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
Winner of the Joan Miró Prize 2025
Fundació Joan Miró
May 08, 2025
Kapwani Kiwanga
Pollen
Group exhibition curated by Cédric Fauq, Anne Cadenet, Alice Cavender, Stéphanie Cottin, Milena Páez-Barbat
CAPC - Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux
Mar 28, 2025 – Jan 1, 2027
Kapwani Kiwanga
The Gorgeous Nothings
Group exhibition curated by Allegra Pesenti
Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
Mar 15 – Oct 25, 2025
Kapwani Kiwanga
Partenaires Particuliers
Group exhibition curated by Hugo Vitrani
Saint-Paul de Vence
Mar 14 – Oct 31, 2025
Kapwani Kiwanga
Desert X
Group exhibition curated by Neville Wakefield
DESERT BIENNIAL at Coachella Valley
Mar 8 – May 11, 2025
Kapwani Kiwanga
Les grattes-ciels par la racine: Regards sur le modernisme tardif
Group exhibition curated by François Letourneux
MAC - Musée d'art Contemporain de Montréal
Mar 6 – Aug 10, 2025
Kapwani Kiwanga
ALOHA NŌ
Group exhibition curated by Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Binna Choi
Hawai’i Triennial 2025, Hawaii
Feb 15 – May 4, 2025
Kapwani Kiwanga
Flowers: Dal rinascimento all'intelligenza artificiale
Group exhibition curated by Franziska Stöhr & Suzanne Landau
Chiostro del Bramante, Rome
Feb 14 – Sep 14, 2025