Coumba Samba

Coumba Samba (b. 2000, New York) engages with the impacts of institutional structures on both individual and collective identities through her multimedia and performative practice, questioning dominant cultural narratives. Her works address themes such as consumer culture, social dynamics, and the intersections of technology and identity, exploring the dynamics between mainstream culture and subversive practices. In doing so, she expands the gaze to the global web of power and the continuities of colonialism, highlighting how colonial structures and their legacies continue to shape contemporary social and political landscapes.

Selected solo exhibitions include deutschland, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg, DE (2025); Dress Code, empire, New York, US (2024); Red Gas, Arcadia Missa, London, UK (2024); Capital, Cell Project Space, London, UK (2024); and Couture, Galerina, London, UK (2023). Recent group exhibitions include Undermining the Immediacy, MMK, Frankfurt, DE (2025); Ensemble, The Perimeter, London, UK (2025); ZONE, Reena Spaulings, New York, US (2024); A Crooked World, Drei, Cologne, DE (2023); Slow Dance (3), Stadtgalerie, Bern, CH (2023); Ways of Living 3.0, Arcadia Missa, London, UK (2023); Hello, Galerina, London, UK (2022).