Emeka Okereke Explained

Emeka Okereke
Birth Place:Aba, Abia, Nigeria

Emeka Okereke (born 1980) is a Nigerian photographer, filmmaker, writer and visual artist who lives and works in Lagos and Berlin.

Okereke is the cofounder of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Photographers Organisation.[1]

In 2018, he received Chevalier des Arts et Lettres from the Government of France.[2]

Education

Emeka received a Master's from the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris (The National Superior school of fine arts of Paris) in 2008.[3]

Career

In 2009, Okereke founded The Invisible Borders Trans-African Organisation, a collective of artists whose projects include the Invisible Borders Trans-African Road Trip and The Trans-African, a journal of African arts and visual culture.[4]

His installation 'A Trans-African Workspace', was exhibited at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015.[5]

In summer of 2018, Okereke guest lectured at the Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria.[6]

In 2018, he was awarded Chevalier De l’Ordre Des Arts et Des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) from the French Government, in recognition of his significant contributions to the arts in Africa and Europe.[2]

Selected exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Publications

Awards and honours

2018 – Chevalier De l’Ordre Des Arts et Des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters)

2016 Nominee, Prix Elysée for Photography (2016–2018)[20]

2016 Long list nominee, Prix Pictet, 2016

2009 Artist of the Year, The Future Awards Africa

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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Road trip through Africa's 'invisible borders'. Teo. Kermeliotis. 24 July 2013. CNN.
  2. Web site: Emeka Okereke awarded by Ministry of Culture of France – Contemporary And. contemporaryand.com.
  3. Web site: Residency – Emmanuel Iduma and Emeka Okereke – L'appartement 22. appartement22.com.
  4. Web site: Mission. 29 April 2015.
  5. Web site: Invisible Borders: A Transafrican Project in Venice. I. A. M.. Team. 25 May 2015.
  6. Web site: International Summer Academy of Fine Arts 2018 – Résumé – Sommerakademie.
  7. Web site: EMEKA OKEREKE – Exploring a Void. sina moser. YouTube.
  8. Web site: "Bagamoyo" A photographic project by Emeka Okereke. maputo-project.blogspot.com.
  9. Web site: Collective Thinking, For Freedoms. salesaperture. Aperture Foundation NY.
  10. Web site: Collectivism -Past exhibition. Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam.
  11. Web site: WHOSE LAND HAVE I LIT ON NOW?. S A V V Y Contemporary.
  12. Web site: No Borders " dominique fiat. dominiquefiat.com. 6 November 2018. 17 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190117174257/http://dominiquefiat.com/past-exhibitions/2016/no-borders/. dead.
  13. Web site: Magazine. Unseen.
  14. Web site: The 2015 Venice Biennale in Numbers. 4 May 2015. Artsy.
  15. Web site: Emeka Okereke on Countering Western Hegemony Through Trans-African Exchange. freundevonfreunden.
  16. Web site: Emeka Okereke: The Neighbour-Hood Project – Contemporary And. contemporaryand.com.
  17. Web site: Trans-Africanism: An urban essay – New African Magazine. newafricanmagazine.com.
  18. Web site: Black Portraitures: Whose Black Is It? — Emeka Okereke. 2 July 2015.
  19. Web site: Emeka Okereke: Invisible Borders – Business & Economy. Al Jazeera.
  20. Web site: Emeka Okereke – Prix Elysée.

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