exhibitions
Major International Exhibitions
60 Carteles Celebrando el Planeta, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2022
Movement & Permanence, 17th International Poster Biennial, Mexico, 2022
Black Brown Dialogue, César Chávez Institute,17th International Poster Biennia, Mexico, 2022
Singulier Plurielles. International Design Biennial, Cité du design, Saint-Etienne, France, 2022
Shanghai Design 10x10 Poster Exhibition of 100 Masters of Design, Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, China, 2021
Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest. Letterform Archive, San Francisco. USA, 2021
Jan Rajlich Homage exhibition. Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic, 2021
Design of Dissent, Museum of Design Atlanta. USA, 2020
The Magic Bus and the Walker Poster Society Woodstock 50 tribute, Mexico City, 2020
Ogaki Festival World Poster Exhibition, Japan, 2019
Gwangju Design Biennale, South Korea, 2019
EXTRA BOLD. Arts & Innovation Center Gallery, New Jersey, USA, 2019
Look Both Ways. School of Visual Arts Chelsea Gallery, New York, USA, 2019
Brace Yourself, Art Space Gallery, Fresno City College, USA, 2019
UBUNTU Invitational Exhibition, Rotonda della Besana, Milan, Italy, 2018
26th International Invitational Poster Biennale, Warsaw. Poland, 2018
El Trazo Ecuménico del Chango – Invitational, International Poster Biennial in Mexico, 2018
Presidential Rogues Gallery: Satirical Posters 1960s to the Present, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, USA, 2016
Questioning the Bomb: History and Non-Proliferation, The University of Maryland Art Gallery, USA, 2015
Posters without Borders, USA 2013 - 2015
Yurdaer Altintas International Invitational Poster Exhibition, Turkey 2015
No Xenophobia, KwaZulu-Natal Society of Arts, Durban, South Africa 2015
Views–Sarajevo 1914-2014, Bosnia & Herzegovina 2014
Ogaki International Invitational Poster Exhibition, Japan 2001 - 2013
Vis-à-vis: Library Les Silos, France 2013
Network of Mutuality: 50 Years Post-Birmingham, USA 2013
Tribute to Rene Wanner, Biennial of Poster, Bolivia 2013
The Power of the Poster: Access Gallery, USA 2013
Golden Bee Biennale, Russia 2000 - 2012
4th Block International Triennial of Graphic of Graphics and Posters, Ukraine 1997 - 2012
Aarhus International Poster Show, Denmark 2012
From the Great Earthquake To Re-Creation, Japan 2012
Russia Rising: Votes for Freedom, Russia 2012
25 on 25 Kiev, Moscow, Berlin, Warsaw, Gartow, Freiburg. 2011
Détournement, Tarble Arts Center, USA 2011
On the Edge Between History and Design, Taiwan 2011
Intertidal Age: Taiwan’s 1st International Graphic Design Exhibition, Taiwan 2011
No More Child Labour, Argentina 2011
This is What Democracy Looks Like, USA 2011
Graphic Intervention: International AIDS Awareness Posters, USA 2010
Where is My Vote: Posters for The Green Movement in Iran, USA 2010
International Biennial of Social-Political Poster, Poland 2010
More. Design for Change. Firenze Fast Forward. Italy 2010
Marmara University 1st International Invitational Poster Biennial, Turkey 2010
International Graphic Biennial of the Islamic World, Iran 2009
Masterpieces, Slovenia 2009
Visual Voices, USA 2009
Agitadores de Conciencia, Spain 2009
Stop World Hunger, Argentina 2009
Shigeo Fukuda Memorial Exhibition, Finland 2009
World of Posters, Denmark 2009
Voices in Freedom, Mexico 2009
Migration, Athens International Poster Exhibition, Greece 2009
Lahti Poster Biennale, Finland 1983 - 2009
Ekoplagat, Slovak Republic 1993 - 2009
International Biennial of the Poster, Mexico 1994 - 2018
Poster Biennale, Poland 1980 - 2008
Rights for Africa Day, Ireland 2008
D’Ailleurs..., Espace Arlaud, Switzerland 2008
Thoughts on Democracy, USA 2008
Reflections In Exile: Five Contemporary African Artists Respond To Social Injustice, USA 2008
Many Rivers to Cross, UK 2008
Graphic Messages from GGG & DDD 1986 - 2006, Japan 2007
Tehran International Poster Biennial, Iran 2007
NewAfrica, Rundetaarn, Denmark (goes global) 2007
Universal Language, Russia 2007
AIDStop, Argentina 2007
Posters for Cultural Diversity, Cuba 2007
Eye Opener, Netherlands 2007
Lovely Language: Words Divide, Images Unite, Netherlands 2007
International Triennial of the Political Poster, Belgium 2007
80+80, France & China 2006
60th anniversary of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki Invitational Poster Exhibition, Japan. 2005
Culture Catalysts – the cultural force of communication design, Portugal. 2005
International Poster Biennial in Seoul, Korea 2002
The Alphabet as Art. Invitational exhibition, USA 2003
Toulouse Lautrec. Invitational International Poster Exhibition, begins France. (goes global) 2001
Globalize This -Los Angeles International Biennial Art Invitational, USA 2001
International Poster Biennial in Hong Kong. China 2001
Taipei International Poster Biennial, Taiwan 1997 - 2000
Trnava Poster Triennial. Slovakia 1994 - 2000
Design 2000 International Invitational Poster Exhibition, China/Taiwan 2000
'Coexistence' International Poster Exhibition, begins Israel (goes global) 2000
Invitational International Poster Exhibition, Hana Haru Fest, Japan 1999
Brno Biennale of Graphic Design, Czech Republic 1984 - 1998
Football, 20th Century Culture Exhibition, France 1998
International Triennial of Stage Posters, Bulgaria 1998
Brecht 100 Plakate, Germany 1997
International Biennial of the Poster, Argentina 1995
Inter Graphic 84, Germany 1984
30 Posters on the Environment & Development, Brazil plus 27 other countries 1992
Plus over 50 localised exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
Creative Defiance, North Carolina Central University Art Museum, Durham, USA, 2022
Ogaki Matsuri Festival World Poster Exhibition, 13 Yama posters by Chaz Maviyane-Davies. Japan, 2022
And Still I Rise, Fort Point Gallery, Boston, USA, 2018
Creative Defiance, York College Galleries, York College, USA, 2018
Visualizing Social Change, Fine Arts Gallery, Mt. San Jacinto College, USA 2017
'Creative Defiance' including ‘A World of Questions’, Art & Design Gallery, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, USA 2016
‘A World of Questions’, University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA 2016
Visual Resistance, Rouse Gallery, Penn State University, USA 2016
‘A World of Questions’, Harbor Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA 2015
Awakening World Awards, Imam Ali Museum of Arts, Tehran, Iran 2012
‘Being’, De Affiche Galerij, Den Haag, Netherlands 2011
‘Posters’, Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, USA 2010
‘Collateral Damage’, Hess Gallery, Pine Manor College, Boston, USA 2010
‘Creative Defiance’, Rose Lehrman Art Gallery, HACC, Harrisburg, USA 2010
‘Dissent’, Spencer Presentation Gallery, Endicott College, Beverly, USA 2010
‘Rights’, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA 2009
‘Rights’, Black Cultural Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA 2007
‘The Conscious Eye’, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA 2006
Missouri State University, Springfield, USA 2005
‘Guerilla Designer’, Veermarkstraat, Breda, Netherlands on behalf of DeBeyerd Cultural Centre. 2005
Firehouse Center for the Arts, Newburyport, USA 2004
Myers Center, Simmons College, Boston, USA 2003
Honor Laureate solo exhibition: 13th Colorado International Invitational Poster, USA 2003
'Human rights Human Lives' AIGA/MassArt, Boston, USA 2002
Fort Jesus Gallery, Mombasa/ British Council, Kenya 2002
'Dignity: The World of Chaz Maviyane-Davies', DDD Gallery, Osaka, Japan 1999
‘Rights’ National Gallery of Zimbabwe/European Commission, 1997
‘Rights’ Loveland Museum, Colorado, USA 1997
'Knowledge Will Set you Free' British Council, Harare, Zimbabwe 1993
Co-exhibition with Alex Joe, Standard Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe, (Graphic Design and Photography) 1984