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Yonamine


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Yonamine, Istanbul Bienal, 2017, Michael Janssen Gallery


YONAMINE

Born in 1975, in Luanda, Angola
Lives and works in Athens and Angola


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022
PARLA_MUTE, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin, DE
Amnésia & Dislexia, Centro Internacional das Artes José de Guimarães, Guimarães, Portugal

2019     
Union Jacking. Voice of the Voi£eless, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal

2018
N’gola Cine, Jahmek Contemporary Art, Luanda, Angola

2017     
15th Istanbul Biennial, "a good neighbour", curated by Elmgreen & Dragset, Istanbul, Turkey
4th Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art, ‚New Literacy‘, curated by João Ribas, Ekaterinburg, Russia

2016
Não Sou Santo, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisboa, Portugal

2013
Yonamine - No Por No - Galeria Nuno Centeno (former Reflexus Arte Contemporânea), Porto, Portugal

2012
No Pain, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria
Só China, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal

2011
Trash Anthology – Anthology Trash, Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth, Germany     

2010
SOSO Arte Contemporânea Africana, São Paulo, Brazil
ZonaMaco, project room, Mexico City, Mexico

2009
Control Z, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal

2008
Tuga Sauve, 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, Portugal
Necessitat de veure, Display Lab, Tarragona, Spain

2007
Cabeça sem gente, Intervention in 5 embargoed houses in Serra da Azóia, Azóia, Portugal

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023
Kaunas Biennale, curated by Alicia Knock, Lithuania

2021
Territórios: da liberdade e da diversidade, Brazil Embassy, curator: João Silvério, Berlin, Germany

2020
Homo Kosmos (cough, cough), Galeria Avenida da Índia, curator: Tobi Maier, Lisbon, Portugal
China Africa - Crossing the world color line, Centre Pompidou, curator: Alicia Knock, Paris, France
No Fly Zone - Unlimited Mileage, Museu Coleção Berardo, CCB, Lisbon, Portugal
Good Vibrations, Galeria Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal

2019
After the End: Timing Socialism in Contemporary African Art, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, curator: Álvaro Luís Lima, New York, USA

2018
1000 imagens; uma palavra vale mais que mil imagens, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
La idea en un signo - La colección Sánchez-Ubiría, Sala kubo-kutxa, San Sebastián, Spain
Pois EU é um outro, Centro Artes Águeda (CAA), curator: Miguel Amado, Águeda, Portugal
Serralves Collection: New Lines, Images, Objects, Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal

2017
New Literacy, 4th Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art, curator: João Ribas , Ekaterinburg, Russia
A good neighbour, 5th Istanbul Bienniale, curators: Elmgreen & Dragset, Istanbul, Turkey
THEM OR US!, Porto Municipal Gallery, curator: Paulo Mendes, Porto, Portugal
Daqui pra frente – Arte contemporânea em Angola, CAIXA Cultural Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2016
P. - Uma homenagem a Paulo Cunha e Silva, por extenso, Porto Municipal Gallery, curator: Miguel von Hafe Pérez, Porto, Portugal
Commuting: Os das Bandas, Espaço Espelho d’Água, Lisbon, Portugal
Portugal Portugueses - Arte Contemporânea, Curator: Emanoel Araujo, Museu Afro Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil

2015
4th edition of Encounters Beyond History: Luta ca caba inda—An archive in relation, José de     Guimarães International Arts Centre, Guimarães, Portugal
All Rights Reserved: Coisas Do Mundo Na Coleção Norlinda e José Lima, Oliva Creative Factory, São João da Madeira, Portugal
You Love Me, You Love Me Not - Arte contemporânea na Coleção Sindika Dokolo, Municipal Gallery Almeida Garrett, Oporto (curated by Suzana Sousa and Bruno Leitão)

2014
RE - MOVE, Fundação Arpad Szenes, Vieira da Silva, Lisbon
Afro-ufo (together with Tiago Borges) 31 São Paulo Biennale, São Paulo, Brazil

2013
Trienal no Alentejo, Trienal no Alentejo, Lisbon
No Fly Zone. Unlimited Mileage, Berardo Museum, Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon

2012
100 Artworks, 10 Years: A Selection from the PLMJ Foundation Collection, Fundação Arpad Szenes, Vieira da Silva, Lisbon
O Castelo em 3 Actos: Assalto, Destruição, Reconstrução / The Castle in 3 Acts: Assault, Destruction, Reconstruction‘ curator: Paulo Cunha e Silva, Ducal Palace, Guimarães Castle, Guimarães Capital Europeia da Cultura, Guimarães, Portugal

2011
Dipoló, AIRspace, Culpeper and Upper Main galleries, New York, USA
performance, IMERGENCIA – Encontro de Performance, Lisboa, Portugal
The Mews Project Space, London, UK
Orgasme, open studio, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
4 Cidades, Centro de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra - CAV, Coimbra, Portugal
Terceira Metade, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Idioma Comum, Colecção PLMJ, Lisboa, Portugal

2010
29ª Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
A República Revisitada, Galeria Diário de Notícias, Lisboa, Portugal
A Filosofia do Dinheiro, Pavilhão Branco do Museu da Cidade, Lisbon, Portugal
O Povo, Museu da Electricidade, Lisbon, Portugal
Luanda Smooth and Rave, Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Bahia, Brazil
A Museum is to Art what a great Translator is to a Writer, Galeria Baginski, Lisbon, Portugal
Luanda Smooth and Rave, Museu de História Natural, Luanda, Angola

2009
Luanda Smooth and Rave, Galeria Solar Ferrão, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
Luanda Smooth and Rave, Grand Theatre Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
Festival Bandits-Mages, Bourges, France
X Havana Biennale, Habana, Cuba
Katchokwe Style, IX Sharjah Biennale, Sharjah, UEA. Curator: Isabel Carlos
Mostra SOSO, SOSO Contemporary Art, São Paulo, Brasil

2008
Necessitat de veure, Display Lab, Tarragona, Spain
INPUT _ Colecção Sindika Dokolo, Museu de História Natural, Luanda, Angola
Travessia, Centro Atlántico Arte Moderno, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain
Listen Darling... The World is Yours, Ellipse Foundation Art Centre, Cascais, Portugal. Curated: Lisa Phillips
Travessia, Centro Atlântico de Arte Moderna, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Partilhar territórios, 5ª Bienal de São Tomé, São Tomé e Príncipe
Sara & André, 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, Portugal
Programa Distância e proximidade, Toldos de artistas, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal
Guasch Coranty Painting Prize, Exposição artistas seleccionados, Barcelona, Spain
Obras dos dias conseguidos, Quase Galeria, Oporto, Portugal

2007
Check List Luanda Pop, Pavilhão Africano da 52ª  Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy

2006/7
Trienal de Luanda, Luanda, Angola
SD OBSERVATORIO, Instituto Valenciano Arte Moderno, València, Spain
I Réplica e Rebeldia, Centro Cultural Português, Luanda, Angola; Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Bahia, Brazil; Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Centro Cultural do Banco do Brasil, Brasília, Brazil; Museu Nacional de Arte Maputo, Mozambique; Palácio da Cultura Ildo Lobo, Cidade da Praia, Cabo Verde

2006
Colecção Sindika Dokolo, SOSO Arte Contemporânea, Luanda, Angola
Arte InVisible, Fair ARCO, Madrid, Spain

2005
30 anos de Arte Angolana, União Nacional Artistas Plásticos, Museu História Natural, Luanda, Angola
BAI ARTE 2005, Banco Africano de Investimentos, Luanda, Angola
Dipanda Forever, SOSO Arte Contemporânea, Luanda, Angola
Movimento, SOSO Arte Contemporânea, Luanda, Angola
AC, Angola Combatente, SOSO Arte Contemporânea, Luanda, Angola

2004
Performance, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom

COLLECTIONS

BIC - Banco Internacional de Crédito (Lisbon, Portugal)
Centre National des Arts Plastiques - Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris, France)
BPA‘s Collection - Banco Privado de Angola (Angola)
Norlinda e José Lima‘s Collection (São João da Madeira, Portugal)
Fundação Ellipse Contemporary Art Collection (Alcoitão, Portugal)
PLMJ Foundation (Lisbon, Portugal)
D Collection - Sindika Dokolo African Collection of Contemporary Art (Luanda, Angola)
The Frank - Suss Collection (London, United Kingdom)
Peter Nobel, Zurich, Switzerland

RESIDENCES AND PROJECTS

2018
Artistic residency, Delfina Foundation, London, UK

2012
‘Reichsparteitagsgelände’, Bayrouth, Germany
Bundanon Trust, Cambewarra, Australia

2010
Artistic residency, Cali, Juanchaco, Colombia (Tatoo You)

2008
Take a look, PARQ magazine intervention, Lisbon, Portugal
Artist residency Muyehlekete, MuzArt – Museu Nacional de Arte, Maputo, Mozambique

2007
Artist residency, ZDB, Lisbon, Portugal