Iris B. Chocolate is a visual artist who lives and works in Vienna, Austria and Luanda, Angola.

Much of her work dissects and brings into question, notions of perception and memo-
ry, somewhere between the canon of history – with its linear narratives – and the collec-
tive memory archive. Bodies carry past experiences and reflect on appropriation and cultural reproduction. At the same time there is a clear reference to local culture as the substratum of this questioning. Using different medias and working closely with local artisans, she develops a poetic narra-
tive that encompasses different time frames and questions their consequences in memory.

Born in Germany, Iris Buchholz Chocolate studied at the Merz Akademie, University
of Applied Art, Design and Media, Stuttgart with her main focus on theory-text-concep-
tion by Dietrich Diederichsen. After gradu-
ating, between 1999 to 2005, she worked
as artistic assistant and Executive Director
of Camouflage Brussels – the European satellite of the Center of Contemporary Art of Africa. As executive producer of many exhibitions, she co-curated as well a major collection on contemporary african art.

Her group exhibitions in Africa, Asia, South and North America, including the Trienal
de Luanda, the National Museum Singapore, the Bienal de Mercosul and The Jewish Museum New York have followed.

She is co-founder and artistic director of
the artist initiative lugânzi—The Living Archive a research platform for art and cultural learning based in Luanda, Angola.

Her solo exhibitions include: 2022 Tudo aquilo de que não nos lembramos, Jahmek Contemporary Art, Luanda, Angola. 2019 Okuféti(ka), Jahmek Contemporary Art, Luanda, Angola. 2016 A Sul O Sombreiro, MAAN, Luanda, Angola. 2015 Amigo, performance series, Luanda, Angola. 2013 Os sonhos do embondeiro, Siexpo – MNHN Luanda, Angola. 2005 Like a Tear in the Ocean, Camouflage project space, Brussels, Belgium. 2001 Das Los, artistic intervention in the city space, Kulturforum Schorndorf, Germany.

Her group exhibitions include: 2021 How
we will live together? Biennale Architettura, collaboration with Paula Nascimento,
17th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Italy. 2020 Through our Eyes – narratives of Angolan woman-
hood, Abuja Art Week Digital, Nigeria. Fuckin' Globo VI, Luanda, Angola. 2019 Travesías Atlánticas, 4th Montevideo Biennial, Montevideo, Uruguay. A Doll‘s House, Kapellhaus, Baku, Azerbaijan. 2018 O Triângulo Atlântico, 11th Mercosul Biennial, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Mystery of Foreign Affairs, Maputo, Mozambique. Indivíduo. Cidade, Metamorfose, Jahmek Contemporary Art, Luanda, Angola. 2017 The Atlantic Triangle, Rele Gallery Lagos, Nigeria. The Atlantic Triangle, SARACURA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Madgermanes, Kunst-
verein Schwerin, Schwerin, Germany. Everything is Illuminated, performance Etimba Fest, Benguela, Angola.

2016 She represented Angola during the show Highlights: Sight and Sounds: Global Film and Video, at The Jewish Museum New York, US. 2014 Sights and Sounds: Global Film and Video. The Jewish Museum, New York, US. 2010 II Trienal de Luanda, Luanda, Angola. 2009 Art and Family, M1 Singapore Fringe Festival, National Museum Singapore. 2007 I Trienal de Luanda, arte, cultura, política e história contemporânea, Luanda, Angola. 2005 Welche Sprache spricht Europa? Junge Akademie Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Collections
9films, Angola
ITA Internet Technologies Angola
Luciano Benetton Collection, Italy
MAAN Memorial Dr. António
Agostinho Neto, Angola
Sindika Dokolo Collection, Angola
Private Collections, Angola
Private Collection, Austria
Private Collection, Belgium
Private Collection, France
Private Collection, Germany
Private Collections, Portugal
Private Collection, UK