Since 1990, Poulsen has been featured in individual exhibitions in Denmark, France, the US, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon and Switzerland. Beginning in 1992, she began to participate in group shows in Spain, Palma de Mallorca, Belgium, United States, and France. Her work was included in the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art 2003 exhibition Ethiopian Passages: Dialogues in the Diaspora.
