Dozie Kanu

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]

Dozie Kanu
Born
NationalityAmerican
Occupationinstallation artist, sculptor, photographer and visual artist
Years active2018–present
Websitewww.doziekanu.com

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] He presently lives and works in Portugal.[13]

Solo exhibitions

2021

Blood Type, Performance Space New York, New York, NY[14][15]

to prop and ignore, Manual Arts, Los Angeles, CA[16]

value order [gentrify.pt], Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon, PT[17]

2020

Recoil, International Waters (with Cudelice Brazelton IV), New York, NY[18]

Owe Deed, One Deep, Project Native Informant, London, UK[5][19]

2019

FUNCTION, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY[20][21]

ARS JUS PAX, JTG Detroit Project, Detroit, MI[13]

2018

Humane Alternatives, Soft Opening, London, UK[22]

References

  1. Wray, Adam (7 June 2017). "Meet the Young Designer Making Very Interesting Furniture". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  2. "Dozie Kanu". Wall Street International. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  3. Magazine, Wallpaper* (18 April 2018). "Dozie Kanu designs a multi-discipline remix of Rimowa's intelligent travel in Milan". Wallpaper*. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  4. "Critical Issues Lecture: Dozie Kanu - Henry Art Gallery". henryart.org. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  5. Prowse, Jamila (16 November 2020). "Dozie Kanu Invokes the Spectres of Disused Objects". Frieze. No. 216. ISSN 0962-0672. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  6. Sheets, Hilarie M. (13 January 2022). "Hugh Hayden, Surrealist Sculptor, Addresses the Education Debate". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  7. Daily, Megan Matti The. "Dozie Kanu on found objects, renovated warehouses, and alluding to functionality". The Daily of the University of Washington. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  8. Magazine, Wallpaper* (20 September 2018). "Formafantasma and Dozie Kanu win the 2018 Hublot Design Prize". Wallpaper*. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  9. "How a Young Designer Built Anti-Gun Violence Messaging into Playground Equipment". W Magazine. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  10. "Events Calendar | School of Art + Art History + Design | University of Washington". art.washington.edu. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  11. "Dozie Kanu • Index". Dozie Kanu • Index. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  12. Reid, Tiana (14 February 2020). "Dozie Kanu Challenges Distinctions Between Black Vernacular Making and Fine Art". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  13. "Dozie Kanu's Latest Body of Work Draws on Nigerian History". www.culturedmag.com. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  14. "Blood Type | Performance Space New York". 24 July 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  15. "Exhibition - Blood Type: Dozie Kanu at Performance Space New York - New York, NY". www.americantowns.com. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  16. "Dozie Kanu to prop and ignore — Manual Arts". manualarts.info. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  17. "Dozie Kanu at Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon". Contemporary Art Daily. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  18. "Cudelice Brazelton IV and Dozie Kanu at International Waters – Art Viewer". Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  19. "Project Native Informant – Owe Deed, One Deep". projectnativeinformant.com. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  20. "Dozie Kanu: Function". The Studio Museum in Harlem. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  21. "The Studio Museum in Harlem | Artists, Artworks, and Contact Info | Artsy". www.artsy.net. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  22. "Soft Opening, London". www.softopening.london. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
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