- 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair - Galerie Cécile Fakhoury - London, UK
- "Dakar-Martigny: Hommage à la Biennale d’Art contemporain" - Martigny, Switzerland

2015
- "PANGAEA II: New Art From Africa and Latin America" - Saatchi Gallery - London, UK
- VOLTA Basel - Ethan Cohen Gallery - Basel, Switzerland
- "FLAUNT: Africa New Wave" - Ethan Cohen Gallery - New York, USA
- Art Miami - Ethan Cohen Gallery - Miami, FL, USA
- 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair - Galerie Cécile Fakhoury, Pioneer Works - Brooklyn, NY, USA
- "Studio Lumiere" - Jack Bell Gallery - London, UK

2014
- Art Stage Singapore - Ethan Cohen Gallery - Singapore
- Scope New York - Ethan Cohen Gallery - New York, USA
- Art Lima - Ethan Cohen Gallery - Lima, Peru
- "PANGAEA: New Art From Africa and Latin America" - Saatchi Gallery - London, UK
- VOLTA Basel - Ethan Cohen Gallery - Basel, Switzerland
- Art Silicon Valley - Ethan Cohen Gallery - Silicon Valley, CA, USA
- "BATIK d’AFRIQUE" - Ethan Cohen Gallery - New York, USA
- "Sphères #7" - Galleria Continua - Les Moulins, France
- 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair - Galerie Cécile Fakhoury, Somerset House - London, UK
- Group Show - Galerie Cécile Fakhoury - Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- Dak’Art Off - Galerie Cécile Fakhoury, Fondation Total - Dakar, Senegal

2013
- "A Collection Selection" - Nevada Museum of Art - Reno, NV, USA
- Group Show - Galerie Cécile Fakhoury - Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

2012
- "Aujourd’hui je travaille avec mon petit fils Aboudia" - in collaboration with Frédéric Bruly Bouabré - Galerie Cécile Fakhoury - Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- Dak’Art Off - Eiffage - Dakar, Senegal

2011
- "Revue de l’Art Moderne et Contemporain en Côte d’Ivoire" - Rotonde des Arts - Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- Salon International des Arts Plastiques d’Abidjan - Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- "Les Fantômes" - Jack Bell Gallery - London, UK
- Amani Gallery - Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

2010
- Arkadi, 13th edition - Centre Culturel Français - Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- "Lion’s Art" - Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- "Les Amis des Arts", 6th edition - BICICI Bank - Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- Group exhibition as part of the Ivorian 50th independence celebrations - Côte d’Ivoire

2009
- Arkadi, 12th edition - Centre Culturel Français - Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- "Pinceaux d’Afrique" - Stockholm, Sweden

2008
- Stage set design for the play "Îles de tempête" by Bernard Dadié - Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

2007
- Group exhibition - Palais de la Culture - Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

ACTIVITY

2024
- "Aboudia" monograph - Published by Rizzoli

2018
- Opened the Aboudia Foundation - Bingerville, Côte d’Ivoire

2011
- Honorary mention in German TV ZDF documentary about the post-election crisis in Côte d’Ivoire

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2011
- Villa Kaïdin - Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

- Saatchi Gallery Collection - London, UK
- Jean Pigozzi Collection
- François Pinault Collection
- Olympic Games 2012 Collection
- The Royal Collection of the King of Morocco
- Musée Mohammed VI - Rabat, Morocco
- Museum of Modern Art - Equatorial Guinea
- Nevada Museum of Art - Reno, NV, USA
- Jefferson City Museum of Modern Art - Missouri, USA
- Tel Aviv Museum of Art - Tel Aviv, Israel
- Ueshima Museum - Tokyo, Japan
- CAAC Pigozzi Contemporary African Art Collection - Geneva, Switzerland
- Tiroche DeLeon Collection - Israel
- Simon de Pury Collection
- The Frank-Suss Collection - London, UK
- The Cuperior Collection - Frankfurt, Germany
- The Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation - New Jersey, USA
- Colección Jimenez-Colon - Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Palais de la Culture - Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- Centre Culturel Franco-Guinéen - Conakry, Guinea
- Embassy of Côte d’Ivoire - Conakry, Guinea
- Governor of Abidjan - Côte d’Ivoire
- City Hall of Bingerville - Côte d’Ivoire
- BICICI Permanent Collection - Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- SGCI Collection d’Art Contemporain - Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- Compagnie Bancaire Helvetic

PUBLICATIONS

2024
- "Aboudia" - Monograph, Rizzoli

2019
- "Masquerade" - Exhibition catalogue, Éditions Cécile Fakhoury, Abidjan

2012
- "Aboudia et Frédéric Bruly Bouabré: Aujourd’hui je travaille avec mon petit-fils Aboudia" - Éditions Cécile Fakhoury, Abidjan