Dozie Kanu
Born
Houston, United States
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)installation artist, sculptor, photographer and visual artist
Years active2018–present
Websitewww.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]

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 Santarém, Portugal.[13]

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[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. 1 2 Wray, Adam (June 7, 2017). "Meet the Young Designer Making Very Interesting Furniture". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Dozie Kanu". Wall Street International. March 16, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  3. ↑ Magazine, Wallpaper* (April 18, 2018). "Dozie Kanu designs a multi-discipline remix of Rimowa's intelligent travel in Milan". Wallpaper*. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Critical Issues Lecture: Dozie Kanu – Henry Art Gallery". henryart.org. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  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.
  6. ↑ Sheets, Hilarie M. (January 13, 2022). "Hugh Hayden, Surrealist Sculptor, Addresses the Education Debate". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 5, 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 April 5, 2022.
  8. ↑ Magazine, Wallpaper* (September 20, 2018). "Formafantasma and Dozie Kanu win the 2018 Hublot Design Prize". Wallpaper*. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  9. ↑ "How a Young Designer Built Anti-Gun Violence Messaging into Playground Equipment". W Magazine. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  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.
  12. ↑ Reid, Tiana (February 14, 2020). "Dozie Kanu Challenges Distinctions Between Black Vernacular Making and Fine Art". ARTnews.com. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  13. 1 2 "Dozie Kanu's Latest Body of Work Draws on Nigerian History". www.culturedmag.com. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Blood Type | Performance Space New York". July 24, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Exhibition – Blood Type: Dozie Kanu at Performance Space New York – New York, NY". www.americantowns.com. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Dozie Kanu to prop and ignore — Manual Arts". manualarts.info. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Dozie Kanu at Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon". Contemporary Art Daily. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  18. ↑ "Cudelice Brazelton IV and Dozie Kanu at International Waters – Art Viewer". Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  19. ↑ "Project Native Informant – Owe Deed, One Deep". projectnativeinformant.com. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  20. ↑ "Dozie Kanu: Function". The Studio Museum in Harlem. October 21, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  21. ↑ "The Studio Museum in Harlem | Artists, Artworks, and Contact Info | Artsy". www.artsy.net. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  22. ↑ "Soft Opening, London". www.softopening.london. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
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