About
Atelier E.K Okereke
Biography
CV
News
Tearsheets
Photography
In Search of Intimacy
As We Recede (ongoing)
Dream Chamber
Bariga Nights
Exploring a Void
Visual Diaries
Traveling Bodies
Writings
Poems of Transitions
Diary of a Border-Being
Publications
Video, Film, Multimedia
Exhibitions, Talks, Lectures
Platforms
Invisible Borders Trans-African
Nkata Podcast Station
Careful Optimist: The Creative Hub
Kupesonic Sound Project
Commissions
CONTACT:
info@emekaokereke.com
Based in Lagos and Berlin.
AWARDS/NOMINATIONS
2020
Finalist (Fellow) for Jane Lombard Prize for Social Justice by Vera List Centre New York.
2018
Insignia of 'Chevalier dans l'ordre des Arts et Lettres' by Ministry of Culture of France.
2016
Nominee,
Prix Elysée for Photography
(2016 - 2018)
2016
Long list nominee,
Prix Pictet, 2016
2009
Artist of the Year, Future Awards Nigeria
2008
Winner, Visa Pour la Creation for project "Bagamoyo", Maputo Mozambique
2004
TV5, Paris Prize for Best Photography at the Exhibition "Made in Africa", Milan Italy.
2003
Best Young Photographer of the 5th Festival of photography. Bamako, Mali.
POSITION
2009 – Present
Founder/ Artistic Director of
Invisible Borders Trans-African Photographers Organisation.
2019 – Present
Founder/Host of
Nkata Podcast Station
2020 – Present
Director of
Kupesonic Sound Project
PROJECTS
'I Wonder As I Wander'
, A Short Film by Akinbode Akinbiyi (2019/2020)
(Screened at Gropius Bau Berlin, Il Kino Berlin, LichtBlick Kino Berlin)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2019:
N'Gola Biennal of Arts and Culture, Sao Tome
2019:
13th Cairo Biennale. Cairo, Egypt
2018:
“Exploring a Void”. Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg Austria (Solo Exhibition)
2018:
“Whose Land Have I Lit on Now?”, Savvy Contemporary Berlin
2017:
"Collective Intelligence", Centre Gorges Pompidou, Paris, France.
2017
A Trans-African Worldspace, Amsterdam Photography Museum (FOAM)
2017
“History ASAP”, Kunstraum, Dusseldorf, Germany.
2017
“Collective Thinking, For Freedom”, Aperture Foundation Gallery NY
2016
“No Borders” Gallery Dominique Fiat, Paris, France
2016
Unseen Art Photo Fair, with Invisible Borders Trans-African Project
2015
56th Venice Biennale of Arts, International exhibition curated by Okwui Enwezor.
2012
New Museum of New York, exhibition with Invisible Borders Trans-African Project.
2011
ATOPIA – Art and City in 21st Century, CCCB, Barcelona.
2009
Photoquai Biennale, Musée Quai Branly Paris.
2009
2nd Pan African Festival of Arts of Algeria, Algiers.
2009
2nd Thessaloniki Biennale of Arts, Thessaloniki
2009
10th Havana Biennale, Havana.
2009
A Tale of One City, Oslo Museum, Oslo.
2008
Bagamoyo – Photography and the Useful Space, Catembe, Maputo. (Solo)
2008
Unspoken Hero, Neukölln Museum, Berlin. (Solo)
2006
Snap Judgement, International Center of Photography, New York. Curated by Okwui.
2003
5th Bamako Biennale of Photography, Bamako, Mali.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
October 2020: Guest lecturer
Hartford Art School MFA Photography Student Critique Online Session
July 2019: Facilitation of Invisible Borders Workshop at the N'Gola Biennal, Sao Tomé and Principe.
June 2019: Jury/External examiner at the Sandberg Institut Masters Program Radical Cut-Up. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
July 2018:
Lecturer at Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg Austria. Photography class “Exploring a Void”
May 2018: Guest lecturer
Hartford Art School MFA Photography Student Critique Berlin Session
October 2017: Guest Lecturer, Hartford University MFA Photography. San Francisco, California.
May 2017: Guest Lecturer, Hartford University MFA Photography. Berlin, Germany.
February 2017: Critical Writing Workshop, Nlele Institute of Photography, Lagos, Nigeria.
PUBLISHED TEXTS
Field Journal of Socially Engaged Art Criticism Issue 17, Jan 2021:
A Volatile Negotiation Between The Past and Present
CLIENTS OF COMMISSIONED PROJECTS
The Many/Trip Advisor (USA)
Omidyar Network (USA)
London School of Economics (UK)
CM Design Atelier (Nigeria)
Forbes Magazine (USA
British Council (UK/Nigeria)
Amnesty International (The Netherlands)
Jeune Afrique (France)
African Development Bank (Ivory Coast/Liberia)
FAA Design (Nigeria)
Website for commissioned projects: www.emekaokereke-studio.com
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