Calixte Dakpogan
(Portonovo-Benin)
2018
Collection BIC au Centquatre-Paris
2017
Art/Afrique, le nouvel atelier. Les Initiés, un choix d’œuvres (1989 – 2009) dans la collection d’art africain contemporain de Jean Pigozzi. Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France (04/26/17 to 09/04/17)
2014
Luminós/C/ity.Ordinary Joy: From the Pigozzi Contemporary African Art Collection, Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
2014
Post-Picasso: Contemporary Reactions, Museu Picasso, Barcelona
2013/2014
Raw Vision : 25 ans d’Art Brut, Halle Saint Pierre, Paris
2011
Riad Al Maaden, Marrakech, Morocco
2011
Reconfiguring an African Icon : Odes to the Mask by Modern and Contemporary Artists from Three
Continents, Metropolitan Museum, NY, USA
2010
African Stories
Marrakech Art Fair, Marrakech
2007/2008
Why Africa?
Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli
Turin, Italy
2007
Masques rituels et contemporains
Fondation Jean Paul Blachère
Apt - France
2006/2007
100% Africa
Guggenheim Museum
Bilbao, Spain
2005
Arts of Africa
Grimaldi Forum
Monaco - France
2005
African Art Now : Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection
Museum of Fine Art Houston
Houston - USA
2000
Fait Maison
Permanent sculpture inaugurated on November 10, 2000
Musée International des Arts Modestes
Sête, France
2000
Partage d’Exotismes
5ème Biennale de Lyon
Lyon - France
2000
Rendering Visable : Contemporary Art from the Republic of Benin
The October Gallery
1998 – 1999 (travelling exhibition
Forjar el Espacio : La Escultura Forjada en el siglo XX
* Nov - Feb 1998
Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
* April 1999
IVAM Centre Julio González
Valencia - Spain
* 26/06/99 – 30/09/99
Musée des Beaux Arts et de la Dentelle
Calais – France
1998
Bénin-/Bénin, Gisteren-Tussen-Morgen
Van Reekum Museum
Apeldoorn Galerie 20x2
Arnhem – Hollande
1998
Triennale der Kleinplastik (7): Afrika-Europa, Les Écoles philosophiques.
Stuttgart Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen
SüdwestLB Forum
Stuttgart - Germany
1997
8+1
Centre Culturel Français
Cotonou - Benin
1997
Lumière Noire
Centre d'Art de Tanlay-Yonne
Yonne - France
1995
Johannesburg Biennale (1), Africus.
Johannesburg, South Africa,
February 28-April 30, 1995 (Catalogue: Allen Bowyer et al.)
1994 (travelling exhibition)
Otro país: escalas africanas.
* November 15, 1994-January 15, 1995
Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno
Las Palmas, Spain:
* February 15-April 16, 1995
Fundacion La Caixa
Palma de Mallorca. Spain
* May-September, 1995
Palau de la Virreina
Barcelona, Spain
* (Catalogue: Simon Njami and Joëlle Busca)
1993
Ouidah 92. The First International Festival of Vodun Arts and Cultures.
Ouidah, Benin
1992
Dakar Biennale (1) Dak’Art 92
Dakar, Senegal:
(Catalogue: Moustapha Ka and Amadou Lamine Sall)
1991
Calixte Dakpogan
Centre Culturel Français
Cotonou, Benin.
BIBLIOGRAPHIE (Sélection)
2017
Les Initiés, un choix d’œuvres (1989 – 2009) dans la collection d’art africain contemporain de Jean Pigozzi. Editions Dilecta, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France. Catalogue d’exposition.
2014
Post-Picasso: Contemporary Reactions, Exhibition catalogue, Museu Picasso, Barcelona, pgs 74-77.
2007
Why Africa?
Exhibition catalogue. Published by Electa & Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli.
2006
100% Africa
Exhibition catalogue. Published by TF Editores & FMGB Guggenheim Bilbao Museum.
2005
African Art Now: Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection
Exhibition catalogue. Published by Merrell.
2001
Rendering Visible : Contemporary Art from the Republic of Benin
Exhibition catalogue. Published by The October Gallery.
2000
Lyon Biennale d’Art Contemporain (5) Partage d’Exotismes
Exhibition catalogue. Thierry Prat, Thierry Raspail, and Jean-Hubert Martin.
2000
Forjar el Espacio : La Escultura Forjada en el siglo XX
Exhibition catalogue.
1998
Bénin-Bénin, Gisteren-Tussen-Morgen.
Exhibition catalogue. Fritz Bless et al.
1997
Lumière Noire : Art Contemporain
Exhibition catalogue. Underwitten by the French Connection.
1996
Contemporary Art of Africa
André Magnin and Jacques Soulillou eds.,
1995
Africus : Johannesburg Biennale 1995
Exhibition catalogue. Contributors include Rasheed Araeen; Ery Camara; Arthur C. Danto; Bongi Dhlomo; Rashid Diab; Amareswar ...
1994
Otro pais: escalas africanas
Exhibition catalogue. Simon Njami and Joelle Busca. Published by Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the Fundacion La Caixa in Palma de Mallorca.
1992
Dakar Biennale (1). Dak’Art 92
Exhibition catalogue : Moustapha Ka and Amadou Lamine Sall).
