Dozie Kanu

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Dozie Kanu
Born
Houston, United States
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s) installation artist, sculptor, photographer and visual artist
Years active2018–present
Website www.doziekanu.com

Dozie Kanu is an American artist. [1] [2] [3] His work involves sculptural objects and installations that deal with limits of form, materiality, functionality and utilitarianism. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

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Early life and education

Kanu was born in Houston, Texas in 1993 and his parents are both Nigerian immigrants. [10] After studying film directing, Kanu received a bachelor of fine arts degree from School of Visual Arts, New York in 2016. [11] His first museum solo exhibition was held at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 2019. [1] [12] Kanu graduated from Maumaus Independent Study Program, Lisbon, Portugal in 2022. [13] He presently lives and works in Santarém, Portugal. [14]

Solo exhibitions

2024

Lumiar Cité, Lisbon, PT

2022

Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich, CH

Cordyceps Gaud Adversary, Neuer Essener Kunstverein, Essen, DE

Tinted Spirit, Project Native Informant, London, UK

2021

Blood Type, Performance Space New York City, NY [15] [16]

to prop and ignore, Manual Arts, Los Angeles, CA [17]

value order [gentrify.pt], Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon, PT [18]

2020

Recoil, International Waters (with Cudelice Brazelton IV), New York, NY [19]

Owe Deed, One Deep, Project Native Informant, London, UK [5] [20]

2019

FUNCTION, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY [21] [22]

ARS JUS PAX, JTG Detroit Project, Detroit, MI [14]

2018

Humane Alternatives, Soft Opening, London, UK [23]

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  5. 1 2 Prowse, Jamila (November 16, 2020). "Dozie Kanu Invokes the Spectres of Disused Objects". Frieze. No. 216. ISSN   0962-0672 . Retrieved April 5, 2022.
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  10. ↑ "Events Calendar | School of Art + Art History + Design | University of Washington". art.washington.edu. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Dozie Kanu • Index". Dozie Kanu • Index. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
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  13. ↑ "Dozie Kanu • Index". Dozie Kanu • Index. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  14. 1 2 "Dozie Kanu's Latest Body of Work Draws on Nigerian History". www.culturedmag.com. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Blood Type | Performance Space New York". July 24, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
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  20. ↑ "Project Native Informant – Owe Deed, One Deep". projectnativeinformant.com. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
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