Emeka UDEMBA Nigeria, b. 1968

SOLO SHOWS

2000 Galerie Hilt, Basel, Switzerland

2003 Goethe Institut Lagos, Nigeria

2005 Förderkreis zeitgenossischer Kunst, Euskirchen, Germany

2006 In den Raum gestellt, Künsthaus L6, Freiburg, Germany

2008 “Kings”, Galerie Erata, Leipzig, Germany

2011 “Closed space” Neukölln-Berlin/ Hillbrow-Johannesburg, GoetheonMain, Johannesburg and Kunsthaus I6 Freiburg, Germany

2015 “Tools of conflict” Art house, Lagos, Nigeria

2016 `”Telling stories” Galerie im AltenWiehrebahnhof, Freiburg, Germany, Seeing and Being seen, Galerie Menzel, Kenzingen, Germany

2019 “A Question of Being” Temple

2020 “Aliens”, OOA Gallery, Barcelona, Spain 

GROUP SHOWS

2023

- "SMALL IS SMART",  Barcelona Winter Group Show, OOA GALLERY - Barcelona, Spain

2000
Heimat Kunst, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Project Queich, Landau, Germany
Expo 2000, Hannover, Germany
Kunsthalle Gundlingen, Basel, Switzerland

2001
Kunsthalle Gundlingen, Stuttgart, Germany
Utopias and Realites, Osorio, Spain

2002
National Museum Onikan, Lagos, Nigeria
Dakar Biennale, Senegal
Arts, Electronica, Linz, Austria

2003
Video Recycling Festival, Berlin, Germany
Visa, ifa Galerie Bonn, Germany
Ifa Galerie Stuttgart, Germany
L`Europa fantome, Brüssels, Belgium
Africa for Africa, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Galerie Barnoud, Dijon, France
Photo Biennale, Bamako, Mali
Havana Biennale, Cuba

2004
Espacio C, Camago, Spain
Kornhaus Forum, Bern, Switzerland
Rendezvous, Cite des arts, Paris, France
Photography, national de Nantes, France
World meeting of artists and intellectuals, Caracas, Venezuela

2005
Über Schönheit, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Galerie im Wiehrebanhof, Freiburg, Germany
4 Photographers, niavaran cultural centre, Teheran, Iran
Final cut, Palais de Tokyo Paris, France
Instituto Nazional per la Grafica, Rome, Italy
Lagos Open, Lagos, Nigeria

2006
3 contemporary video artists from Africa, Athens, Greece
Here and There, La casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
Cite International des Arts, Paris, France
Musee des Arts derniers Paris, France
Espacio C Camago, Spain
iaab choices, Kunst Raum Riehen\Basel, Switzerland
Black Paris, Iwalewa-haus, Bayreuth, Germany
Out of Africa, Cite des arts, Paris, France

2007
Museum of world cultures Frankfurt (Black Paris), Germany
Welde Photo kunnstpreis Heidelberg, Germany
Alphabetical, Gallery Barnoud, Dijon, France
Africa 3x3 plural, Casa Africa Las Palmas, Spain
Regional 8, Kulture Fabrik, Hegenheim, Switzerland
Paris black, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium

2008
“Off limit”, Dakar biennale (off), Senegal
“Suburbia”, Galerie im Tor Emmendingen, Germany
„Real Spaces“Villa Merkel/Bahnwärterhaus Esslingen, Germany
Slick art fair Paris, France
„Lagos“Ewerk, Freiburg, Germany
„Waiting for Ypudu“, Galerie Barnoud, Dijon, France

2009
“Signs” 14-1 Gallery, Germany
Urban Scenography project, Johannesburg, South Africa
Johannesburg art fair, South Africa

2010
FESMA, Dakar, Senegal
“Walking the city” Drillhall , Johannesburg, South Africa
“Exchanging space”, Project Space, Badore, Lagos
ARTension, Savvy Berlin, Germany

2011
“7 Days”, video project, Berlin, Germany
“Wide Angle” project, Goethe Institut Johannesburg, South Africa
Retour Paris, Institut français de Stuttgart, Germany
Small is beautiful, Galerie Barnoud, Dijon, France

2012
Black Europe body politics, Ballhaus, Berlin, Germany
Emergency Exit, Bag factory, Johannesburg, South Africa
Black Germany, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
Lagos live Festival, Nigeria

2013
Habitus, Galerie Barnoud Dijon, France
Wahala, Entrepo 9, Dijon, France, Savvy contemporary, Berlin, Germany
Project ‘Ajegunle Invitation’, Lagos, Nigeria
‘Ein Haus für Junkman’ , Ewerk, Freiburg, Germany

2014
'Witness' MMMoCA Lagos, Nigeria
Franfurt Bookmesse, Franfurt, Germany
Afropean mimicry and mockery, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt, Germany
Galerie Barnoud, Dijon, France

2015
'Transmission' Project space Lagos. Nigeria
Jogja Biennale

2016
Vidoenale, CCA Lagos, Goethe Institut Lagos, Nigeria
MMMoCA Road project, Lagos-Dakar Senegal
Ostrale’016, Dresden, Germany
Mediations Biennale, Poland
Urban Touch, Kunsthalle Faust, Hannover, Germany

2017
`Hotspots project` Goethe Institut Lagos, Nigeria
`Hotspots project` Saracura Art Space, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
`Vanishing voices project` Goethe Institut, Lagos, Nigeria
`Wanderlust`, SMO Contemporary art, Lagos, Nigeria
Osmosis festival, Taipei, Taiwan

2018
‘Looking for change’. Kunstverine KISS in Schloss Untergroeningen, Germany
11th Mercosul Biennial, Porto Alegre, Brazil
13th Dak’art biennale, Senegal
‘Rustling Hope’ MMOCA Lagos, Nigeria

2019
„Shop“ Kunsthaus L6 Freiburg, Germany

2020 

1-54 New York Online Art Fair, OOA Gallery - New York, USA
Duo show “Freedom is Mine”, OOA Gallery - Barcelona, Spain

1-54 London 2020, Out of Africa Gallery - London, UK
Intersect Aspen 2020, Out of Africa Gallery - Aspen, USA

2021
TEXTURES SUMMER GROUP SHOW - Out of Africa Gallery - Barcelona, Spain

Art Madrid 2021, Out of Africa Gallery - Madrid, Spain