Personal
Born in Harare, Zimbabwe, 1975. Naturalised French in 2005.
Lives and works in London.
Co-author of art publication ‘Zimbabwe: Art, Symbol and Meaning’, 5 Continents Editions, 2020.
Education
2000-2001 Post Graduate year, ENSBA (National Superior School of Fine-Arts), Paris (FR).
1994-1999 Masters degree / DNSAP (with honours), Beaux-Arts, Paris (FR).
Solo Exhibitions
2022
Game of Life, Backslash Gallery, Paris (FR)
2018
Construct and (Various Disasters of Democracy), Dukan gallery, Leipzig (D)
2015
Slashers, Mitterrand gallery, Paris (FR)
2013
Take the Landscape with you, Les Rencontres d’Art Contemporain, in conjunction with Institut Français, France-South Africa seasons, program 2012-2013, Grenier du Chapitre, Cahors (FR)
2012
From Chaos, Paris, Mitterrand gallery (FR).
Shake Break Bounce, Julio Gonzales gallery (in partnership with Marin), Arcueil (FR)
2011
Blood from a Stone, Virgil de Voldère Gallery, New York (USA)
2009
Open House, Museum of Grenoble, Grenoble (FR), Curator: Guy Tossato
2008
Châteaux de Cartes, Dukan&Hourdequin Gallery, Marseille (FR)
2007
Zimbabwe Today, Virgil de Voldère Gallery, New York, (USA)
2006
Duncan Wylie, André Malraux Arts and Culture Centre, Créteil (FR), 2006
2005
Duncan Wylie, Créteil (FR), André Malraux Arts and Culture Centre.
2004
Love me, love me not, French-Made Gallery, Munich (DE)
2003
Recent Paintings, Yvonamor Palix Gallery, Paris (FR)
2000
Recent Paintings, St Grégoire (FR).
Rupture, Harare (ZW), Delta gallery.
Group Exhibitions
2024
La Seine, Musée Carnavalet, Paris, 2024
2023
Playing Players, Gregory Forstner / Duncan Wylie, Espace Vallès, St Martin D’hyères, Grenoble, France
Le rêve a ses raisons, 15th Issy Biennial, curated by \ commissariat Sophie Deschamps Causse & Anne Malherbe, Issy-les-Mou- lineaux, 2023
De leur temps (7), un regard sur les collections privées, in collaboration with \ en collaboration avec l’ADIAF, Frac Grand-Large, Dunkerque, France, 2023
Face à Face, Mudam Luxembourg / Moderne Galerie – Two Collections in Dialogue, Moderne Galerie, Sarrebruck, Germany, 2023
Southwark Park Galleries, Annual Open Exhibition 2023, 11 November–9 December 2023 // LAKE GALLERY
AKAA ART FAIR, avec backs\ash, Carreau du Temple, Paris
ART PARIS ART FAIR, with \ avec backs\ash, Grand Palais Ephémère, 2023
2022
FAMILY & FRIENDS 2 \ Ten Years After, backslash, Paris, 2022
…And It Feels Good, the House of Arts, Red Bull Hangar-7, Salzburg, 2022
ART PARIS ART FAIR, Grand Palais Ephémère, Paris, 2022
2021
HISTOIRE, histoires en peintures, Château du Val Fleury, Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)
La Petite Collection, Bertrand Grimont Gallery, Paris (FR)
L’Enfer, Galerie Sabine BayaslI, Paris (FR)
2020
Over the Rainbow, House of Arts, Salzburg (AT)
2019
Duncan Wylie - Karine Rougier, Entre Fiction et Realité, Chapelle de la visitation, Espace d'art contemporain, Thonon-les-bains (FR)
Luxembourg Art Prize, Pinacotècque, Luxembourg (LU)
We go out with a bang! CBK Collection, Amsterdam (NL)
2018
Five Bhobh, painting at the end of an era, Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town (SA)
Collection David H. Brolliet Genève, Fondation Fernet-Branca, Saint-Louis (FR)
Barthelemy Toguo + Duncan Wylie, Hangar Art Centre, Brussels (BE)
Choice, Dukan Gallery, Leipzig (DE)
2017
Louvre Abu Dhabi (UAE) , A global stage, contemporary permanent collection
Friends and Family, Eva Hober gallery, Paris (FR)
Another Antipodes, PS Art Space, Freemantle, Perth (AU)
2016
Ski, Surf and Fun, Fondation Salomon, l’espace d’art contemporain l’Abbaye, Annecy-le-Vieux (FR)
Art for Autism, exhibition/auction, Artcurial, Château de Saint-Jean de Beauregard (FR)
2015
La Forza delle Rovine, Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Altemps, Rome (IT), curators Marcello Barbanera and Alessandra Capodiferro
From Picasso to Warhol, a decade of acquisitions, curator Guy Tossato, Museum of Grenoble, Grenoble (FR)
Collection Philippe Piguet, ‘Une passion pour l’art’, l’Abbaye Espace d’Art Contemporain, Annecy-Le-Vieux (FR)
Who’s Afraid of Picture’s 2, À Cent metres du Centre du Monde Art Centre, Perpignan (FR)
Who’s Afraid of Picture’s, l’ESAD, School of Art and Design, Grenoble (FR)
2014
Terrains Vagues, l’ESAD, School of Art and Design, Grenoble (FR)
Nouvelles Narratives,Fernelment Contemporary Art festival, Chateau de Fernelment, Belgium (BE)
Facing nature, a selection from ‘De Heus Zomer Collection’, Belvedere Museum, Heerenveen (NL)
La belle peinture 2, Phoenix des Halles, Port St Louis (MU), curators Eva Hober and Colette Pougnat, in conjunction with the FRAC Réunion
2013
Vues, Domaine de Chamarande (FR), curator Lauranne Germond/COAL
La Belle Peinture 2, Pisztory palace, Bratislava (SK), curators Eva Hober and Ivan Jançar
De Leur Temps 4, Le hangar à Bananes Art Centre, Nantes (FR), The ADIAF Acquisitions
Days in Paris – Friends and Family, Eva Hober Gallery, Paris (FR)
Art is Hope, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (FR), curator Rene-Julien Praz
2012
Africa/Africa, Contemporary Art Centre, Saint André Abbey, Meymac (FR)
Go Tell Fire, Dukan Hourdequin Gallery, Paris (FR)
2011
Beyond the Crisis, 6th Curitiba Biennal, Curitiba (BR), curator Alfons Hug
Canson drawing prize, Hôtel de Sauroy, Paris (FR) president Gérard Garouste
Our house in the middle of our street, Maison des Arts de Malakoff, Malakoff (FR), curator Jeanne Susplugas
Tragique du Paysage, Eric Mircher Gallery, Paris (FR)
D’après la ruine, Academy of Fine-Arts, Titanic Rooms, Vilnius (LT), curator Serraz
Des paysages, des figures, Sain-Ouen castle, Saint-Ouen (FR), curator Olivier Masmonteil
2010
Dynasty, Palais de Tokyo and Museum of Modern Art City of Paris, Paris (FR)
Collections 3, Salomon Foundation, Alex (FR), curator Anne Malherbe
2009
Poétique du Chantier, Museum of Annecy, Annecy (FR), curators Jean-Max Colard and Juliette Singer
Artists for Life, Espace la Vallée, UNESCO and Association Dessine l'Espoir, Serris (FR)
2008
B3, Paris, Doors Studio, curators Hélène Leray and Vincenza Mirisola
Sur les pavés... 68/2008, La Courneuve (93), Fête de l’Humanité
2007
Génération 70, Salomon Foundation, Alex (FR), curator Philippe Piguet
Of their Time 2: contemporary art and private collections in France, Museum of Grenoble, ADIAF (Association for the International Diffusion of French Art), Grenoble (FR)
Black Paris, Kleines Plakat Museum Bayreuth; Frankfurt (DE), Museum der Weltkulturen; Paris (FR), Musée des Arts Derniers
Appropriate Appropriations, Museum of Arts and Sciences, McAllen, Texas (US), curator Yvonamor Palix
2006
Summer Love, Contemporary Art Centre, Carros (FR)
Opening Move, Dukan Hourdequin Gallery, Marseille (FR)
African Expressions, Les Vitrines du Printemps Hausmann, Musée des Arts Gallery, Paris (FR)
Artists4Life, Hotel Rothschild, Association Dessine l'Espoir, Paris (FR)
Antoine Marin Painting Prize, Galerie Julio Gonzales, Arcueil (FR)
Broken Memory – Des hommes sans histoire?, Musée des Arts Derniers, Paris (FR), curator Olivier Sultan
2005
States of Painting, Maison des Arts de Malakoff, Malakoff (FR), curator Philippe Piguet
Art and the City, Orangerie du Sénat, Paris (FR), curator Jean-Luc Chalumeau
Contemporary Art Salon, Montrouge (FR), curator Alain Lamaignère
Group show, Gallery French-Made, Munich (DE)
Raphaël Renaud/Duncan Wylie, Espace 1789, Saint-Ouen (FR)
2004
The Africas, 36 Contemporary Artists, Musée des Arts Derniers, Paris (FR)
Jeune Création International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris (FR)
Dis-leurs, Dukan Hourdequin Gallery, Marseille (FR)
Novembre à Vitry, Municipale Gallery, Vitry (FR)
2003
Young Painters / Big Formats, Dukan Hourdequin Gallery, Marseille (FR)
Landscape Escape, Slingshot Project, New York (US)
2001
Business as Usual, National Gallery of Zimbabwe: John Gusinyu, Marc Standing, Duncan Wylie, Harare (ZW), curator Duncan Wylie
Coffim Foundation Prize, Paris (FR)
2000
Diplômes 99, ENSBA National School of Fine Art, Harare (ZW), Paris (FR) curator Jean-Louis Fromen
The Post Election Selection, Gallery Delta, Harare (ZW)
1997
Galerie Gauche, ENSBA, Paris (FR)
1995
La fete, Collection Perrier-Jouët, ENSBA/Quais Malaquais, Paris (FR)
1992
Annual Schools Exhibition (Prize winner), National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare (ZW)
Public Collections
CBK, Amsterdam (NL)
CNAP - Centre National d'Art Plastique, Paris (FR)
Colas Foundation, Boulogne (FR)
FMAC - Fond Municipal d'Art Contemporain, Paris (FR)
FNAC - Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Puteaux (FR)
Gaz de France Foundation/Emmaüs, Paris (FR)
MUDAM, Luxembourg (LU)
Musée de Grenoble (FR)
Musée du Louvre Abu Dhabi (UAE)
Ville de Saint-Ouen (FR)
Ville de Saint-Grégoire (FR)
Foundation Collections
De Heus Zomer Collection (NL)
Franz Masereel Centrum (NL)
Guerlain Foundation (FR
Pritzker Foundation (USA)
Salomon Foundation (FR)
Perrier Jouët (FR)
Painting awards & Grants
2019 Luxembourg Art Prize Finalist
2012 Project grant, FNAGP (National Foundation for Graphic and Fine Arts), Paris.
2004 Charles Oulmont Foundation Painting Award, Paris.
2003 Eddy Rugale Michailov Painting Award, Taylor Foundation, Paris.
2001 Coprim Foundation for Contemporary Art (special jury prize), Paris.
1999 Saint-Grégoire Painting Prize (2nd), (FR)
1993 1st prize, National Schools Exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare (ZW)
Residencies
2013 Nirox Foundation, Johannesburg (SA)
2013 Bagfactory, Johannesburg (SA)
2008 ACME Studios, London (UK)
2007 Spinnerei Studios, Liepzig (D)
1997 Frans Masereel Centrum, Anvers (NL)