Past
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Maïmouna Guerresi
The Fall: Awa and Adama 5 Nov - 23 Dec 2022 Chicago Mariane Ibrahim is pleased to announce the solo exhibition of Italian-Senegalese artist Maïmouna Guerresi, entitled The Fall: Awa and Adama. The exhibition will be on view in Chicago from November 5 – December 23, 2022. In Maïmouna Guerresi's works the viewer is nudged toward a metaphysical realm; A suspended reality,... Read more -
Ian Mwesiga
Theater of Dreams 17 Sep - 29 Oct 2022 Chicago Mariane Ibrahim is pleased to announce Ian Mwesiga’s first solo exhibition, Theater of Dreams, on view in Chicago from September 17 – October 29, 2022. Mwesiga’s works are abjectly peaceful scenes that appear simple in their composition but upon close observation subtly suggest questions whose responses only engender more questions.... Read more -
Ian Micheal
Stills 16 Jul - 13 Aug 2022 Chicago Mariane Ibrahim is delighted to present 'Stills,' a solo exhibition of new paintings by Ian Micheal. The show will be on view in Chicago until August 13 , 2022. The new body of work attests to Micheal's keen observations of e veryday life as it unfolded in the late 80s... Read more -
Shannon T. Lewis
The Softness of Much Handled Things 28 May - 2 Jul 2022 Chicago Mariane Ibrahim is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new work by Shannon T. Lewis, entitled, The Softness of Much Handled Things, marking the artists debut show with the gallery, in Chicago. On view from May 28 to July 2, 2022, the new work explores the notion of how... Read more -
Zohra Opoku
I Have Arisen... 8 Apr - 14 May 2022 Chicago Mariane Ibrahim is pleased to present I Have Arisen..., the gallery’s second exhibition with Zohra Opoku and first in Chicago. The Myths of Eternal Life is Zohra Opoku’s latest body of work—an art practice that sought to be both healing and transformative. I Have Arisen will unveil Part One of... Read more -
La Vie en Rose
Group Exhibition 5 Feb - 19 Mar 2022 Chicago Exhibiting Artists: ruby onyinyechi amanze, Raphaël Barontini, Amoako Boafo, M. Florine Démosthène, Jerrell Gibbs, Maïmouna Guerresi, Mwangi Hutter, Yukimasa Ida, Ayana V. Jackson, Clotilde Jiménez, Shannon T. Lewis, Sergio Lucena, No Martins, Ian Mwesiga, Ferrari Sheppard, Zohra Opoku and Peter Uka. Mariane Ibrahim announces La Vie en Rose, a celebratory... Read more -
Peter Uka
Longing 13 Nov 2021 - 15 Jan 2022 Chicago Mariane Ibrahim announces Longing, the gallery's inaugural exhibition with Peter Uka. On view in Chicago from November 13, 2021 – January 15, 2022, the show marks the artist's first show with the gallery and in the United States. Novelist Zadie Smith commented that “historical nostalgia” was a sentiment not “available”... Read more -
Jerrell Gibbs
Sounds of Color: Recorded Memories 4 Sep - 23 Oct 2021 Chicago Mariane Ibrahim announces Sounds of Color : Recorded Memories , the gallery's inaugural exhibition with Baltimore-based painter Jerrell Gibbs. On view in Chicago from September 4 – October 23, 2021, the show mark s the artist's first solo exhibition globally. Gibbs avails the new body of work as a point... Read more -
Yukimasa Ida
Here and Now 26 Jun - 14 Aug 2021 Chicago Mariane Ibrahim unveils the solo exhibition of Japanese artist Yukimasa Ida, entitled “Here and Now” on view, in Chicago, from June 26 – August 14, 2021. The show marks the artists debut in the United States. In the new body of work for “Here and Now”, Ida is focuses on... Read more -
ruby onyinyechi amanze
Thinghood 8 May - 19 Jun 2021 Chicago Mariane Ibrahim announces the first solo exhibition with ruby onyinyechi amanze, Thinghood. The show will be on view from May 7 – June 5, 2021 and will present seven new drawings. To make these works, over twenty-five different drawings were created, then cut and systematically reassembled into their finished form.... Read more -
Sergio Lucena
The Blue that embraces me... 12 Mar - 10 Apr 2021 Chicago Mariane Ibrahim announces the second solo exhibition with Sergio Lucena, The Blue that embraces me... The show will be on view from March 12 – April 10, 2021. The Blue that embraces me... highlights the silent essence that illuminates the memory of such things that, individually and intimately, bring us... Read more -
Raphaël Barontini
The Night of the Purple Moon 30 Jan - 6 Mar 2021 Chicago Mariane Ibrahim presents a solo exhibition with Raphaël Barontini, The Night of the Purple Moon, marking the gallery’s inaugural presentation with the artist and his first solo gallery show in the United States. The gallery is transformed into a Galerie des Illustres, an otherworldly environment with large scale portraits on... Read more -
Amoako Boafo
I Stand By Me 10 Sep - 24 Oct 2020 Chicago I Stand by Me was Amoako Boafo’s first solo exhibition at the gallery. The show features never before seen works, represented a moment of reflection during this time of crisis, emphasizing the notion of autonomy and self-reflection, a call to preserve one's integrity and independence. The large paintings using photo... Read more -
Clotilde Jiménez
The Contest 11 Jul - 22 Aug 2020 Chicago Mariane Ibrahim presents Clotilde Jiménez’s newest body of work, The Contest, his first solo show with the gallery. His practice is rooted in conceptions such as the fragmentation of queerness, and in this series, his relationship to his father and athleticism. Through these techniques, Jiménez examines the way the intersection... Read more -
The discovery of what it means to be Brazilian
Group Exhibition Curated by Hélio Menezes 1 Feb - 21 Mar 2020 Chicago The title was a homage to James Baldwin’s famous essay (1959), The discovery of what it means to be an American, uniting recent work of contemporary Black Brazilian artists Jaime Lauriano, No Martins, Aline Motta, Éder Oliveira and Tiago Sant'Ana. The exhibition reflected Baldwin’s views on race, identity traps, and... Read more -
Florine Démosthène
Between Possibility and Actuality 2 Nov - 21 Dec 2019 Chicago Mariane Ibrahim presents Florine Démosthène’s first solo exhibition with the gallery, “Between Possibility and Actuality.” The show celebrates the second presentation at the gallery’s Chicago space. Démosthène lurs you into a phantasmagoric sphere with her sparkly surfaces and her amphibious marble-like figures adorned with aquatic accents. Démosthène ’s contemporary take... Read more -
Ayana V. Jackson
Take Me to the Water 20 Sep - 26 Oct 2019 Chicago Take Me to the Water presents a holistic survey of Jackson’s work to date, a culmination of varied discursive elements present in Jackson’s more than a decade long career. These portraits and movement studies offers a sense of the breadth of her practice, while at the same time took her... Read more
