MARCIA KURE ROCKS!!!
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MARCIA KURE ROCKS!!!
Marcia Kure (born 1970, Kano State, Nigeria) is a
U.S.-based Nigerian artist known primarily for her mixed media paintings
and drawings. She trained at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka under
Obiora Udechukwu a leading figure of the "Nsukka School" and graduated
with a B.A. in painting in 1994.
She has had several one-person exhibitions in Nigeria, Germany, and the United States. She participated in the 7th Sharjah Biennial (2005), the 2nd Seville International Biennial of Contemporary Art (2006) directed by Okwui Enwezor, and the La Triennale, Paris organised by Enwezor.
Her early work focused on political violence and the agency of women in patriarchal society. More recently her work has been concerned with themes related to motherhood, haute couture fashion, hip-hop aesthetics, and popular tales. She was awarded the Uche Okeke Prize for drawing (1994). She is represented by Susan Inglett Gallery, New York and Purdy Hicks Gallery, London.
From January 2014 through March 2014, Kure was artist-in-residence at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
• She has had over ten (10) solo exhibitions between 1994 to 2015
• She has participated in several Group exhibitions between 1991 to 2015
• Marcia has been published and interviewed several times about her creative work between May 1994 to April 2015
She has had several one-person exhibitions in Nigeria, Germany, and the United States. She participated in the 7th Sharjah Biennial (2005), the 2nd Seville International Biennial of Contemporary Art (2006) directed by Okwui Enwezor, and the La Triennale, Paris organised by Enwezor.
Her early work focused on political violence and the agency of women in patriarchal society. More recently her work has been concerned with themes related to motherhood, haute couture fashion, hip-hop aesthetics, and popular tales. She was awarded the Uche Okeke Prize for drawing (1994). She is represented by Susan Inglett Gallery, New York and Purdy Hicks Gallery, London.
From January 2014 through March 2014, Kure was artist-in-residence at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
• She has had over ten (10) solo exhibitions between 1994 to 2015
• She has participated in several Group exhibitions between 1991 to 2015
• Marcia has been published and interviewed several times about her creative work between May 1994 to April 2015
PUBLICATIONS:
• Position International Arts Review of Books 1: (2001) Illustrated Karim Traoré, Die Verlobte Des Marabut: Märchen & Mythen aus Westafrika. Aachen: Misereor Medien, 1999.
• Two Paintings in 2002 Multichoice Africa Calendar, African Artists of the Future. Illustration in 2003 UNCBD/UNFCCC/ UNCCD (The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climatic Change, and United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification) Calendar.
• Other drawings published in: Okike: African Journal of New Writing Nsukka Journal of The Humanities Graffiti Festac News.
• Position International Arts Review of Books 1: (2001) Illustrated Karim Traoré, Die Verlobte Des Marabut: Märchen & Mythen aus Westafrika. Aachen: Misereor Medien, 1999.
• Two Paintings in 2002 Multichoice Africa Calendar, African Artists of the Future. Illustration in 2003 UNCBD/UNFCCC/ UNCCD (The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climatic Change, and United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification) Calendar.
• Other drawings published in: Okike: African Journal of New Writing Nsukka Journal of The Humanities Graffiti Festac News.
Prizes/Awards/Grants:
• 2007- 2008: Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship
• 2007-2008: Program Puffin Grant for "Burqua as Shelter," Sculpture, Charleston SC
• 2004:Elena Prentice Rulon-Miller Scholarship Fund/Minority Work Study Grant, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
• 1999: UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists
• 1994: Uche Okeke Prize for Drawing
• 2007- 2008: Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship
• 2007-2008: Program Puffin Grant for "Burqua as Shelter," Sculpture, Charleston SC
• 2004:Elena Prentice Rulon-Miller Scholarship Fund/Minority Work Study Grant, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
• 1999: UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists
• 1994: Uche Okeke Prize for Drawing
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