Events & Exhibitions
Artworks by Vicente Pimentel were presented at the exhibition "Paris noir" at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, from March 19 to June 30, 2025.
Centre Georges Pompidou, 2025
The Centre Pompidou paid tribute to black artists from the 1950s to the 2000s, with the exhibition "Paris noir", presented from March 19 to June 30, 2025.
At the crossroads of cultures and social and political struggles, Paris welcomed many black artists between the 1950s and 2000s. The Centre Pompidou explored the artistic movements born in this cosmopolitan Paris, with the exhibition Paris noir, from March 19 to June 30, 2025.
That exhibition brought together the works of 150 artists, descendants of Africa or the Americas. The thematic tour revealed an art of identity, new artistic movements, experiments and very varied practices, thus painting a picture of a unique multicultural era and city.
The post-war period in Paris inspired artists and gave rise to new practices. Abstraction, modernism, surrealism, free figure... The paintings and sculptures of African-American, Caribbean and African artists are gradually evolving to enter this modern and post-modern era. In Paris, black artists also invented their own artistic movements, in connection with decolonization and mixed population.
Paris Noir, gallery "New Abstractions"
Triptych, 1990 & Memory of the sky, 1990
House of Latin America, 2025
In the context of the Paris Noir exhibition at the Centre Pompidou, that round table celebrated painters born in the Dominican Republic, whose journeys were intimately connected to Paris. Through geographical movements and cultural fusions, their works outline deeply innovative artistic cartographies.
Below :
Solo Exhibitions - Group Exhibitions - Fairs, Biennials - Public Collections - Museums & Foundations
Solo Exhibitions
1973 : Santo Domingo, Museo del Hombre.
1979 : Paris, Cité Internationale des Arts.
1982 : Paris, Cité Internationale des Arts.
Rouen (France), Déclinaisons Gallery.
1983 : Vitry-sur-Seine (near Paris), November at Vitry : Exhibition of the Winner of the 1982 International Painting Prize.
1984 : Stockholm (Sweden), Oscar Gallery : Interior Ceremonies.
1985 : Paris, Raymond Cordier Gallery : Site Art-Présent.
1987 : Copenhague (Denmark), Tiro Gallery.
Paris, Thirteenth Art.
1989 : Paris, Keller Gallery : Debris from the Earth.
Martigue (France), Psyché Gallery.
. Paris, Memory of Ash, Thirteenth Art.
1990 : Amsterdam (the Netherlands), Picaron Gallery.
La Haye (the Netherlands), Bakf Gallery.
Paris, Thirteenth Art : Tolbiac Memory Installations.
Paris, Hanin Nocera Gallery.
1991 : Paris, Mobile Gallery : Moment of Emotion.
Paris, Thirteenth Art : Underground Memory.
Haarlem (the Netherlands), Lieven de Key Gallery.
Grenoble (France), Espace Vallès Saint Martin d’Hères.
1992 : Valencia (Spain), El Diente del Tiempo Gallery.
Paris, Hanin Nocera Gallery, works on paper.
Paris, Hadrien Thomas Gallery : Between Heaven and Earth.
Paris, Théâtre du Lierre.
Paris, la Petite Galerie : works on paper, small formats.
Boulogne (near Paris), Arts Affairs.
Detroit (USA), G.R. N’Namdi Gallery.
1993 : Gütersloh (Germany), Kunst im Hause Mohndruck.
1995 : Birmingham (Detroit, USA), G.R. N’Namdi Gallery : Memories.
Paris, Euro RSCG Futurs.
1997 : Briis-sous-Forges (France), Maison du district.
Paris, Thirteenth Art : Fire Memory Installation.
1998 : Chicago (USA), G.R. N’Namdi Gallery : Blue Cotton.
Birmingham (Detroit, USA), G.R. N’Namdi Gallery : Blue Cotton.
1999 : Tokyo Aoyama (Japan), Whats Gallery, Melodies of Silence.
2000 : Tokyo (Japan), Hanae Mori Open Gallery, Ritual Chant.
Tokyo Ginza (Japan), Miura Gallery.
2001 : Cajarc (France), Maison des Arts Georges & Claude Pompidou : Land of Ages.
Dallas (USA), African American Museum, Souvenirs from the Earth : Cultures of Texas Soil.
Birmingham (Detroit, USA), G.R. N’Namdi Gallery.
2002 : Tokyo (Japan), K’S Gallery : Imaginary Space.
2007 : Paris, La Hune Brenner Gallery, on the occasion of the publication of the book Survive of J.M. Caballero Bonald.
2007-8 : Chicago (USA), G.R. N’Namdi Gallery : Dialectical.
2011 : Leipzig (Germany) : Musée Grassi d’Ethnologie, Vicente Pimentel, Dialogue with origins.
2020 : Santo Domingo, Arawak Gallery : Poetry in the Drawings of Vicente Pimentel (works from the 1960s).
2023 : Santo Domingo, Banreservas Cultural Center : Vicente Pimentel, Van Den Horst Family Collection.
Cajarc II, oil on canvas, 1989, 210 x 180 cm, (H. Martin Museum of Cahors).
Group Exhibitions
1968 : Santo Domingo, Independent Gallery : 25 young painters.
1969 : Madrid (Spain), Ibero-American Cultural Association .
1970 : New-York (USA), Art discoveries, Harriet Payn.
1971 : Santo Domingo, Olimpia Gallery.
1972 : Saint Thomas (Virgin Islands, USA), AH Riise Art Gallery.
Santo Domingo, 12th Biennial of Plastic Arts.
1973 : New York, Paris West Gallery : Art of the Dominican Republic.
1974 : Santo Domingo, Musée de l’Homme : Obiedo, Bido, Pimentel.
Marseille (France), Galerie Saint Georges.
1975 : Santo Domingo, Rosa-Maria Gallery : Salon de invierno.
Santo Domingo, Museum of Man : Dominican and North American Artists.
Santo Domingo, Giotto Gallery.
Santo Domingo, 7 Gallery.
Santo Domingo, Galerie Otero.
Santo Domingo, House of the Theater.
1976 : Madrid (Spain), Institute of Hispanic Culture : 23 Dominican painters.
1977 : Madrid (Spain), Cultural Center of the City of Madrid : Contemporary Latin American Art.
Paris, Luxembourg Museum: Young Painting Event.
Paris, International City of Arts.
1978 : Paris, FIAP : Foreign artists on scholarships.
Saint Maur (near Paris), House of Youth and Culture, Pie Gallery : Painters of Latin America.
Paris, International City of Arts.
1979 : Paris, Free Expression in Latin American Art.
Paris, BGF Exhibition, Sorbonne University : Foreign Scholarship Artists.
Paris, International City of Arts.
1980 : Paris, Unesco BGF Exhibition : Foreign Scholarship Artists
Paris, International City of Arts.
1981 : Paris, Young Painting Exhibition.
Paris, Latin American Space Exhibition.
Stockholm (Sweden), Oscar Gallery.
Londres (United Kingdom), Canning House.
Paris, International City of Arts.
1982 : Montrouge (near Paris), 12th Montrouge Salon.
Langeais (France), Domaine de Vernou : International Musical Days by Andrée Colson.
Nieul (France), exhibition at the Château de Nieul.
Paris, International City of Arts.
Barcelone (Spain), Joan Miro Foundation.
Vitry-sur-Seine (near Paris), November in Vitry: International Painting Prize (Winner).
1983 : Brétigny-sur-Orge (near Paris), Municipal Gallery.
Brétigny-sur-Orge (near Paris), Cultural Center.
Paris, Latin American Space.
1984 : New-York, Harlem Art School.
Paris, Belleville Space : Contemporary painting in France.
Rouen (Mont-Saint-Aignan, France), Cultural Center : Art and Money.
Stockholm (Sweden), Oscar Gallery.
1985 : Paris, Raymond Cordier Gallery : Site Art-Présent.
Hong-Kong (China), Alisan Fine Arts : Images from the 80s.
1986 : Montrouge (near Paris), 21st Contemporary Art Fair of Montrouge.
Paris, les Hauts-de-Belleville, Youth and Culture Center : Aspects of Young Abstract Painting.
Paris, Raymond Cordier Gallery : Site Art Présent.
Paris, Perpendiculaire 1.
Paris, Le Génie de la Bastille : Contemporary art as it is made, where it is made.
Paris, Keller Gallery.
1987 : Paris, Thirteenth Art : Facts and gestures of creation and heritage of the 13th, open studio doors.
1988 : Copenhague (Denmark), Jens Faurschou Gallery.
1989 : Paris, DDJS 75, Art at School.
Paris, Hanin Nocera Gallery.
Cajarc (France), House of Arts Georges and Claude Pompidou : A summer.
1990 : Paris, Keller Gallery.
Santo Domingo, Casa de Francia : Santo Domingo/Paris.
Genève (Switzerland), Raymondin Gallery.
Amsterdam (the Netherlands), Picaron Gallery : Tables of rich inventions.
Vitry-sur-Seine (near Paris), Municipale Gallery : November in Vitry, 20 years later, exhibition of the winners.
Fort-de France (Martinique, France), FRAC of Martinique.
Cajarc (France), House of Arts Georges and Claude Pompidou.
Daytona (USA, Florida), Atlantic Center : Napoule Associates France/USA.
Paris, 13th Art, Dunois Theater.
Paris, Drouot Montaigne, exhibition-sale, for the benefit of AIDS research.
1991 : Genève (Switzerland), Raymondin Gallery.
Nice (France), 50 A Gallery.
La Haye (the Netherlands), Baks Gallery.
Paris, Paris Business School.
Paris, Phal Gallery.
Paris, Large glass roof of the Gare d’Austerlitz : The Austerlitz Brawl, direction Daniel Abadie.
Cajarc (France), Georges and Claude Pompidou House of Arts : Prehistory - History of Contemporary Paintings.
Paris, Kouki Gallery.
Paris, Mobile Gallery.
1992 : Genève (Switzerland), Raymondin Gallery.
Paris, Hadrien Thomas Gallery.
Eaubonne (near Paris), Municipal Library: Tribute to Max Ernst.
Paris, Hanin Nocera Gallery.
Nice (France), 50 A Gallery.
Bourg-en-Bresse (France), Latin American painting.
Rambouillet (near Paris), Confluences, Contemporary Art Space : Ash Dust.
1993 : Paris, 13th District Town Hall : The thirteenth is a city.
Paris, Keller Gallery.
Paris, Large glass roof of the Gare d’Austerlitz : Juxtapositions, 13 artists from the 13th, direction Daniel Abadie.
1994 : Paris (Boulogne), Arts Business : 25 years, 25 abstract artists.
Bruxelles (Belgium), Town Hall Saint Gilles-lès-Bruxelles : Artists' careers.
Birmingham (Detroit, USA), G.R. N’Namdi Gallery.
1995 : Lancaster (Pennsylvany, USA), Spiritual Visions : Dana Room Gallery, Steinman College Center, Franklin & Marshall College.
Ystad (Sweden), Radhus Gallery.
Paris, Les Frigos : The 10th anniversary of 91, quai de la gare, 150 creators invite you.
1996 : Paris, Kouki Gallery.
New York (USA), Wilmer Jennings Gallery, Kenkeleba House : Spiritual Visions.
New York (USA), Skoto Gallery : At the foreground of paths.
Chicago (USA), G.R. N’Namdi Gallery.
Monte-Carlo (Monaco), Metropolis Palace : Pimentel and Ferrer at Monte-Carlo.
1997 : Vitry-sur-Seine (near Paris), MACVAL, Departmental Art Fund Contemporary, Acquisitions of 1996.
Chicago (USA), G.R. N’Namdi Gallery : Celestial Landscape.
Paris, 3rd arrondissement Town Hall : 47 painters and sculptors in support of the Right to housing.
1998 : Nagano (Japan), International Exhibition of the Olympic Winter Games of Nagano.
Paris, Protée Gallery.
Detroit (USA), Belle Isle Botanical Society, Fisher Building, G.R. N’Namdy Gallery / Birmingham : Flora Botanica.
1999 : Detroit (USA), University of Michigan.
Santo Domingo, Ada Balcaser Gallery.
Santo Domingo, Altos de Chavon Gallery : Artesolidaridad-Solidaridad con el Arte, Europe/Caraïbes.
2000 : Tokyo (Japan), Time Gallery.
Sannois (near Paris, France), Sannois Fine Arts Salon.
2001 : Tokyo (Japan), Kunughi Gallery (ISA Homes).
Tokyo - Jiyugaoka (Japan), Jeu de Paume Society : Exhibition about the book Studios of Paris.
Tokyo - Aoyama (Japan), Jeu de Paume Society : Exhibition about the book Studios of Paris.
Osaka (Japan), Jeu de Paume Society : Exhibition about the book Studios of Paris.
2002 : Tokyo (Japan), Kunughi Gallery (ISA Homes).
Fort-de-France (Martinique, France), CMAC/Atrium : Signs.
2007 : New-York (USA, Hamptons), G.R. N’Namdi Gallery : Forms of abstractions.
Detroit (USA), G.R. N’Namdi Gallery : Forms of abstractions.
Chicago (USA), G.R. N’Namdi Gallery : Forms of abstractions.
Los Angeles (USA), G.R. N’Namdi Gallery : Forms of abstractions.
2008 : Miami (USA), Black Masters.
New-York (USA), G.R. N’Namdi Gallery.
Mers-sur-Indre (France), Arts Meetings : The childhood of art.
Oakland (USA) : Oakland University Art Gallery, seminal works from the N’Namdi collection (with an exhibition of works by V. Pimentel).
2010 : Chicago (USA), G.R. N’Namdi Gallery.
Martha’s Vineyard (USA), exhibition.
Cahors (France), Henri Martin Museum : Romantics and travellers.
2011 : Miami (USA, Florida), G.R. N’Namdi Gallery : Contemporary Exposition.
2012 : Miami (USA, Florida), G.R. N’Namdi Gallery : Contemporary Exposition.
2014 : Pékin (China), 4 Dimension Gallery, Comparison, artistic dialogues between France and China.
Liaocheng Shandong (China), Wenxi International House of Arts, Comparison, artistic dialogues between France and China.
2016 : Detroit (USA), N’Namdi Contemporary Art Center : The 35th anniversary of the N'Namdi collection.
2017 : La Martinique (France), Exhibition : Gesture and Matter, Clément Foundation in partnership with the Centre Pompidou. (With conference : Caribbean abstraction, a divergent abstraction? )
2024 : Vitry-sur-Seine (France), Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val de Marne (MACVAL), exposition L'œil vérité : le musée au second degré. 1950-1990 et un peu au-delà.
2025 : Paris, Centre Pompidou : Paris Noir, artistic circulations and anticolonial struggles, 1950 - 2000.
Memory of Fire, mixed media on canvas, 1990, 263 x 200 cm, (Pimentel collection).
Fairs
1986 : Stockholm (Sweden), Stockholm Art Fair, Raymond Cordier Gallery (Paris).
Nice (France), International Contemporary Art Fair, Art Jonction : Psyché Gallery (Martigue).
1987 : Nice (France), International Contemporary Art Fair, Art Jonction : Keller Gallery.
1990 : Gand (Belgium), Ghent International Contemporary Art Fair : Picaron Gallery (Amsterdam).
Nice (France), International Contemporary Art Fair, Art Jonction : 50 A Gallery (Nice).
1991 : Stockholm (Sweden), Stockholm Art Fair : Mobile Gallery (Paris).
Stockholm (Sweden), Stockholm Art Fair : Hanin Nocera Gallery (Paris).
Milan (Italy), International Contemporary Art Fair : Mobile Gallery (Paris).
Paris, Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain (FIAC) at Grand Palais : Hadrien Thomas Gallery (Paris).
Amsterdam (the Netherlands), International Contemporary Art Fair : Picaron Gallery (Amsterdam).
1993 : Paris, Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain (FIAC) at Grand Palais : Hadrien Thomas Gallery (Paris).
Nice (France), International Contemporary Art Fair, Art Jonction : Hanin Nocera (Paris).
1998 : Paris, SAGA – Eiffel Branly area : Callu Mérite Gallery.
Chicago (USA), International Contemporary Art Fair : G.R N’Namdi Gallery.
1999 : Strasbourg (France), International Contemporary Art Fair.
Chicago (USA), International Contemporary Art Fair : G.R N’Namdi Gallery.
2000 : New-York (USA), National Black Fine Art Show : G.R N’Namdi Gallery.
Chicago (USA), International Contemporary Art Fair : G.R N’Namdi Gallery.
2001 : Chicago (USA), International Contemporary Art Fair : G.R N’Namdi Gallery.
2002 : Chicago (USA), International Contemporary Art Fair : G.R N’Namdi Gallery.
2003 : Chicago (USA), International Contemporary Art Fair : G.R N’Namdi Gallery.
2004 : Chicago (USA), International Contemporary Art Fair : G.R N’Namdi Gallery.
Semantics of Memory, paper mounted on canvas, 1987, 245 x 278 cm, (FRAC Martinique).
Biennials
1972 : Santo Domingo : 12th National Biennial of Plastic Arts.
1974 : Santo Domingo : 13th National Biennial of Plastic Arts.
1977 : Santo Domingo : 14th National Biennial of Plastic Arts.
1981 : Canaries (Spain) : 18th International Fine Arts Biennial of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Santo Domingo : 15th National Biennial of Plastic Arts.
1982 : Rijeka (ex.Yugoslavia), 8th Biennial, international exhibition of original drawings.
Venice (Italy), Venice Biennial : Europe-Latin America.
1984 : Rijeka (ex.Yugoslavia), 9th Biennial, international exhibition of original drawings.
Havana (Cuba), Havana Biennial.
1988 : Rijeka (ex.Yugoslavia), 11th Biennial, international exhibition of original drawings.
Memory of a place, mixted on paper, 1982, 145 x 180 cm, (international painting prize, Vitry sur Seine collection).
Public Collections, Museums & Foundations
Normandie (France) : Regional Contemporary Art Fund (FRAC).
Paris (France) : National Fund for Contemporary Art.
Santo Domingo (Dominican Rep.) : National Museum of Modern Art.
Florida (USA) : Museum of Art and Technology.
Val de Marne (France) : Departmental Contemporary Art Fund (MACVAL).
Fort de France (Martinique, France) : Regional Contemporary Art Fund (FRAC).
Vitry-sur-Seine (France) : Municipal Collection of Vitry-sur-Seine.
Nagano (Japan) : Nagano City Collection.
Dallas (Texas, USA) : African American Museum.
Cahors (France) : Henri Martin Museum, town of Cahors.
Dallas (Texas, USA) : Contemporary Cultures.
France : Carmignac Foundation.
Italy : Euromobil Group.
Detroit (USA) : N'Namdi Center for Contemporary Art.
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