Nnenna Okore

Nnenna Okorelisten ( bɛ dɔɣi o la yuuni 1975 tiŋyuli booni Canberra, Australia) o nyɛla ŋun nyɛ Australian-born Nigerian nucheeni tuuntumdi so ŋun tumdi ka be tiŋyuli booni Chicago at North Park University, Chicago.

O Gallery representation nima

• October Gallery, London, United States.
• Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, United States.
• David Krut Gallery, New York City, United States.
• Kuaba Gallery, Indianapolis, United States.

O Select collection nima

• Krannert Art Museum, University of Urbana Champaign, USA.
• Jorge M. Pérez Collection, Miami, USA.
• EbonyLife Place, Victoria Island, Nigeria.
• Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, California, USA.
• North Park University, Chicago, USA.
• World Bank, Washington DC, USA.
• Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY, USA.
• United States Embassy, Abuja, Nigeria.
• Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos, Nigeria.
• Halls Winery, Napa, CA, USA.
• The Newark Museum of Art, New Jersey, USA.
• Jean Paul Blachère Fondation, France.
• Royal Collections, Abu Dhabi, UEA.
• Art House Contemporary Limited, Nigeria.
• Channel 4, London, UK.
• Renaissance Capital, Moscow, Russia.
• Daraja Art Foundation, London, UK.

Sources

• Artist Profile from Nnenna Okore's website
• Robert Preece, "Political By Nature": 2500-word interview with Nnenna Okore, Sculpture Magazine, July/August 2013.
• Faustina Anyanwu, "Finding inspiration in the most simple things...", C.Hub Magazine, Issue 2, Vol. 1, 2012/13.
• Chris Spring, African Textiles Today, Smithsonian Book/British Museum Press, 2012.
• Nnenna Okore: 'Transfiguration', by Holland Cutter, New York Times, 9 November 2012.
• Jackie Wullschlarger, "We Face Forward...", Financial Times, 12 August 2012.
• Tajudeen Sowole, "Step Aside, Ferguson, African Art takes over Manchester", The Nigerian Guardian, 15 June 2012.
• Kate McCrickard, "Waste Management/Things Torn Apart", Art South Africa, Volume 9.4, June 2011.
• "With Metamorphoses, Okore returns to the UK", The Nigerian Guardian, 19 April 2011.
• A. M. Weaver, "Fragility, Elegance and Decay", Ceramics: Art and Perception, Issue 83, March 2011.
• McPhillip Nwachukwu, "Nigerian Art Market...., says Nnenna Okore", Vanguard, 25 November 2010.
• Jessica Hemmings, "Material Meaning", Wasafiri, Issue 63, 2010.
• Elizabeth Upper, "Into the Art of Africa", Above Magazine, Winter 2009/2010.
• Okwui Enwezor and Chika Okeke-Agulu, Contemporary African Art Since 1980, 2009.
• Chika Okeke-Agulu, "New Order", Arise Magazine, Issue 6, October 2009.
• Jessica Kronika, "Nnenna Okore's art .... recycled material installation", The Examiner, 11 August 2009.
• Mike Giuliano, "Visual Arts: Five artists 'paper' the arts center", Howard County Times, 30 July 2009.
• Albert Stabler, "Tom Torluemke and others at the Cultural Center", Proximity Magazine, 26 July 2009.
• Uzor Maxim Uzoatu, "Wakeful Souls", Next Newspaper, 10 July 2009.
• Vanessa Offiong, "From Rags to Riches with Art", Weekly Trust, June 2009.
• Victor Ehikhamenor, "The goddess of small things ...", Next Newspaper, 19 June 2009.
• Okechukwu Uwaezuoke, "Imitations of Nature", This Day, 20 June 2009.
• Chuka Nnabuife, "'Of Earth...' Nnenna Okore stages home show", Nigerian Compass, 16 June 2009.
• Jessica Hemmings, "Nnenna Okore: Ulukububa at October Gallery, London", Surface Design Journal, July edition, 2009.
• Emmanuel Anyifite, "Contemporary Art Auction in Lagos", Next Newspaper, 9 April 2009.
• Julian Roup, "Groundbreaking African Artists In Spotlight At First British Auction Of Contemporary African Art At Bonhams", Bonhams Headlines, March 2009.
• Simon de Burton, "Art of Africa", The Financial Times, 28 March 2009.
• Katy Donoghue, "Artist to Watch: Nnenna Okore", Whitewall Magazine, Spring Issue, 2009.
• Molara Wood, "Studio Visit with Nnenna Okore: Art from Discarded and Found Things", Next Newspaper, 8 February 2009.
• Bunmi Akpata-Ohohe, "Ulukububa: Infinite Flow", Africa Today, 3 December 2008.
• Polly Savage, "Introduction: Ulukububa-Infinite Flow", Exhibition Catalogue, London, 16 October – 6 December 2008.
• Roberta Smith, "Using Old Materials to Put a New Face on the Museum", New York Times, 26 September 2008.
• Barbara Murray, "Mind Openers-Women Artist in Africa", Farafina Magazine, No. 8, January 2007.

External links

• R. J. Preece, "Nnenna Okore interview: Political by Nature (2013)", Art Design Café
• Town and Gown, August 2012
• "Nnenna Okore at the Contemporary African Art Gallery New York City", Art and Culture Maven, 23 October 2012
• "The Artist of our Time: Nnenna Okore", C-Hub Magazine
• "Artist Nnenna Okore in her studio", Happening in Africa, 22 April 2012
• Semmi W., "Taking Shape: Nnenna Okore at BAM's 2014 DanceAfrica Festival", Art-In-Fact, 19 May 2014
• "Nnenna Okore: Metamorphoses", A-n
• Nnenna Okore on "Mbembe", Tang Museum
• Holland Cotter, "Nnenna Okore: 'Transfiguration'", New York Times, 8 November 2012
• Nnenna Okore page at October Gallery
• Africa Today
• Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary
• Exhibition at Oriel Mostyn Gallery in Wales
• Channel 4 Art Collection
• "Nnenna Okore", Contemporary African Art Gallery