Exhibitions

Leasho Johnson

Escaping the tyranny of meaning 30 Aug - 26 Oct 2024 Chicago Mariane Ibrahim is pleased to present Escaping the tyranny of meaning, a solo exhibition of new work by Leasho Johnson, on view from August 30 until October 26, 2024. This exhibition marks the artist’s first show with the gallery. In reflection of the rich sociologies of Jamaica, the centrality of... Read more

Palimpsest

30 Jul - 24 Aug 2024 Chicago Mariane Ibrahim is pleased to announce Palimpsest, a summer group exhibition presenting work by ruby onyinyechi amanze, McArthur Binion, Bethany Collins, Carmen Neely, Zohra Opoku, Michael Rakowitz, and Edra Soto. Palimpsest sparks dialogue between hegemonic and emergent histories, private and public iconographies, mythologies, and fantasies. The show will be on... Read more

Sol Kordich

Coming back to the one 29 May - 13 Jul 2024 Chicago Mariane Ibrahim is pleased to announce Coming back to the one, a solo exhibition by Berlin-based, Argentinian artist Sol Kordich. The exhibition will open May 29 and continue through July 13, 2024. Building upon the well-trodden ground of process-based abstraction, Kordich’s practice employs gesture and color as mediators between... Read more

Lorraine O'Grady

The Knight, or Lancela Palm-and-Steel 10 Apr - 25 May 2024 Chicago The Knight, or Lancela Palm-and-Steel is Lorraine O’Grady’s first exhibition with Mariane Ibrahim. It is also O’Grady’s first solo presentation to focus on the character of the Knight, or Lancela Palm-and-Steel, her most recent artistic persona. The Knight arrives 40 years after O’Grady’s earlier avatar, the renowned Mlle Bourgeoise Noire,... Read more

Miranda Forrester

Interiorities 2 Feb - 3 Apr 2024 Chicago Mariane Ibrahim presents Miranda Forrester's first solo exhibition in Chicago, titled Interiorities. The show is open February 2nd through April 6, 2024 and marks Forrester’s first show in Chicago and with the gallery. Miranda Forrester paints instability. Her figure s waver at the edge between presence and disappearance, between figuration... Read more

Almost Here, Almost There, Almost Home

Curated by Jérôme Sans 11 Nov 2023 - 20 Jan 2024 Chicago Mariane Ibrahim is pleased to announce a group exhibition curated by Jérôme Sans, 'Almost here, Almost there, Almost home' presenting work by Joël Andrianomearisoa, Alexandre Gourçon, Mwangi Hutter, and Tony Lewis, whose vocabularies converge on a minimalist aesthetic to explore complex emotions. With an economy of means and color, the... Read more

No Martins

Encontros Políticos (Political Encounters)…Part 2 15 Sep - 28 Oct 2023 Chicago Courtesy of Mariane Ibrahim Read more

Terra Recognita: A Ceramic Story

Group Exhibition 15 Jul - 26 Aug 2023 Chicago Mariane Ibrahim is pleased to announce its first exhibition dedicated to ceramics: “Terra Rec ognita: A Ceramic Story.” The show features new works by Nadira Husain, Zizipho Poswa , Jennifer Rochlin, Leena Similu , and Shafei Xia and is on view in Chicago from July 15 – August 26, 2023.... Read more

Carmen Neely

Sometimes a painting is a prayer 26 May - 8 Jul 2023 Chicago “Are you sure, sweetheart, that you want to be well?… Just so’s you’re sure, sweetheart, and ready to be healed, cause wholeness is no trifling matter. A lot of weight when you’re well.” - from the Salteaters, Toni Cade Bambara Mariane Ibrahim is pleased to announce the inaugural solo exhibition... Read more

Patrick Eugène

50 Lbs. 13 Apr - 20 May 2023 Chicago “There is so much beauty that fills voids. I look right into my own personal family history. Pride is found in knowing who you are.” Mariane Ibrahim announced 50 lbs., the gallery’s first solo exhibition with Haitian American painter Patrick Eugène. “50 pounds” is a common weight restriction airline companies... Read more

Hauntology: Ghostly Matters

Group Exhibition 27 Jan - 1 Apr 2023 Chicago HAUNTOLOGY: GHOSTLY MATTERS CURATED BY AINDREA EMELIFE Exhibiting Artists: Okikioluwa Akinfe ruby onyinyechi amanze M. Florine Démosthène Miranda Forrester Taiye Idahor Shannon T. Lewis Olukemi Lijadu Temitayo Ogunbiyi “Black experience in any modern city or town in the Americas is a haunting. One enters a room and history follows; one... Read more

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, 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 group exhibition... 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

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

Thinghood 8 May - 19 Jun 2021 Chicago Mariane Ibrahim announces the first solo exhibition with ruby onyinyechi, 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. onyinyechi... 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 is Amoako Boafo’s first solo exhibition at the gallery. The show features never before seen works, representing 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 lures 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