Group exhibition
Nigeria Imaginary, La Biennale di Venezia
Nigerian Pavilion, La Biennale di Venzia, Venice, Italy
20th April – 24th November 2024
Solo exhibition
Suspended States
Serpentine South Gallery, London, UK
12 April – 1 September 2024
Group exhibition
Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art
Barbican Centre, London, UK
13 February – 26 May 2024
Group exhibition
Entangled Pasts, 1768–Now
Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
3 February - 28 April 2024
Group exhibition
In Brilliant Light
Wereld Museum, Leiden, The Netherlands
21 December 2023 - 31 October 2024
Group exhibition
NGV Triennial
National Gallery Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
3 December 2023 - 7 April 2024
Group exhibition
To Weave the Sky: Textile Abstractions from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection
El Espacio 23, Miami, Florida, USA
2 November 2023 - 3 August 2024
Solo exhibition
Boomerang: Returning to African Abstraction
James Cohan Gallery, New York, New York, USA
26 October - 22 December 2023
Group exhibition
PERFORMING HISTORY. Postcolonial Memory and Identity in Contemporary Art
Gottorf Castle, Schleswig, Germany
20 October 2023 - 1 April 2024
Group exhibition
CALLART3: The Virtual Window
Muzeum Współczesne, Wrocław, Poland
19 October 2023 - 27 May 2024
Solo exhibition
Yinka Shonibare CBE RA: Free The Wind, The Spirit, and The Sun
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
6 October – 11 November 2023
Group exhibition
Reimag(in)ing the Victorians
Djanogly Gallery, Lakeside Arts, Nottingham, UK
23 September 2023 - 7 January 2024
Solo exhibition
Ritual Ecstasy of the Modern
Cristea Roberts Gallery, London, UK
22 September - 4 November 2023
Group exhibition
The Magic of the Silver Swan
The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham, UK
8 July 2023 – 7 January 2024
Group exhibition
Threads
Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
8 July – 1 October 2023
Group exhibition
Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes
South London Gallery, London, UK
5 July - 29 October 2023
Group exhibition
Kunsthal Charlottenborg Biennale
Copenhagen, Denmark
19 June - 23 July 2023
Group exhibition
The 255th Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition
Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
13 June - 20 August 2023
Group exhibition
Tales for a Stranger
Maruani Mercier Gallery, Zaventem, Belgium
27 May - 1 July 2023
Group exhibition
To Be Free: Art and Liberty
Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, UK
15 May - 17 September 2023
Group exhibition
Trace - Formations of Likeness. Photography and Video from The Walther Collection
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
14 April - 23 July 2023
Group exhibition
The Art of Fabric: Textile as Artistic Material
Kunsthalle Vogelmann, Heilbronn, Germany
18 March – 25 June 2023
Group exhibition
Sharjah Biennial 15: Thinking Historically in the Present
Sharjah, UAE
7 February – 11 June 2023
Group exhibition
Between Before and After
Cristea Roberts Gallery, London, UK
27 January - 4 March 2023
Group exhibition
The Fest: Between Representation and Revolt
MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
14 December 2022 - 7 May 2023
Group exhibition
Constellations: Global Reflections
Kura Kura, Bali, Indonesia
November 2022 - November 2023
Group exhibition
A Gateway to Possible Worlds: Art & Science Fiction
Centre Pompidou, Metz, France
5 November 2022 – 10 April 2023
Solo exhibition
Yinka Shonibare CBE: Restitution of the Mind and Soul
Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
15 September – 17 November 2022
Group exhibition
Hibiscus Rising: Creating a Memorial for David Oluwale with Yinka Shonibare CBE
The Tetley, Leeds, UK
11 September 2022 - 8 January 2023
Group exhibition
Earth: Digging Deep in British Art 1781-2022
RWA, Bristol, UK
9 July - 11 September 2022
Group exhibition
The 254th Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition
Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
21 June – 21 August 2022
Solo exhibition
Yinka Shonibare CBE: Planets in My Head
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
1 April – 23 October 2022
Group exhibition
Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear
V&A, London, UK
19 March - 6 November 2022
Group exhibition
The Future is Blinking: Early Studio Photography from West and Central Africa
Museum Rietberg, Zurich, Switzerland
18 March - 3 July 2022
Group exhibition
Pablo Picasso: The Legacy of Youth
Sainsbury Centre, Norwich, UK
13 March - 17 July 2022
Group exhibition
Garmenting: Costume as Contemporary Art
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York, USA
10 March - 14 August 2022
Group exhibition
Responsibility to Reveal: 30 Years of The Knight Purchase Award for Photographic Media
Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio, USA
19 February – 5 June 2022
Group exhibition
Crazy: Madness in Contemporary Art
Chiostro del Bramante, Rome, Italy
18 February 2022 – 8 January 2023
Group exhibition
And I Must Scream
Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
29 January – 15 May 2022
Group exhibition
Re-création
Fondation Blachère, Apt, France
14 October 2021 – 19 March 2022
Group exhibition
The 253rd Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition
Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
22 September 2021 – 2 January 2022
Group exhibition
RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting
Esker Foundation, Calgary, Canada
July 24 – November 27 2021
Group exhibition
London Calling: British Contemporary Art from David Hockney to Idris Khan
Bacaja Foundation, Valencia, Spain
30 June -17 October 2021
Group exhibition
Interior Infinite
The Polygon Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
25 June – 5 September 2021
Group exhibition
A Very Special Place: Ikon in the 90s
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
18 June – 30 August 2021
Group exhibition
Diversity United
Tempelhof Airport, Berlin, Germany
9 June – 19 September 2021
Solo exhibition
African Spirits of Modernism
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
4 June – 30 July 2021
Group exhibition
UnNatural History
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, UK
28 May – 22 August 2021
Solo exhibition
Yinka Shonibare CBE: End of Empire
Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
22 May – 3 October 2021
Solo exhibition
Earth Kids
James Cohan Gallery, New York, New York, USA
4 December 2020 – 23 January 2021
Solo exhibition
Yinka Shonibare CBE: Radical Hybridity
M Woods, Beijing, China
25 August – 11 October 2020
Solo exhibition
Yinka Shonibare CBE: Justice for All
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
15 June – 27 August 2020
Solo exhibition
Justice for All
The Arts House, Singapore
10 – 19 January 2020
Solo exhibition
Cowboy Angels
British Museum, London, UK
19 July – 1 September 2019
Solo exhibition
Flower Power
Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
21 March – 26 May 2019
Solo exhibition
A Tale of Today: Yinka Shonibare CBE
Driehaus Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2 March - 29 September 2019
Solo exhibition
Trade Winds: Yinka Shonibare CBE
Norval Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa
13 February – 26 August 2019
Solo exhibition
Yinka Shonibare MBE: Guns Drawn
Davis Museum, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA
7 Feb – 9 June 2019
Solo exhibition
Creatures of the Mappa Mundi
Hereford Cathedral, Hereford, UK
24 January – 1 June 2019
Solo exhibition
The American Library
Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson College, North Carolina, USA
25 October – 14 December 2018
Solo exhibition
Yinka Shonibare MBE
Fitzrovia Chapel, London, UK
3 – 6 October 2018
Solo exhibition
Ruins Decorated
Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
1 September – 10 October 2018
Solo exhibition
The American Library
Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
14 July – 30 September 2018
Solo exhibition
Prejudice at Home: A Parlour, a Library and a Room
James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
17 February – 18 March 2017
Solo exhibition
…And the Wall Fell Away
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
28 September – 5 November 2016
Solo exhibition
Paradise Beyond
Gemeentemusem Helmond, Helmond, Netherlands
20 September 2016 – 12 February 2017
Solo exhibition
Yinka Shonibare MBE
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
1 September – 11 December 2016
Solo exhibition
End of Empire
Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK
22 March – 30 October 2016
Solo exhibition
Recreating the Pastoral
VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow, Ireland
6 February – 19 June 2016
Solo exhibition
Childhood Memories
Pearl Lam Gallery, Singapore
21 January – 13 March 2016
Solo exhibition
Wilderness in the Garden
Daegu Art Museum, South Korea
30 May – 18 October 2015
Solo exhibition
Yinka Shonibare MBE: Colonial Arrangements
Morris-Jumel Mansion, New York, USA
1 May 2015 – 31 August 2015
Solo exhibition
Rage of the Ballet Gods
James Cohan Gallery, New York, New York, USA
30 April – 20 June 2015
Solo exhibition
The William Morris Family Album
William Morris Gallery, London, UK
7 February – 7 June 2015
Solo exhibition
Yinka Shonibare MBE: Ikon Icons 1990s
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
10 September – 9 November 2014
Solo exhibition
MCA Chicago Plaza Project: Yinka Shonibare MBE
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, USA
16 June – 10 November 2014
Solo exhibition
Yinka Shonibare MBE
Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
26 March - 10 May 2014
Solo exhibition
Yinka Shonibare MBE: Egg Fight
Fondation Blachère, Apt, France
23 May – 20 September 2014
Solo exhibition
The British Library
HOUSE Biennial and Brighton Festival, Brighton Museum, Brighton, UK
3 – 25 May 2014
Solo exhibition
Making Eden
Blain|Southern Gallery, Berlin, Germany
15 February – 19 April 2014
Solo exhibition
Yinka Shonibare MBE: Magic Ladders
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
23 January – 20 April 2014
Solo exhibition
Yinka Shonibare MBE: Selected Works
Wrocław Contemporary Museum, Wrocław, Poland
17 January – 17 March 2014
Solo exhibition
Dreaming Rich
Pearl Lam Gallery, Hong Kong, China
19 November 2013 – 9 January 2014
Solo exhibition
Yinka Shonibare MBE
Royal Museums Greenwich, London, UK
18 September 2013 – 23 February 2014
Solo exhibition
POP!
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
16 March - 20 April 2013
Solo exhibition
Yinka Shonibare MBE: FABRIC-ATION
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, UK
2 March–1 September 2013
Solo exhibition
FOCUS: Yinka Shonibare MBE
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Dallas, Texas, USA
13 January – 24 March 2013
Solo exhibition
Invasion, Escape: Aliens Do It Right!
Anna Schwartz Gallery, Sydney, Australia
27 June – 11 August 2012
Solo exhibition
Addio del Passato
James Cohan Gallery, New York, New York, USA
16 February – 24 March 2012
Solo exhibition
The Future of the Past
Alcalá 31 Centros de Arte, Madrid, Spain
27 February – 18 July 2011
Solo exhibition
Yinka Shonibare MBE: Sculpture, Photography and Film
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
9 September – 13 October 2010
Solo exhibition
Willy Loman: The Rise and Fall
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
15 October – 20 November 2009
Solo exhibition
Party Time: Re-Imagine America
Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey, USA
15 July 2009 – 3 January 2010
Solo exhibition
Yinka Shonibare MBE
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, USA
26 June – 20 September 2009
Solo exhibition
Yinka Shonibare MBE: A Flying Machine for Every Man, Woman and Child and Other Astonishing Works
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, USA
14 March – 21 June 2009
Solo exhibition
Yinka Shonibare MBE
Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Dublin, Ireland
26 February - 30 August 2009