Wura-Natasha Ogunji Explained

Wura-Natasha Ogunji (born 1970) is an artist and performer based in Lagos, Nigeria; she is of Nigerian descent.^[1]

Education

Ogunji received a BA from Stanford University in 1992 and a MFA from San Jose State University in 1998.^[2]

Work and career

Ogunji works in a variety of mediums^[3] but is best known for her performative and video-based works. Her artistic themes include physicality and the body, our relationship to space, memory, and history.^[4] Her recent work deals with women occupying the public space of Lagos.^[5]

Ogunji has been a visiting lecturer at the Center for Art of Africa and its Diasporas (CAAD) at the University of Texas at Austin^[6] and was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship in 2012.^{[7] [8] [9]} Her work has been featured in exhibitions at the Seattle Art Museum, Brooklyn Art Museum, Menil Collection, and Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, among other venues.^[10]

In 2023, Ogunji made her New York Solo debut at the Fridman Gallery. ^[11]

Notes and References

1. Channel, Louisiana (1 November 2016). "Wura-Natasha Ogunji: The Kissing Mask". The Huffington Post.
2. Book: Van Dyke. Kristina. The Progress of Love. 2012. Menil Collection and Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts. Houston and St. Louis. 978-0-300-18493-8. 182.
3. Web site: Wura-Natasha Ogunji. wuraogunji.com. 2019-03-08.
4. Web site: Biography and Artist Statement. February 22, 2018.
5. Greenwood, Caitlin. "Wura-Natasha Ogunji: 'Your heart is clean'". The Austin Chronicle.
6. ""About Us". The Center for Art of Africa and its Diasporas.
7. http://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/wura-natasha-ogunji/ "Wura-Natasha Ogunji".
8. News: Between Expansion of Time and eternal images - Vanguard News. 2017-02-27. Vanguard News. 2017-03-11. en-US.
9. News: From diaspora with Expansion of Time. 2017-03-11. en-US.
10. Web site: Biography and Artist Statement. February 22, 2018.
11. Web site: Hamelo . Gameli . May 17, 2023 . Wura-Natasha Ogunji Creates Dreamy Drawings with Thread . ARTnews.