Dozie Kanu Explained

Dozie Kanu
Birth Place:Houston, United States
Nationality:American
Occupation:installation artist, sculptor, photographer and visual artist
Years Active:2018–present

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]

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.[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[20]

2019

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

ARS JUS PAX, JTG Detroit Project, Detroit, MI

2018

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Wray . Adam . June 7, 2017 . Meet the Young Designer Making Very Interesting Furniture . https://archive.today/20231015131257/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/t-magazine/design/dozie-kanu-furniture.html . 2023-10-15 . 2022-04-05 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  2. Web site: March 16, 2021 . Dozie Kanu . 2022-04-05 . Wall Street International . en.
  3. Web site: Magazine . Wallpaper* . April 18, 2018 . Dozie Kanu designs a multi-discipline remix of Rimowa's intelligent travel in Milan . 2022-04-05 . Wallpaper*.
  4. Web site: Critical Issues Lecture: Dozie Kanu – Henry Art Gallery . 2022-04-05 . henryart.org.
  5. News: Prowse . Jamila . November 16, 2020 . Dozie Kanu Invokes the Spectres of Disused Objects . en . Frieze . 216 . 2022-04-05 . 0962-0672.
  6. News: Sheets . Hilarie M. . January 13, 2022 . Hugh Hayden, Surrealist Sculptor, Addresses the Education Debate . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-04-05 . 0362-4331.
  7. Web site: Daily . Megan Matti The . Dozie Kanu on found objects, renovated warehouses, and alluding to functionality . 2022-04-05 . The Daily of the University of Washington . en.
  8. Web site: Magazine . Wallpaper* . September 20, 2018 . Formafantasma and Dozie Kanu win the 2018 Hublot Design Prize . 2022-04-05 . Wallpaper*.
  9. Web site: How a Young Designer Built Anti-Gun Violence Messaging into Playground Equipment . 2022-04-05 . W Magazine . en.
  10. Web site: Events Calendar School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington . 2022-04-05 . art.washington.edu.
  11. Web site: Dozie Kanu • Index . 2022-04-05 . Dozie Kanu • Index . en.
  12. Web site: Reid . Tiana . February 14, 2020 . Dozie Kanu Challenges Distinctions Between Black Vernacular Making and Fine Art . 2022-04-05 . ARTnews.com . en-US.
  13. Web site: Dozie Kanu • Index . 2024-06-29 . Dozie Kanu • Index . en.
  14. Web site: Dozie Kanu's Latest Body of Work Draws on Nigerian History . 2022-04-05 . www.culturedmag.com . en.
  15. Web site: July 24, 2021 . Blood Type Performance Space New York . 2022-04-05 . en-US.
  16. Web site: Exhibition – Blood Type: Dozie Kanu at Performance Space New York – New York, NY . 2022-04-05 . www.americantowns.com . en.
  17. Web site: Dozie Kanu to prop and ignore — Manual Arts . 2022-04-05 . manualarts.info . en.
  18. Web site: Dozie Kanu at Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon . 2022-04-05 . Contemporary Art Daily . en.
  19. Web site: Cudelice Brazelton IV and Dozie Kanu at International Waters – Art Viewer . 2022-04-05 . en-US.
  20. Web site: Project Native Informant – Owe Deed, One Deep . 2022-04-05 . projectnativeinformant.com.
  21. Web site: October 21, 2019 . Dozie Kanu: Function . 2022-04-05 . The Studio Museum in Harlem . en.
  22. Web site: The Studio Museum in Harlem Artists, Artworks, and Contact Info Artsy . 2022-04-05 . www.artsy.net.
  23. Web site: Soft Opening, London . 2022-04-05 . www.softopening.london.

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