Ekene Emeka-Maduka (born 1996) is a Canadian-Nigerian contemporary artist, whose work draws on her Nigerian heritage and is known for its use of self-portraiture.
Biography
editEmeka-Maduka was born in Nigeria in 1996,[1] to her interior designer mother and architect father.[2][3] She was raised in Kano, Nigeria.[2] She completed her Bachelor of Arts from University of Manitoba.[4] Emeka-Maduka has said that her experience living in Nigeria has a major influence on her work.[3] Her work includes themes of displacement and reconstructing identity,[4] and she is often the subject of her paintings.[5] Another recurring element of her work is the eye contact her subjects hold with the viewer of her paintings.[6] She is based in Winnipeg, Canada.[2][7]
Selected exhibitions
editSolo exhibitions
editWhat is A Dream - Mirror Mirror Online Gallery (2020).[8]
Walk Back Home - La Maison des Artistes Visuels Francophones, Winnipeg, Canada (2020).[9]
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, London, UK (2020).[10][11][12]
Group exhibitions
editGather - Flux Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada (2018).[13]
Liminality in Infinite space - African Artists Foundation, Lagos (2020).[14][15]
There, Here, Nowhere: Dwelling At The Edge Of The World - Kanbi Contemporary & The Koppel Project, curated by Adeola Arthur Ayoola, London (2020).[16][17]
Awards
edit- Dean Collection Grant - 2018.[18]
References
edit- ^ "Art 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair – Artists to watch". New African. August 10, 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "Ekene Emeka Maduka Friezes Truth and History in Her Paintings". The Art Gorgeous. July 4, 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ a b "The young Black painter exploring the nuances of normality". Voice Online. 2020-10-31. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ a b "Ekene Emeka-Maduka". Kanbi Projects. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ "1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair". Archived from the original on 2021-01-29. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ "Ekene Maduka". POLARTICS. Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ "Contemporary African art: who to buy now". Christie's. October 6, 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "Mirror Mirror Gallery". www.mirrormirror.gallery. Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ "Ekene Maduka : De retour à la maison / Walk Back Home - La Maison des artistes visuels francophones". maisondesartistes.mb.ca. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ "1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair announces exhibitors, special projects and 1-54 Forum talks programme for London 2020". Art Africa Magazine. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
1-54 London 2020 will showcase the work of more than 110 emerging and established artists from Africa and its diaspora, working in a wide variety of mediums and from a range of geographical backgrounds. Three solo exhibitions have been announced: DuduBloom More (Berman Contemporary), Anya Paintsil (Ed Cross Fine Art) and Ekene Maduka (Polartics).
- ^ Rea, Naomi (October 9, 2020). "Buoyed By Interest in Young African Artists, London's Only IRL Art Fair 1-54 Shows the Value of In-Person Events". ArtNet. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
Polartics, a young Nigerian gallery and first-timer at the fair, found buyers for all eight paintings it brought by the Nigerian-Canadian painter Ekene Emeka-Maduka. The works, which range in price from £3,000 ($3,800) for smaller circular canvases to £12,000 ($15,500) for larger ones, are part of a series called "St. Agnes" depicting the artist's experience at an all-girls' Catholic boarding school in Nigeria.
- ^ Shaw, Anny (October 9, 2020). "'If you're coming to buy, you have two hours to do it': what it's like at London's real-life 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
Its solo show of paintings of life at the Catholic boarding school St Agnes by the Canadian-Nigerian artist Ekene Emeka Maduka almost sold out within the first two hours (prices range from £3,000 to £10,000).
- ^ "Gather at Flux Gallery, Winnipeg". Akimbo. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ Sam-Duru, Prisca (December 31, 2020). "Arts and Culture in 2020". Vanguard. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "Liminality In Infinite Space | Event | AAF African Artists' Foundation". www.africanartists.org. Archived from the original on 2021-03-06. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ "There, Here, Nowhere: Dwelling At The Edge Of The World - Group Show". Contemporary And (in German). Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ ""There, Here, Nowhere: Dwelling at the Edge of the World" by Kanbi Projects in Photos". TSA Magazine. October 14, 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ Sutton, Benjamin (June 15, 2018). "Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys Launch New Art Grant, Giving 20 Artists $5,000 Each". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 4 July 2021.