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Untitled Miami 2021
Sara Berman, Gerald Chukwuma, Kelechi Nwaneri, Rufai Zakari -
Sara Berman
Sara Berman (b. 1975, UK) received a BA in Fashion Design from Central Saint Martins in 1999 after which she founded and ran her eponymous fashion brand for 15 years. In 2016 Sara Berman graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art with a MFA in Painting. Berman’s background in fashion influenced her visual arts practice through the use of various textures, layers, mathematical geometry, pattern and materiality. In her work Berman examines how people see and define themselves through the relationships with their clothes, belongings and the spaces they occupy. The character in Sara Berman’s work is inspired by the trope of the female Harlequin in her ascribed role of the Trickster Whore. Through this character Berman explores space and the role of the feminine within it.
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Solo Exhibitions include (Upcoming), Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin (2023); (Upcoming), Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2022); Taking Space at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2021); Scene Unscene, Gallery 46, London (two person show) (2020); Double Ententre, Anat Ebgi, LA (2018); Between Community and commerce, Site specific installation ZAZ10TS Time Square, NYC (2018); Matter Out Of Place, 93 Baker St. London, Frieze (2018) and Big Cactus Little Cactus, Galerie Huit, Hong Kong (2017).
Group Exhibitions include Untitled Art Fair, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery booth, Miami, US (2021); Summer Exhibition 2021, Royal Academy of Arts, London (2021); Art + Psychiatric Intensive Care, Hospital Rooms, London (2021); Enter Art Fair, with Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (2021); Facing the Sun, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Schloss Görne, Germany (2021); Supastore, NIDA Art Colony, Lithuania (2020); We Could Apply Our Lipstick, C&C Gallery, London (2020); Isolated Observations, Candida Stevens Gallery, Sussex (2020); Cure3 exhibition, Bonhams, London (2020); Exeter Contemporary Open, Exeter Phoenix, Exeter (2019); Hauser and Wirth Hospital Rooms Fundraising Auction, London (2019); Think In Pictures with Amelchenko Curated by John Newsom Orchard Street, New York (2019); Dark Wood, Transition Gallery, London (2017); Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London (2017); Young Gods, Charlie Smith Gallery (2017) and Topophobophilia, Gallery 46, London (2016).
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Gerald Chukwuma
Gerald Chukwuma (b. 1973) lives and works in Lagos, Nigeria. He graduated in 2003 with First Class Honours from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Chukwuma is one of Nigeria's fastest rising contemporary artists, noted for his intricately crafted sculptures on wood panels. The materials he chooses are common enough; however, using in his unique way a range of techniques — including burning, chiselling and painting — he captures a richly layered history that is imbedded with personal and political meaning. The use of traditional Uli and Nsibidi symbols links his work to the Nsukka art tradition which is credited with expanding and modernising the Igbo cultural aesthetic. Meanwhile, the transformation of found objects into highly detailed artworks roots him firmly in the contemporary moment, with its concern for rapid environmental and ecological change.
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Solo Exhibitions include Eclipse of the Scrolls, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery (London Bridge), London (2021); IKWOKIRIKWO: THE DANCE OF SPIRITS, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin (2020); Wrinkles, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2019); Standing Ovation, Gallery 1957, Accra (2017); People’s Paradise, Temple Muse, Lagos (2016); Soaking Up Beauty, Constant Capital, Lagos (2014) and Highlife II, Ethnocentrique, Lagos (2013).
Group exhibitions Travels with Herodotus - A Journey through African Cultures, Galleria Bianconi, Milano (2021); ENTER FAIR ART with Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Copenhagen; Untitled art San Francisco with Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, San Francisco (2020); include 1-54 London with Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery (2019); Kubatana, curated by Kristin Hjellegjerde, Vesfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Norway (2019); A Journey into Contemporary African Art, Belvedere Art Space, Beirut, Lebanon (2010); Art X Lagos, Civic Center Lagos (2018); The Art Story, Cartool Art Gallery, UAE (2018); Essentials, Alexis Galleries, Lagos (2015); The Contemporaries, The Wheatbeaker, Lagos (2015); Today In History, Thought Pyramid Art Centre, Abuja (2015); Music Lesson, Alexis Gallery, Lagos (2012); Highlife I, Exhibition of Designs and Art, Ethnocentrique, Lagos (2011); Heden Daagse Afrikaanse Kunst, Amsterdam (2010); Pachakucha: Inspire Japan, Terra Kulture, Lagos (2009); Reclaiming Africa, Goethe-Institute, Lagos (2009); In Pursuit of Knowledge, Civic Centre, Lagos (2009); Africa Now, The World Bank, Washington, D.C (2009); Moderne Afrikansu Kunst, Danish Center for Culture and Development, Copenhagen (2009); Mouling Matter, Pan African University, Lagos (2008); and The Unbreakable Nigerian Spirit, Galarie 23, Amsterdam (2008).
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Highlights and Collections
Chukwuma's work belongs to prominent collections such as of Beth Rudin de Woody, USA; The Hague, Netherland; Easton Capital/ John Friedman Collection; Pan African University Lagos; Seth Dei Foundation, Accra; University of Nigeria Nsukka; The World Bank Collection, Washington D.C; Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art (YSMA) Nigeria; Hearst Corporation and Museum Azman, Kuala Lumpur.
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Kelechi Nwaneri
Kelechi Charles Nwaneri (b.1994, Nigeria) is a self-taught mixed-media artist. He currently lives and works in Lagos state, Nigeria. Nwaneri obtained his Bachelor's degree in Agricultural Extension from the University of Nigeria in 2015. Kelechi Nwaneri focuses on discussing issues around mental health, psychology and social values with his work. Inspired by the events happening in his environment, he creates art with surrealistic imagery that is often allegorical, but is based on real experiences. The use of indigenous symbols (including mainly Adinkra, Uli, Nsibidi) and sometimes foreign symbols, mystical, metaphysical and allegorical imagery are major characteristics of his style of work.
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Solo exhibitions include (Upcoming) Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2023);(Upcoming) Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery,London (2022); through my eyes at Akka Project, Venezia (2021), Myths at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin (2021) and Modern Marks at Ebony Curated, Cape Town, South Africa (2020).
Group exhibitions include Facing the Sun, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Schloss Görne, Germany (2021); 1-54 New York (2021); All the Days and Nights, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2020), STASIS, SMO Contemporary Art Gallery, Temple Muse, Victoria Island Lagos, Nigeria (2019), SECRET GARDEN, ODA gallery, Fransccheok, Western Cape, South Africa (2019), Ode to mankind, Artyrama Gallery, CFAO building, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria (2018), Spanish Festivals and traditional celebrations, Thought Pyramids Gallery, Maitama, Abuja, Nigeria (2018).
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Highlights and Collections
In 2020, Nwaneri participated in artist residency for AKKA Project in Venice, Italy. Kelechi was also a winner of the annual “Visual Art competition 2018” organised by the Spanish embassy in Abuja, Nigeria. His work is held in the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection (USA), Susan Goodman Collection (USA), Arthur Lewis Collection (USA), Africa First Collection, Tel Aviv, (Israel); Easton Capital Collection (USA); Embassy of Spain Abuja, (Nigeria).
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Rufai Zakari
Rufai Zakari (b.1990) is based between Accra and Bawku. He completed his apprenticeship under Mozzay, a senior artist in Nima, Accra. In 2011, Rufai Zakari graduated from the Ghanatta College of Art and Design. In his work, Zakari examines consumerism, environmental pollution, labour, trade, and the perils of industrialization in contemporary Ghanian Society. The founder of Rujab Eco-Art Foundation in his hometown of Bawku, Rufai Zakari bases his practise on the recycling of waste in the streets of Ghana. After decades of tribal conflict which took countless lives and left the city in ruins, Zakari is now looking to the future with optimism and a strong ambition to rebuild what has been lost, while inspiring hope in his community.
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Solo exhibitions include (Upcoming) Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin (2022); (Upcoming) Gallery T293, Rome (2022); A New Dawn, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2021).
Group exhibitions include More is More: Visual Richness in Contemporary Art, Akron Art Museum, US (2021); 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, London (2021); Devil’s in the Detail, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2020); This Exhibition is Untitled, Nubuke Foundation, Accra (2020); "CirculArt" Sustainable Art Exhibition by Eco Reward, Casa Trasacco Accra (2019); World Behind the Horizon Exhibition, Gess Gallery, Dusseldorf (2019); Sustainable Art Workshop, Merck Foundation, Dubai (2019); Sustainable Art Workshop, British High Commission, Accra (2018); Violence Against Women Exhibition. Alliance Francaise Accra (2018); "Yoomo Be Ga" Recycle Art Exhibition, Museum of Science and Technology, Accra (2017); Ghana Netherland Cultural Week Exhibition, Accra (2016); "African Champions" Mural in collaboration with (You Are For Africa), Lagos (2015).
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Highlights and Collections:
Rufai Zakari’s work is held in important private and public collections including Arthur Lewis Collection (US) Easton Capital/John Friedman Collection (US) Nubuke Foundation, (Ghana) The Beth Rudin Dewoody Collection (US) The Ditau Collection, (South Africa) Susan Goodman Collection; VG Collection.
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Untitled Miami 2021: Sara Berman, Gerald Chukwuma, Kelechi Nwaneri, Rufai Zakari
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