Edson Chagas
Angola
Edson Chagas was born in Luanda (1977), and lives between Angola and Portugal. He studied photography at the University of Wales in Newport, London College of Communication, Portugal's Escola Técnica de Imagem e Comunicação, and Centro Comunitário de Arcena.
In 2013, his Found Not Taken series was exhibited in Luanda, the Angolan Pavilion, at the 55th Venice Biennale, winning the Golden Lion for best national pavilion. The series subsequently featured in the inaugural exhibitions at the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Cape Town (2017).
Solo exhibitions (selection): 2016, Kunst Haus Wien, Vienna; 2014, Instituto Camões – Centro Cultural Português, Luanda; 2014, Belfast Exposed Photography; 2013, Memorial Agostinho Neto, Luanda; in addition to two solo shows at Stevenson (2014 and 2019).
Group exhibitions (selection): 2023, A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography, Tate Modern; 2023, Trace - Formations of Likeness: Photography and Video from The Walther Collection; 2023, Africa Supernova at Kunsthal Kade; 2023, The Artist List at Stevenson; 2022, the 8th Triennial of Photography Hamburg; 2022, Shifting Dialogues: Photography from The Walther Collection, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen; 2020, African Cosmologies: Photography, Time, and the Othe in 18th FotoFest Biennial.
In 2013, his Found Not Taken series was exhibited in Luanda, the Angolan Pavilion, at the 55th Venice Biennale, winning the Golden Lion for best national pavilion. The series subsequently featured in the inaugural exhibitions at the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Cape Town (2017).
Solo exhibitions (selection): 2016, Kunst Haus Wien, Vienna; 2014, Instituto Camões – Centro Cultural Português, Luanda; 2014, Belfast Exposed Photography; 2013, Memorial Agostinho Neto, Luanda; in addition to two solo shows at Stevenson (2014 and 2019).
Group exhibitions (selection): 2023, A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography, Tate Modern; 2023, Trace - Formations of Likeness: Photography and Video from The Walther Collection; 2023, Africa Supernova at Kunsthal Kade; 2023, The Artist List at Stevenson; 2022, the 8th Triennial of Photography Hamburg; 2022, Shifting Dialogues: Photography from The Walther Collection, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen; 2020, African Cosmologies: Photography, Time, and the Othe in 18th FotoFest Biennial.
