AWARDS/NOMINATIONS
POSITION
ARTISTIC INTERVENTIONS
Tracing Presence(s) of Body, Place, Time (2023)
(Exhibited at Schloss Charlottenburg from July - October 2023)
'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
TEACHING/PEDAGOGICAL ENGAGEMENTS
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
- 2022 National Geographic Explorer.
- 2020 Jane Lombard Fellow 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 the 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
- 2020 – Present Founder/Creative Director, Careful Optimist Creative Hub
- 2022 – Present Co-founder of Ala-Ila Collective (with Mathangi Krishnamurthy)
ARTISTIC INTERVENTIONS
Tracing Presence(s) of Body, Place, Time (2023)
(Exhibited at Schloss Charlottenburg from July - October 2023)
'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/PEDAGOGICAL ENGAGEMENTS
- October 2023 - February 2024: Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Art Practices & Theory, Berlin University of Arts.
- October 2022 - February 2023: Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Art Practices & Theory, Berlin University of Arts.
- October 2022: Guest Teacher at Mino Art Space & Agency, Antwerp, Belgium
- September 2022: Visiting Scholar at the Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
- October 2020: Guest lecturer Hartford Art School MFA Photography Student Critique Online Session
- July 2019: Invisible Borders Masterclass 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