Kapwani Kiwanga
Becoming Flower - Cosmogonies II. Devenir fleur
Group exhibition curated by Hélène Guenin & Rebecca François
MAMAC, Nice
Nov 10, 2022 – Apr 30, 2023

Becoming flower? At a time when ecosystems and climate breakthrough is leading us to rethink our relationship with nature and the living world, we can wonder what can we learn from flowers, from their resilience, from their constant adaptation to their environment, from their sobriety? Vulnerable and essential, they are an indispensable driving force of life: they produce the food that humans, animals and insects consume and the oxygen that we breathe.
With scientific advances in plant intelligence and a new approach to life, our fascination for them is growing – far beyond mere aesthetic pleasure. Symbols of fragility and rebirth, they are becoming a particularly powerful indicator for lighting up current issues.
Through the eyes of artists, women and men of twenty different nationalities, “becoming flower” attempts to bring a new and a sensitive light on contemporary ecological, anthropological and geopolitical issues. The exhibition brings to light a botany of world history, as well as new forms of attention, sensitivity and thought.

Kapwani Kiwanga
Seeds: Containers of a World to Come
Group exhibition curated by Meredith Malone & Svea Braeunert
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Saint-Louis
Feb 21 – Jul 28, 2025
Kapwani Kiwanga
Inner Spirits and Outer Landscapes
Group exhibition curated by Mistura Allison
Hangar Center for Artistic Research, Lisbon
Nov 22, 2024 – Jan 11, 2025
Kapwani Kiwanga
BIO – The Biennial of Design in Ljubljana, Double Agent
Group exhibition curated by Alexandra Midal
Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana
Nov 21, 2024 – Apr 6, 2025
Kapwani Kiwanga
DANCING WITH ALL: The Ecology of Empathy
Group exhibition curated by Yuko Hasegawa
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
Nov 2, 2024 – Mar 16, 2025
Kapwani Kiwanga
Flowers Forever. Flowers in art and culture
Group exhibition curated by Kathrin Baumstark
Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg
Oct 12, 2024 – Jan 19, 2025
Kapwani Kiwanga
Liberatory Living: Protective Interiors & Radical Black Joy
Group exhibition curated by Key Jo Lee
Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), San Francisco
Oct 2, 2024 – Mar 2, 2025
Kapwani Kiwanga
Dig Where You Stand — From Coast to Coast
Group exhibition curated by Delali Ayivi
Foundation Zinsou, Cotonou and Ouida & Les Ateliers Coffi Galerie, Cotonou, Republic of Benin, West Africa
Sep 27 – Dec 27, 2024
Frieze London 2024
With works by Annabel Daou, Elisa Giardina Papa, Šejla Kamerić, Kapwani Kiwanga, Grit Richter, Anna Steinert & Angelika J. Trojnarski
Booth: D22
The Regent's Park
Oct 9 – 13, 2024