Richard Onyango

Born 1960, Kisii, Kenya

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2003 Laboratorio di Richard Onyango, Atelier del Baglio di Stefano Gibellina, Italy

2001 Franco Cancelliere Arte Contemporanea, Messina, Italy

2000 A Bonito Oliva, Fabbrica EOS, Milan, Italy

1999 Richard Onyango, MAMCO, Geneva, Switzerland
Richard Onyango, Fabbrica Eos, Milan, Italy
Richard Onyango, Franco Cancelliere Arte Contemporanea, Messina, Italy

1992 “The African Way of Painting” Richard Onyango, Gallery of Contemporary East African Art. Nairobi, Kenya.
Fondazione MUDIMA, Mailand, Italy
Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York, USA

1991 One man exhibition, Malindi Art gallery, Malindi, Kenya
Artifico & Artefatto Gallery
White Elephant Sea Gallery
Wild Side Shop, Malindi, Kenya

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2005 “Arts of Africa”, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco, France
“African Art Now : Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection”, Museum of Fine Art Houston, Houston, USA

2004 “Africa Remix”(travelling exhibition), Art contemporain d’un continent,
24 July 2004 – 7 Nov 2004, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
10 Feb 2005 – 17 April 2005, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
15 May 2005 – 20 Aug 2005, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris,France
Feb – May 2006, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo

2003 “Meridiana Immaginaria”, Galeria Eclettica, Milan, Italy
“Dreams & Conflicts”, 50th Venice Biennal, Venice, Italy
Nairobi Serena Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya

1999 “La Tua Africa”, Monte Di Pieta, Messina, Italy
“Africa Nera Cuore Rosso”, Museo di Rosignano Marittimo, Italy

1996 Neue Kunst Aus Afrika Im Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt., Berlin, Germany

1995 “Seven Stories about African Art”, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK

1993 “Presenze Africane”, Artisti stranieri in Italia, Umbertide, Rocca Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea.
Perugia, Italy

1992 Wild Life Clubs Kenya Competition, National Museum, Nairobi, Kenya
“TER”, Contemporary Art Gallery, Termoli, Italy
Domus Jani, Istituto Internazionale d'Arte Totale, Illasi, Italy

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2005 “African Art Now: Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection”, exhibition catalogue, published by Merrell

2004 “Africa Remix”, exhibition catalogue, published by Hatje Cantz

2000 “La Tua Africa”, Citta Di Messina, Monte Di Pieta, Richard Onyango p.101-113
“La Tua Africa”, Lucio Barbera, text in Italian p.13-32, Adriano Parise Editore

1999 “Neue Kunst Aus Afrika”, Im Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, Berlin, Germany
“Contemporary Art of Africa” Onyango by Emmett Williams p.159-161, text in English, edited by Andre Magnin & Jacques Soulillou, publisher Harry N Abraams

1996 “Kunst Aus Kenya”, Sieben Ostafrikanische Maler, Richard Onyango p.34-40, text in German, Bernd Kleine-Gunk, Graphium Press

1994 Richard Onyango, “The African Way of Painting”, book, texts in English, 130 pages
Vehicules, Vessels, Trains & Planes, Afriano Parise Stampatore

1992 Malindi 1988-1991, A Poem, A Novel, A Movie, Illustrations by Richard Onyango, text in Italian, English and French, 60 pages, Sarenco, Adriano Parise Stampatore