Photographer
Emeka Okereke
11 Artworks
Emeka Okereke
Nigeria
« I have always been of the belief that there is no life without movement. Thus in my work, I am always looking for this movement. I am always asking myself: where is the pulse? »
Emeka Okereke is a visual artist and writer from Nigeria who today lives and works between Berlin and Lagos. Through his principal medium of photography, Okereke explores his central theme of “borders” in his poignant portrayals of the complexities of life in contemporary Africa and the Diaspora.
Credentials
- Established Artist
- Works on commission
Chevalier De l'Ordre Des Arts et Des Lettres (Knight of Arts and Letters)- Winner- Paris, France
Prix Pictet - Nominated- Bern, Switzerland
Prix Elysée for Photography - Nominated- Lausanne, Switzerland
Future Awards Nigeria: Artist of the Year- Winner- Lagos, Nigeria
Visa Pour La Creation for Project "Bagamoyo"- Prize money, grant for production- Paris, France
TV5 Prize for Best Photography in Exhibiition "Made in Africa"- First Prize- Paris, France
Afrique en Creation Prize, 5th Bamako Photography Biennale- first prize, prize money, grant for production- Bamako, Mali
Exploring a Void / Salzburger Kunstverein - Salzburg, Austria
Unspoken Hero / Neukolln Museum - Berlin, Germany
Bagamoyo – Photographyand the Useful Space / Maputo-Catembe - Maputo, Mozambique
Rituals / Cite Internationale Des Arts - Paris, France
Under-City / CROUS Paris - Paris, France
Rituals / French Cultural Centre Lagos - Lagos, Nigeria
Whose Land Have I Lit on Now? / Savvy Contemporary Art - Berlin, Germany
Collective Intelligence / Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne - Paris, France
Collectivism.Collectives and Their Quest For Value / Amsterdam Photography Museum (Foam) - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Collective Thinking, For Freedoms / Aperture Foundation - New York, United States
History ASAP / Kunstraum Dusseldorf - Düsseldorf, Germany
Unseen Art Photo Fair / Unseen Amsterdam - Amsterdam, Netherlands
No Borders / Gallery Dominique Fiat, - Paris, France
56th Venice Biennale / Venice Biennale - Venice, Italy
Ungovernables / New Museum, New York - New York, United States
Atopia–Art in 21st Century / CCCB - Barcelona, Spain
A Tale of One City / Oslo - Oslo, Norway
10th Havana Biennale / Havana Biennale - Havana, Cuba
2nd Thessaloniki Biennale / Thessaloniki Biennale - Thessaloniki, Greece
2nd Pan African Festival of Arts / Algiers - Algiers, Algeria
PHOTOQUAI / Musee du quai Branly - Paris, France
1st Johannesburg Art Fair / Johannesburg Art Fair - Johannesburg, South Africa
Snap Judgement / International Center of Photography - New york, United States
5th Bamako Biennale of Photography / Bamako Photography Biennale - Bamako, Mali
Freunde Von Freunden- Emeka Okereke on Countering Western Hegemony Through Trans-African Exchange
The Atlantic, CityLab- Interpreting Africa's Invisible, and Invisible Borders
Contemporary And- The Neighbour-Hood Project
Africulture- Le Grand Palais n’aurait pas pu être construit sans l’exploitation coloniale de l’Afrique
The New African- Trans-Africanism: An Urban Essay
Minor Litertures- Black Portraitures: Whose Black Is it?
Okay Africa- Emeka Okereke on Photography And a World of Possibilities
Artscape by Al Jazeera- Emeka Okereke: Invisible Borders
A Stroy of Distances – Open Atelier Zuidoost - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Familiar Neighbour - Bordeaux, France
CBK Zuidoost - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Africa.es - Madrid, Spain
Bag Factory Studio - Johannesburg, South Africa
Centre Franco-Mozambican - Maputo, Mozambique
Cite Internationale Des Arts - paris, France
Fondation Kadist, France
World Bank, United States
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