Marcia Kure
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 | This biographical article is written like a résumé. (July 2018) |
Marcia Kure | |
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| Born | 1970 |
| Nationality (legal) | Nigerian |
| Education | University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME |
| Website | Official website |
Marcia Kure (b. 1970) is a Nigerian visual artist known primarily for her mixed media paintings and drawings which engage with postcolonial existentialist conditions and identities.[1][2]
Early life and education[edit]
Kure was born in Kano State, Nigeria.[3] She trained at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka under Obiora Udechukwu, graduating in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts in painting.[4][5]
Professional career and work[edit]
Kure's early work focused on political violence and the agency of women in patriarchal society.[6] Her later work is concerned with themes related to motherhood, haute couture fashion, and hip-hop aesthetics. [7][8] She is represented by Susan Inglett Gallery (New York), Purdy Hicks Gallery (London) and Officine Dell'Immagine (Milan).[3][2][9]
In a 2015 interview for ARTCTUALITE, Kure articulated the influence of space on her work, stating that she "[tries] to make an argument for people who do not have a defined space," and the ways in which she incorporates Western aesthetic techniques alongside those of African:
"I prefer the gray area that deals directly with oppositions and juxtapositions. I find the ability to inhabit different views very inspiring. I think the assimilation of western forms and techniques in my work allows me to integrate and interpret the world through a prismatic lens much better than one who has a singular view."[8]
Exhibitions and collections[edit]
Kure had her New York debut at the Skoto Gallery in 1995.[10] Solo exhibitions have included:
- Goethe-Institut, Lagos
- Purdy Hicks Gallery, London
- Susan Inglett Gallery, New York.[11]
From January to March 2014, Kure was artist-in-residence at London's Victoria and Albert Museum.[12]
Group exhibitions include:
- Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
- New Museum, New York
- Barbican Art Galleries, London
- National Gallery of Art, Lagos
- WIELS Contemporary Art Center, Brussels[3]
Her work can be found in the following collections:
- British Museum
- Centre Pompidou
- National Museum of African Art
- Smithsonian Institution
- The Newark Museum
- North Carolina Museum of Art
- Cleveland Clinic
- Sindika Dokolo Foundation, Luanda, Angola
- United States Embassy, Abuja.[13]
Kure has participated in:
- 2005 Sharjah International Biennial (2005)[9]
- 2006: International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Seville (directed by Okwui Enwezor)
- 2013: La Triennial
Prizes/awards/grants[edit]
- 1994: Uche Okeke Prize for drawing
- 2004: Elena Prentice Rulon-Miller Scholarship Fund/Minority Work Study Grant, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
- 2007 - 2008: Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship
- 2007 - 2008: Program Puffin Grant for Burqua as Shelter sculpture, Charleston, South Carolina
Teaching[edit]
- 2004: Teaching Internship, St. Mark’s School, Southborough, Massachusetts
- 2019: Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Sweden[14]
References[edit]
- ^ "Collections Online | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Marcia Kure Portfolio at Purdyhicks Gallery". www.purdyhicks.com. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ a b c "Susan Inglett Gallery | Marcia Kure". www.inglettgallery.com. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ "Biography". Marcia Kure. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ^ Simon Ottenberg, New Traditions from Nigeria: Seven Artists of the Nsukka group, (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997) p. 153
- ^ See Ozioma Onuzulike, "Marcia Kure: Not Just a Cloth," Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art (Fall/Winter, 2001): p. 85.
- ^ Victoria and Albert Museum, Digital Media (14 November 2013). "Visual Artist in Residence: Marcia Kure". www.vam.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ a b Sara. "Forged and Forced Unions: Interview with Marcia Kure | Art/ctualité". Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Marcia Kure". www.officinedellimmagine.com. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ Cotter, Holland (13 June 2013). "Marcia Kure: 'Tease'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "Hope Gangloff". Richard Heller Gallery. Retrieved 25 July 2018. [verification needed]
- ^ "Visual Artist in Residence: Marcia Kure". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "Susan Inglett Gallery | Marcia Kure". www.inglettgallery.com. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ "Pushing Boundaries: New Forms of Sculpture with Marcia Kure - Guest professor at KKH in February 2019". kkh.se. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
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