Exhibitions
Solo
2024
To Be Blindly Hopeful, Mostyn, Llandudno, United Kingdom
2023
Ancestral Musing, Goodman Gallery, London, United Kingdom
The Purple Chamber, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, Italy
2022
We took a sip from the devil's cup, Project Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland
As The Days Move Into Nights, Diagonale, Montreal, Canada
You & I, Kunsthalle Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
2021
Vanille Bleue, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Page Not Found, La Haye, Netherlands
The Mauve Hour, Sultana Summer Set, Arles, France
2019
A fire circle for a public hearing, Vleeshal, Middelburg, Netherlands
OOLOI, Triangle - Astérides, Marseille, France
Diable Blanc, Galerie Sultana, Paris, France
Levant, Goethe-Institut Curatorial Residencies Ludlow 38, New York City, United-States
2018
A fire circle for a public hearing, Chisenhale Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Letter to a Barn Owl, Kevin Space, Vienna, Austria
Dans l'éther, là, ou l'eau, as part of the 6th Biennale de Rennes : À Cris Ouverts, Galerie Art & Essai, Rennes, France
2017
Acqua Alta, Galerie Sultana, Paris, France
What Flows Through and Across, Assembly Point, London, United Kingdom
In Me Everything is Already Flowing, Center, Berlin, Germany
2016
I Lost Track of the Swarm, South London Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Green Ray Tuns Out To Be Mauve, Green Ray, London, United Kingdom
Group
2024
Sublevel : Politics of Lights, Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom
Politics of Light : Nikita Gale, Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom
Drawing Biennial 2024, Drawing Room, London, United Kingdom
CORPS, Espace Culturel François Mitterand, Périgueux, France
Collections permanentes, Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom
2023
Shifted Realities, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czechia
I see no difference between a handshake and a poem, Mendes Wood DM, Paris, France
Soleil Triste : La biennale du Territoire, MO.CO., Montpellier, France
De leur temps (7), Frac Grand-Large, Dunkerque, France
Le lac inconnu, Fondation Bally, Lugano, Swiss
The Difficult Art of Taking a Walk, CCA Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Common Place, g39, Cardiff, United-Kingdom
Collections permanentes, Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom
2022
British Art Show 9, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom, curators Irene Aristizábal and Hammad Nasar
Testament, Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art, London, United Kingdom
Atlante Tempraneo, Fondazione Imago Mundi, Treviso, Italy, curator Alfredo Camerotti
When I State That I am An Anarchist, PLATO Ostrava, Ostrava, Czechia, curator Pierre Bal-Blanc
Total Climate Part 1 : The infinitesimal and the mobile, Nicoletti Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Temporary Atlas : Mapping the Self in the Art of Today, MOSTYN, Llandudno, United Kingdom, curator Alfredo Camerotti
Hypernuit, Base sous-marine, curators Claire Jacquet et Sandra Patron
Breaking Waters, Contemporary Arts Center Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art, Cincinnati, United States
A different now is close enough to exhale on you, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa, curator Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung
Le souffle des ancêtres, dans le cadre de la Biennale du Congo, Texaf Bilembo, Kinshsa, Congo
2021
British Art Show 9, Aberdeen, United-Kingdom, curators Irene Aristizábal and Hammad Nasar
Future Generation Art Prize 2021, PinchukArt Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine
An apology, a pill, a ritual, a resistance, Remai Modern, Saskatoon, Canada
Claro del Bosque, Intersticio, Madrid, Spain
(in)Visible, Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden
Songs to the Suns, Cabaret Voltaire et Monte Verità, Ascona, Swiss
Afterness, ArtAngel, London, United-Kingdom
Afterness, ArtAngel, Oxford Ness, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Crystal Clear, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
2020
Crystal Clear, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
La vie des tables, Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine, France
Yesn’t, Galerie Sultana, Paris, France
Miami Art Basel, Galerie Sultana, Miami, United-States
I Like Them, They’re Nice, Nir Altman gallery, Munich, Germany
La pleine lune dort la nuit, Musée d'art contemporain de la Haute-Vienne - Château de Rochechouart, Rochechouart, France
ACE Open et Recess Presents, Australia (en ligne)
La Clinique du Queer, Maison Populaire, Montreuil, France, curator Thomas Conchou
The Spectral Forest, Nida Art Colony, Nida, Lithuania
Possédé·e·s, MO.CO., Montpellier, France, curators Vincent Honoré, Caroline Chabrand and Anya Harrison
2019
Transcorporealities, Musée Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Le fil d'alerte, Fondation d’entreprise Pernod Ricard, Paris, France, curator Claire Le Restif
5th Block Universe Festival, London, United Kingdom
Get Up, Stand Up Now, Generations of black creative pioneers, Somerset House, London, United Kingdom, curators Zak Ové and Ceri Hand
Elements of Vogue. Un caso de estudio de performance radical, Chopo Museum, Mexico, Mexico, curators Manuel Segade and Sabel Gavaldón
Soft Architectures, Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2018
Move 2018, Danse, performance, images en mouvement, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Baltic Triennial 13 : Give Up the Ghost, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia, curator Vincent Honoré
Le centre ne peut tenir, Lafayette Anticipations, Paris, France
Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Charleroi Danse, Brussels, Belgium
Repeats (figures & infrastructures), Sixty Eight Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, curator Tom Clark
SHIFT, like the end and the way, Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom, curator Anne Duffau
2017
Ten Days Six Nights, Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom, curators Catherine Wood and Andrea Lissoni
Diaspora Pavilion, as part of the 57th Venice Biennale Arte, Palazzo Pisani Santa Marina, Venice, Italy, curator David A. Bailey
Frieze London, Galerie Sultana, London, United Kingdom
Elements of Vogue, CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid, Spain, curators Manuel Segade and Sabel Gavaldón
(X) A Fantasy, The Roberts Art Institute, London, United Kingdom, curator Vincent Honoré
Scamming, Plazzo Lancia, Turin, Italy, curators Sophie Wildförster and Flavio Palasciano
Partitions (performances), Fondation d’entreprise Pernod Ricard, Paris, France, curator Christian Alandete
A Gesture Towards Transformation, Tenderpixel, London, United Kingdom
Klub Fiesta, PLATO Ostrava, Ostrava, Czechia, curators Michal Novotný and Lumír Nykl
Posthuman Complicities, Akademie der Künste, Vienna, Austria, curators Andrea Popelka and Lisa Stuckey
La Pensée du Tremblement, Galeries Jeune Création et ENSAPC YGREC, Paris, France, curator Diamètre
The problem with having a body / is that it always needs to be somewhere, The Approach, London, United Kingdom
Habits of Care, Blackwood Gallery, Toronto, Canada, curator Helena Reckitt
2016
No Ordinary Love, Sultana Gallery, Paris, France
High Arousal, Union Pacific Gallery, London, United Kingdom, curator Jonathan P. Watts
slope-tend-big, Grand Union, Birmingham, United Kingdom, curator Mathew Parkin
And Then We Came, exhibition with Vika Kirchenbauer, The White Cubicle, London, United Kingdom, curator W. Giovanni Gonzales
Festival de l’Inattention, Glassbox, Paris, France, curator Sophie Lapalu
I would have done everything for you… Gimme more !, Westland Place, London, United Kingdom, curator Cédric Fauq
Tableaux : a season of screenings and performances, Assembly Point, London, United Kingdom
HOWDY CHICAGO, Royal College of Art Shuttle, London, United Kingdom, curators Filip Zezovski Lind and Joss Heierli
Seeking After deep within, Grand Union, Birmingham, United Kingdom, invited by Mathew Parkin
TeachBack!, ImPulsTanz, Vienna, Austria
2015
Agenda Salad, Open School East, London, United Kingdom
ODRADEK, Les Instants Chavirés, Montreuil, France, curators Mikaela Assolent and Flora Katz
Ruptures in Places, Association of British Insurers, London, United Kingdom, curator Katy Orkisz
Parti(e) du Paysage, Simon Cau Gallery as part of the 60th Salon de Montrouge, France, curator Simon Cau
2014
Re-former le monde visible, Le 116, Montreuil, France, curator Marlène Rigler
Festival of minimal actions, Brussels, Belgium, curator Thomas Geiger
Paysage Sauvage / Wilderness, Les Banquets du Château, Centre International d’Art et du Paysage – Island of Vassivière, curator Marianne Lanavère
59th Salon de Montrouge, Montrouge, France, curator Stéphane Corréard
2013
VIVA ! art action, Centre CLARK, Montreal, Canada
Si nous continuons à nous parler le même langage, nous allons reproduire la même histoire, Treize, Paris, France, curators Mikaela Assolent and Flora Katz on a invitation by Le Commissariat
Videoakt, Institut Français, Barcelona, Spain
Supermarket 2013 avec L'autre Moitié Du Palais, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
2012
Pratiques Furtives : fragments d’une enquête, Skol art center, Montreal, Canada, curator Patrice Loubier
2011
Mille Feuillets, as part of Drawing Now, La Vitrine - École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts de Paris-Cergy, Paris, France
Performances
2023
The Origin of Death, Lafayette Anticipations x Festival d’Automne, Paris, France
Sènsa, in collaboration with Nkisi and Ariel Efraim Ashbel, HAU, Berlin, Germany
The Origin of Death, Astrup Museum Fearnley, Oslo, Norway
2022
A fire circle for a public hearing, the High Line, New York City, United-States
Optical Alignment, MDT, Stockholm, Sweden
Bang Bang, Tinguely Museum, Basel, Swiss
2021
Taboo Durag, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, United-States
Taboo Durag, as part of Glasgow International with The Roberts Art Institute, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Sènsa, Bourse de Commerce – Collection Pinault, Paris, France
2019
Meeting on Art, performance program as part of 58th Venice Biennale Arte, Teatro Alle Tese, Venice, Italy
Sènsa, in collaboration with Nkisi and Ariel Efraim Ashbel, as part of Performa 19, Abrons Arts Center, New York City, United-States
The Distance is Nowhere, in collaboration with Sophie Mallett, Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, United-States
2018
Chimbu et les autres, as part of Manifesta 12 : Interspecies, Jardin bontanique, Palermo, Italy, curator Daniel Blanga-Gubbay for Aleppo
Move 2018, Danse, performance, images en mouvement, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Body Ecologies, Centro Bótin, Santander, Spain, curator Alex Alonso Diaz
2017
Music Festival Opaque Poetics, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge, Uinted-Kingdom, curator Nkisi
2016
Ways of Living, The Roberts Art Institute, London, United Kingdom, curators Arcadia Missa eand Gaybar
Hypersea, in collaboration with Sophie Mallett, Turner Contemporary, Margate, United Kingdom
As Far As You Are Unconcerned, The Showroom, London, United Kingdom, curator Brenda Guesnet
Lock Eyes and Bare with Me, Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom, invitation Bedfellows
SQUAD, night of performance, South London Gallery, London, United Kingdom, curators Paul Maheke, Melika Ngombe Kolongo and Cédric Fauq
Residencies
2023
Villa Albertine, Chicago, United-States
2022
Diagonale, Montreal, Canada
2021
Acme Fire Station, London, United Kingdom
2020
Acme Fire Station, London, United Kingdom
2019
Nida Art Colony, Neringa, Lithuania
2018
Davidoff Art Initiative, Altos de Chavón, Dominican Republic
2017
La Manutention - Performeurs en résidence, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2016
South London Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2015
South London Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Moving Up, The Serpentine Galleries, London, United Kingdom
Fonderie Darling, with Alice Didier Champagne, Montreal, Canada
TeachBack !, ImPulsTanz, Vienna, Austria
Open School East Associates, CAST, Helston, United Kingdom
2014
Centre International d'art et du Paysage, Vassivière, France
Residence of the city of Montrouge, Montrouge, France
2012
Homsession, Barcelona, Spain
2011
Mac/Val, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
2010
Villa Pan, Outside the walls Programme, Institut Français, Suzhou, China
Collections
Public collections
Tate, London, United Kingdom
CNAP, France
British Art Council Collection, United Kingdom
Liverpool Walker Gallery, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Frac Nouvelle-Aquitaine La MÉCA, Bordeaux, France
Frac Grand Large — Hauts-de-France, Dunkerque, France
Neues Museum Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany
Books
Artist's books
2014
Abandonné.e.s à l'île, Centre International d'Art et du Paysage – Île de Vassivière, France
Bibliographies
Group Exhibition Catalogs
2021
British Art Show 9, Hayward Gallery Publishing, London, United Kingdom
2020
Possédé·e·s : Deviance, performance, pésistance, MO.CO. Panacée, Montpellier, France, coedition Silvana Editoriale, Milan, Italy
Elements of Vogue. A radical performance case study, CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid, Spain, coedition Motto Books, Berlin, Germany
HERE AND NOW at Museum Ludwig : Transcorporealities, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany, coedition Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne, Germany
2014
59th Salon de Montrouge, Paul Maheke by Daniel Bosser, Salon de Montrouge, Montrouge, France
2013
We Can't Wait for Better Times, Homesessions, Barcelona, Spain
2012
Le Journal de la Triennale #3. Speak Word, CNAP, Paris, France
Les artistes en leur monde III, director Marie-Paule Nègre
2011
Drawing Now Paris I, Drawing Now, Paris, France
General books
2022
Prime, art's next generation, Phaidon Press Ltd., London, United Kingdom
2020
Nothing Gentle Will Remain, RCA Curating and Open School East, London and Margate, United Kingdom, en ligne
2019
Art and Queer Culture, Phaidon Press Ltd., London, United Kingdom
2018
Catherine Wood, Performance in Contemporary Art, Tate Publishing, London, United Kingdom
2015
Manuel Parade, Manuel publication, Marseille, France
Press
2023
Roven, n°17, Paul Maheke ce que disent les ombres by Marcelline Delbecq, Roven éditions, Paris, France
2021
Fotograf Magazine, n°39, Paul Maheke. A Poetic Revolutionary, a Meditating Gunrunner by Laura Amann
2020
Terremoto, n°18, The Year I Stopped Making Art. Why the Art World Should Assist Artists Beyond Representation : in Solidarity by Paul Maheke
Klima, n°3, Magical Trouble
Limbo, n°1, London, United Kingdom
2020
X-TRA, volume 22, n°3, À tes eaux, de nouveau by Paul Maheke
TALKER, n°8, Paul Maheke
Numéro Art, n°7, “Possédé.e.s” : plongée dans la nouvelle exposition envoûtante du MO.CO. by Matthieu Jacquet
Frieze magazine, n°213
2019
Numéro Art, n°4, Danse et énergies cosmiques avec l'artiste Paul Maheke by Cédric Fauq
M le magazine du Monde, Paul Maheke, un artiste à la conquête du corps by Roxana Azimi
Flash Art, n°327
Revue 02, n°90, Blackness ou comment disparaître en pleine lumière by Pedro Morais
2018
Artforum, volume 56, n°8, PAUL MAHEKE by Cirarán Finlayson
Mousse Magazine, n°63, Paul Maheke: A Fire Circle for a Public Hearing by Alice Bucknell
Kaleidoscope, N°32, Paul Maheke by Charles Aubin
2017
Revue 02, n°82, Paul Maheke by Ingrid Luquet-Gad
Artpress, n°446
2015
Inter Art Actuel, n°120, D’un abandon à l’autre by Paul Maheke
2014
Le Quotidien de l'Art, n°678, Paul Maheke, le Scintillement d'une île by Cédric Aurelle
Arts Magazine, N°87, Paul Maheke by François Quintin
2013
Manuel #3, Glassbox, Paris, France
Artist's Writings
2020
2017
The Perfect School ?, The Serpentine Galleries, London, United Kingdom
2016
Agent Double #2, director Olivier Pierre Jozef
2012
Remedy Paper, Brussels, Belgium
Grants, Awards
2024
25th Fondation Pernod Ricard Prize (selected), Paris, France
2021
Future Generation Art Prize (preselected), Fondation Victor Pinchuk, Kyiv, Ukraine
2020
PACT Fellowship 20/21, PACT Zollverein, Essen, Germany
Thinking Time, Artangel, London, United Kingdom
2019
21ème Prix Fondation Pernod Ricard (préselection), Paris, France
Grants for the Arts, The Arts Council of England, United Kingdom
2018
Prix Paulo Cunha e Silva, Porto, Portugal
Aide de la Fondation Nationale des Arts Graphiques et Plastiques, France
2017
Fluxus Art Projects, French Institute United-Kingdom, United Kingdom
2016
Fluxus Art Projects, French Institute United-Kingdom, United Kingdom
2015
Fluxus Art Projects, French Institute United-Kingdom, United Kingdom
2014
French Ministry of Culture, ADAGP, City of Montrouge for the 59th Salon de Montrouge, Montrouge, France
Teaching and public workshops
Lectures
2016
Paul Maheke : Unwritten Handbook, The Serpentine Galleries, London, United Kingdom
Paysage Sauvage, with Alice Didier Champagne, FRAC Limousin, Limoges, France
2015
A Night with Nkisi, a listening session/talk with Nkisi about resisting power relationships operating at the intersection of class, race and gender in the music industry, Open School East, London, United Kingdom
Dissections : Yinka Shonibare, DHC/ART, Montreal, Canada
Resistance Is In The Cracks : a circular talk with Fannie Sosa, Open School East, London, United Kingdom
Beyond Beyoncé : Use it like a bumper !, a public conversation about Black feminism and Hip-Hop cultures, Open School East, London, United Kingdom
Proposal to form a group of domestic poets, Le 116, Montreuil, France
Curating
2016
SQUAD, night of performance, South London Gallery, London, United Kingdom, curators Paul Maheke, Melika Ngombe Kolongo and Cédric Fauq
Cursus
2015
Open School East, London, United Kingdom
2011
DNSEP art, École Nationale supérieure d'arts de Paris-Cergy, Paris, France
2009
DNAP art, École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts de Paris-Cergy, Paris, France
2007
DMA gravure taille-douce, École Estienne, Paris, France