How to Propose an Exhibition to a Dakar Gallery

To propose an exhibition to a Dakar gallery such as Ge'eza's, the simplest route is to write through the contact page, choosing the subject "Partnership, artist, exhibition." The gallery receives exhibition proposals throughout the year, and replies to every message.

A gallery open to proposals

Ge'eza's gallery, set inside a villa at 656 avenue Birago Diop, in Point E, shows artists from East Africa, West Africa and the diaspora across its hangs. It has already shown artists from Senegal, Madagascar, Cape Verde and Sudan, as part of group exhibitions such as "Lien commun" or the "A Country in the Spotlight" series. It remains open to new proposals, with no fixed calendar or announced deadline.

What is generally useful to send

Without spelling out a required format, since none exists, a proposal is clearer when it includes:

• your work, with a few representative images of your pieces;
• the technique and sizes you usually work with;
• a note on your approach, what interests you, what you are trying to show;
• your availability, if you have a period in mind;
• your contact details, so the team can reply to you directly.

These elements give the team a first sense of your work, ahead of any further conversation.

How to contact the team

The most direct route is the form on the contact page, where the subject "Partnership, artist, exhibition" exists specifically for this kind of request. You can also write to geezacultures@gmail.com or on WhatsApp to +221 78 660 07 07, noting that your message concerns an exhibition proposal.

After you send it

A proposal does not come with an immediate reply or an automatic commitment: each request is reviewed by the team, depending on the venue and on current and upcoming hangs. If you want to see what the gallery usually shows first, the gallery page presents the works currently on view, and the artists page gathers the profiles already hosted by the house.

It can also help to look at how past group hangs were put together, to get a sense of the kind of proposal that fits the venue. A show built around a shared theme, several voices rather than a single artist, or tied to a specific country or community, has featured in the house's programme before, alongside solo pieces shown on an ongoing basis in the gallery lounge.