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Otobong Nkanga (Kano, Nigeria, 1974).
Lives and works: Paris and Amsterdam

Education

1992 – 1994	Obafemi Awolowo University, (OAU) Ile – Ife, Osun State, Nigeria.
1995 – 2001	Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux – Arts (ENSBA) Paris, France.
2005 –	DasArts, De Amsterdamse School/Advanced Research in Theatre and dance studies. The Netherlands. www.dasarts.nl
Residencies/Fellowships/Stipends
2005	DasArts, Trustfund Stichting/Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.
2003	Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs/DCO/IC. The Netherlands. Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten/Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, The Netherlands. www.rijksakademie.nl
2002	Ministère des Affaires Étrangères (AFAA) et Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (DAP), France. Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten/Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, The Netherlands.
2000	Residency Program, Houilles, France.
Solo Exhibitions
2004	FOKUS 2, Kunstverein Springhornhof, Neuenkirchen, Germany. (with Jens Haaning)
2004	“On Fragile Grounds”, Window Gallery and Objectif_exhibitions as part of “CLOSE READING #3”, Antwerp, Belgium.
2002	CLASSICISM & BEYOND, Fotofest
2002	Project Row Houses, Houston, Texas, USA. (With catalogue)
Group Exhibitions
2006	AFRICA REMIX, Zeitgenössische Kunst eines Kontinents, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo.
2005	BELONGING, Sharjah International Biennial 7, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. (With catalogue). www.sharjahbiennial.org
	NORTH /SOUTH LAB, Tanzquartier, Vienna, Austria. www.tqw.at
	AFRICA REMIX, Zeitgenössische Kunst eines Kontinents, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.
	AFRICA REMIX, Zeitgenössische Kunst eines Kontinents, Hayward Gallery, London. (With catalogue)
2004	Flying Circus Project, TheatreWorks Ltd, Singapore. www.theatreworks.org.sg
	DO YOU BELIEVE IN REALITY? Taipei Biennial, Taiwan. (With catalogue).
	26th Sao Paulo biennial, Sao Paulo, Brazil. (With catalogue).
	FLASH RIGHT, TURN LEFT, Artwalk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
	AFRICA REMIX, Zeitgenössische Kunst eines Kontinents Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany. (With catalogue).
	Peter Hermann Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
	EPIFYTEN, De Klassieke hortus als voerdingbodem voor hedendaagse kunst Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (With catalogue).
2003	“Fractured Gaps”, Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
	EL ARTE CON LA VIDA, VIII Biennale de la Habana, Havana, Cuba. (With catalogue).
	International Performance Manifestation, CEIA, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
	TRANSFERTS, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium. (with catalogue).
	“Shift and Wait”, Collaborative work with Le petit Jaunais edition house for the realisation of the series of Lithographs in book form. Maison de la Loire, Paris, France.
2002	“Awaiting Pleasures”, Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
	CLASSICISM & BEYOND, Fotofest 2002, Project Row Houses, Houston, Texas, USA. (With catalogue)
	OBSERVATORIO # 3, Casa Camouflage, Brussels, Belgium.
	Dak’Art 2002, V Biennale of African Contemporary Art, Dakar, Senegal. (with catalogue).
	ROND POINT, La Halle de Gombe, Kinshasa, RDCongo.
	OBSERVATORIO # 1, Casa Camouflage, Brussels, Belgium.
	MADE IN AFRICA FOTOGRAFIA, Biennale di Fotografia Africana/ Sparzio Oberdan, Milan, Italy. (With catalogue).
	EN DIRECT DE BAMAKO, Galerie Photo Fnac Etoile, Paris, France. DESSINS XXL, Le Lieu Unique, Nantes, France. (With catalogue).
2001	MEMOIRES INTIMES D’UN NOUVEAU MILLENAIRE, IV Biennale de la Photographie Africaine, Bamako, Mali. (With catalogue).
	INFAMOUS LABELS No 10, Bateau Phare collaborating with The Research program, ENSBA, Paris, France.
2000	Festival de la Jeune Creation. Houilles, France.
	V Triennial Mondiales d’estampes petit format, Chamalieres, France.
1999	M.O.F., Galerie St Eustache, Paris, France.
	TOXIC, Chateau d’Oiron, Oiron, France.
1998	Atelier Jean luc Vilmouth, ENSBA, Paris, France.
1997	IV Triennial Mondiales d’estampes petit format, Chamalieres, France.
	GERICAULT…POINT VUE CONTEMPORAIN, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France.
Performances
2005	“Dream in one meter square”, BELONGING, Sharjah International Biennial 7, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
	Surgical Hits#03, (The Needle)”, Tanzquartier, Vienna, Austria.
2004	“Surgical Hits#02, (The Needle)”, Theatre Works Ltd, Singapore.
	“Surgical Hits#01, (The Needle)”, Kunst Palast Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany.
	“On fragile grounds”, Window Gallery and Objectif_exhibitions as part of “CLOSE READING #3”, Antwerp, Belgium.
2003	“Fractured Gaps”, Group performance involving 6 dancers, Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
	“Shift and Wait”, International Performance Manifestation, CEIA, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
	“State of Amnesia”, International Performance Manifestation, CEIA, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
	“Perfect Measures”, TRANSFERTS, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium.
2002	“Sustained Suture”, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, The Netherlands.
	“The new acquisition of Jennifer Mcbright”, CLASSICISM & BEYOND, Fotofest 2002, 9th International biennial of Photography, Project Row Houses, Houston, Texas, USA.
	“Bomboyi”, Group performance involving the Students of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts Kinshasa, Chooseone Organisation, Paris, ROND POINT, La Halle de Gombe, Kinshasa, RDCongo.
2001	“Fiat Lux II”, INFAMOUS LABELS No 10, Bateau Phare collaborating with The Research program, ENSBA, Paris, France.
1999	“Fiat Lux I”, M.O.F., Galerie St Eustache, Paris, France.
	“The Dual Match” (Footpitch), TOXIC, Chateau d’Oiron, Oiron, France.
Workshops
2004	Flying Circus Project, TheatreWorks Ltd, Singapore.
2003	Shift and Wait”, Collaborative work with Le petit Jaunais edition house for the realisation of the series of Lithographs in book form. Maison de la Loire, Paris, France.
	International Performance Manifestation, CEIA, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
2002	Group performance involving 9 Students of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts Kinshasa, Chooseone Organisation, Paris, ROND POINT, La Halle de Gombe, Kinshasa, RDCongo. www.chooseone.org
Selected Bibliography
2004	“Território Livre”, 26th Sao Paulo Biennial, national representations, page 238 & 239.
	Saskia Monshouwer: De Stelling, een gesprek met Otobong Nkanga, “Zonder internationale uitwisseling geen kunst”,Kunstbeeld, Issue no. 9 page 48-49.
	“Africa Remix”, Zeitgenössische kunst eines kontinents, Museum kunst palast, page 214-215.
	Shifting Map, “Artists’platform and strategies for cultural diversity”, RAIN Artists’ Initiatives Network, Nai publishers Rotterdam, page 46.
	Epifyten, “De klassieke hortus als voedingsbodem voor hedendaagse kunst!”, Hortus botanicus Amsterdam, page 19-21.
2003	Flash Art, Issue November – December, page 88.
	Christine Vuegen: “Mondiale Maalstroom” Kunstbeeld, Issue no. 6, page 10-11.
	“Transferts”, Brussels, page 138-143,Exhibition catalogue.
	“El arte con la vida”, 8th Bienal de la Habana catalogue, page 168 & 329.
	Walter Sebastiao, “No Palco, Vitoria de Visibilade”,Estada de Minas – Sexta Fiera, Brasil.
	Lars Kwakkenbos, “Kunst met Afrikaanse roots”, De Standard, Belgium.
2002	Flash Art International, Vol. XXXIV no. 225, Issue July – September, page 49 & 59
	Simon Njami, “BLINK.”100 Photographers 010 Curators 010 Writers, page 276-279, Phaidon Press, London. www.phaidon.com
	Robbert Roos, “PF fotographie (BLINK)” PF, Magazine voor fotographie en imaging, Issue no. 6, page 16-18.
	“Classicism & Beyond”, Fotofest, 9th International biennal of Photography catalogue, page 176-179. www.fotofest.org
	Michela Manservisi (curator), “Made in Africa_fotografia, Epicentro Edition,Italy, Exhibition catalogue, page 78-79.
	“Dessins XXL”, Filigranes Edition Exhibition catalogue.
	Dak’art, V Biennale of African Contemporary Art catalogue, page 50.
2001	Akinbode Akinbiyi, “MEMOIRES INTIMES D’UN NOUVEAU MILLENAIRE”, IV Biennale de la Photographie Africaine, Bamako, catalogue, Mali. Page 140-149.
	N’gone Fall, “Anthologie de l’Art African du vingtieme siecle”, Revue noire Editions, page 396-397.
	Telerama, Issue no. 2702, page 68-69.
	Jean Loup Pivin, “Nigeria”, Revue Noire, no. 30, Paris, page 38-39.
	ARTIST PUBLICATION 2003 “Shift & Wait”, a book of 16 Lithographic prints, 14 editions, editor Le Petit Jaunais, Paris, France.
Internet Links

http://www.tqw.at/Content.Node/de/buehne/spielplan/293.php?ver_id=535
http://www.universes-in-universe.de/car/habana/bien8/cabana/e-tour-26.htm
http://www.universes-in-universe.de/specials/africa-remix/nkanga/english.htm
http://www.denieuwe.nl/Vreemd/artikelen/OttobongNkanga.html
http://www.artwalkamsterdam.nl/asp/ArchiefExpo.asp?e=%2F04_archief%2F04_17MAT%2FFlashRight.xml
http://www.theatreworks.org.sg/international/flying_circus_project04/
http://www.tqw.at/Content.Node/de/buehne/spielplan/293.php?ver_id=535
http://www.humanite.presse.fr/journal/2001-10-30/2001-10-30-252684
http://www.flashrightturnleft.com/index02.html
http://www.vmcaa.nl/vm/magazine/002/artikel005/los4.htm
http://www.artthrob.co.za/02jun/reviews/dakar.html
http://www.ceia.art.br/mip/galeria.htm
http://www.ceia.art.br/mip/
http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2001/10/07/20011007art01.html
http://universes-in-universe.de/car/sharjah/2005/english.htm

(June 2005)