UNMASKED: spirit in the city is a brand new exhibition curated by Zina Saro-Wiwa and Dr David Pratten, head of Oxford University’s anthropology department. This show combines anthropology and contemporary art to capture the complex emotional stories behind a modern urban masquerade called Agaba. The exhibition is up from 28th Jan 2022 - 7th Jan 2024

Sarogua Mourning, which is a part of the permanent collection of the MFAH, is now on view in the MFAH's new Nancy and Rich Kinder Building as part of a program of film and video art in the photography galleries.

Foam Magazine is an award-winning international photography magazine published three times a year by Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam. This latest issue (63) explores the world of food and food photography. Looking at how food drives us apart, brings us together and moves us forward.⁠ Table Manners was selected for a large spread and the text was written by Dr Sarah Perks.

Times Square Arts has partnered with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Times Square Arts’ Midnight Moment program! Inside the Port Authority Terminal are 11 large-scale artworks by previous #MidnightMoment artists greet over 225,000 travelers daily.

On display throughout the North and South Wings of the terminal stretching from 40th and 42nd Street, featured pieces include Midnight Moments by Zina Saro-Wiwa, Pamela Council, Jennifer West, Cory Arcangel, Jeffrey Gibson, Krista Kim, Chitra Ganesh, Takeshi Murata, and Shantell Martin.

"We Contain Multitudes" is an exhibition that is on view from 26th Jan 2023 through the end of February at High Line Nine Gallery in Chelsea. Curated by Laura Day Webb, this group exhibition features work by seven international women artists: Jessica Atieno, Prudence Chimutuwah, Angèle Etoundi Essamba, Muna Malik, Zina Saro-Wiwa, Florence Wangui, and Beatrice Wanjiku.

Kochi Biennale in Kerala India opened on the 23rd December 2022 after a two year hiatus caused by Covid. We are delighted that Zina’s stunning lightbox series Holy Star Boyz is on display.

Zina’s stunning photographic series Tortoise Ontologies is currently on display at CAAM - Atlantic Center of Modern Art in Grand Canaria as part of a major environmental exhibition titled “Con Los Pies En La Tierra” or “Down To Earth“. 7th Oct 2022 to 26th Feb 2023

On 13th and 14th October 2022, the Black Environmentalisms symposium took place at Yale University. Organised by Cajetan Iheka, Zina was invited to deliver the keynote lecture which took place at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Zina delivered a lecture titled “African Grass: Reading The Illegible Landscape.”

Table Manners is currently on display at a special exhibition at the Dom Museum in Vienna from 29 Sept, 2022 – 27th Aug 2023…

Artist and filmmaker, Zina Saro-Wiwa, presents a specially curated screening and in-person conversation on her film and video work, including a special preview of an in-development epic feature. From founding the alt-Nollywood movement to a near-mystical obsession with food and drink, Saro-Wiwa’s oeuvre is characterised by storytelling that expands beyond belief systems, producing unique visual encounters that cross geographical, cultural, and metaphysical space.

As part of a new exhibition of works by Zina Saro-Wiwa at Montague Contemporary in New York, we are delighted to showcase four incredibly unique and rare Sarogua spirits, hand signed and numbered in limited edition bottles with custom labels featuring the artist’s artwork. Unlike a purely digital work of art, each NFT is linked to one of the limited edition bottles of Sarogua Spirit, offering collectors the chance to acquire both a digital and physical artwork.

Zina Saro-Wiwa was selected as an artist for the 34th edition of the Sao Paulo Biennale titled: called Faz Escuro Mas Eu Canto (Though It’s Dark, I Still Sing). The Biennale was postponed by the pandemic and but launched in September and closed December 2021. Saro-Wiwa presented a 3 channel video installation and sound and light installation commissioned by the Biennale.

In September, October and November 2021, three very special inaugural Illicit Gin Institute Assemblies took place in the magical gardens of Schindler House in Los Angeles. Tickets sold out within 24 hours on each occasion and each event was more popular than the last. Active Cultures along with the MAK Center for Art & Architecture brought the vision of the Illicit Gin Institute to life in these very special events that were described as some of the most unique and profoundly affecting art events that had been experienced by many attendees.

The Illicit Gin Institute’s first ever official public programme took place at Aspen Art Museum for their Art Crush week in August 2021. Three events took place on the rooftop of the museum introducing the art community of Aspen to the wonders of botanical palm wine “illicit gin’.

We are delighted to announce that in October 2021 The Museum of Modern Art in New York has acquired Table Manners Season 2 (2019) for its permanent collection.