Derek Fordjour

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Derek Fordjour
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EducationHarvard University, Hunter College

Derek Fordjour (born 1974 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American interdisciplinary artist of Ghanaian heritage,[1] who works in video/film, sculpture and painting. Fordjour received an MFA from Hunter College,[2] an Ed. M in Arts Education from Harvard University,[3] and a B.A. degree from Morehouse College. Fordjour lives and works in New York City.

His work has been exhibited in numerous venues including Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis,[4] Nasher Museum of Art[5] and the Whitney Museum of Contemporary Art.[6] He has received commissions for public projects including a permanent installation for Metropolitan Transit Authority of New York City at 145th Street Subway Station[7] and The Whitney Museum Billboard Project.[8] He was awarded 2016 Sugarhill Museum Artist-in-Residence,[9] the 2017 Sharpe Walentas Studio Program[10] in New York City, and named the 2018 Deutsche Bank NYFA Fellowship Award.[11] In 2021, the artist had a solo exhibition at Pond Society in Shanghai. His paintings there looked at the gamification of social structures and vulnerability. In these recent paintings, Fordjour incorporated layers of the Financial Times. On his use of the paper in his practice, Fordjour explained in Ocula Magazine: 'The Financial Times is making an effort to differentiate itself from the pool of other newsprint with its distinctive colour. The idea of individuation—the desire to distinguish oneself in the face of being stereotyped or grouped—has a tension that I identify with.'[12]

He was recently appointed The Alex Katz Chair at Cooper Union and serves as a Core Critic at Yale University School of Art.[13] His work also appears in several public and private collections throughout the United States and abroad, including The Studio Museum of Harlem,[14] Brooklyn Museum,[15] Perez Museum,[16] Dallas Museum of Art,[17] The Whitney Museum[18] and LACMA.

Fordjour is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. He was commissioned by Alpha Phi Alpha to create a portrait entitled An Experiment in Brotherhood to commemorate the founding of the fraternity.[19]

Select exhibitions[]

  • 2020 'SELF MUST DIE', Petzel Gallery, New York, NY[20]
  • 2020 'SHELTER', Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO[21]
  • 2019 'The House Always Wins', Josh Lilley, London, UK[22]
  • 2019 'JRRNNYS', Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA[23]
  • 2018 'Half Mast', The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY[24]
  • 2018 'Derek Fordjour: Camelot Study', BAM, Brooklyn, NY[25]
  • 2018 'Ritual', Nina Johnson Gallery, Miami, FL[26]
  • 2017 'PARADE', Sugar Hill Museum, New York, NY[27]
  • 2016 'Agency and Regulation', LUCE Gallery, Turin, Italy[28]
  • 2016 'Eight Paintings', Papillion Art, Los Angeles, CA[29]
  • 2015 'UPPER ROOM', Robert Blumenthal Gallery, New York, NY[30]

Selected press and reviews[]

  • Hyperallergic, "Derek Fordjour Conjures a Heavenly World", Seph Rodney, December 16, 2020[31]
  • T: The New York Times Style Magazine, “Marching to…, T Magazine, November 27, 2020[32]
  • New York Times, “Derek Fordjour, From Anguish…”, Siddhartha Mitter, November 19, 2020[33]
  • ARTNews, “Best Practices: Derek Fordjour…”, Andy Battaglia, November 10, 2020[34]
  • Financial Times, “Derek Fordjour on painting…”, Jackie Wullschläger, October 20, 2020[35]
  • , “Derek Fordjour Uses Sport…”, Emily Steer, October 16, 2020[36]
  • Artsy, “Derek Fordjour Honors Disenfranchised…”, Jacqui Germain, June 3, 2020[37]
  • Financial Times, “Painting crowds, or the lack…”, Jackie Wullschläger, May 8, 2020[38]
  • Hyperallergic, “Derek Fordjour Considers…”, Jack Radley, April 6, 2020[39]
  • Artforum, “Critics Pick: Derek Fordjour: Shelter”, Jennifer Piejko, January 2020[40]
  • St. Louis Post Dispatch, “Beyond white walls…”, Jane Henderson, January 17, 2020[41]
  • Financial Times, “Four exhibitions bring African…”, Jackie Wullschlager, 2019[42]
  • Artnews, “Petzel Gallery Now Represents Derek…”, Annie Armstrong, 2019[43]
  • Galerie, “The rising-star artist uses imagery of carnivals…”, Lucy Rees, 2019[44]
  • Cultured, “Artist Derek Fordjour Revels in The Game…”, Jennifer Piejko, 2019[45]
  • Los Angeles Times, “Datebook: Paintings of…”, Carolina A. Miranda, 2019[46]
  • The Wall Street Journal, “‘I Don’t Want to Be a Blip…”, Kelly Crow, 2019[47]
  • Artnet News, “8 Art Advisors Tell Us Which Artists…”, Henri Neuendorf, 2018[48]
  • Culture Type, “Historic Bequest: Late Arts…”, Victoria L. Valentine, Oct, 10 2018[49]
  • Artnet News, “Price Check! Here’s What Sold…”, artnet News, October 9, 2018[50]
  • Hyperallergic, “Studio Museum in Harlem…”, Jasmine Weber, October 8, 2018[51]
  • Artnews, “Even as Brexit Looms, Galleries…”, Judd Tully, October 3, 2018[52]
  • Gotham, “6 Innovators Shaping…”, The Editors, October 1, 2018[53]
  • Juvenile Justice, “Arts-centered New York…”, Shay Urbani, May 25, 2018[54]
  • Hyperallergic, “Wandering the Artists…”, Seph Rodney, May 5, 2018[55]
  • Surface, “Best of Zona Maco 2018”, Brooke Porter Katz, February 11, 2018[56]
  • Artsy, “What Sold at Zona Maco”, Anna Louie Sussman, February 11, 2018[57]
  • Hyperallergic, “The Political Truths…”, Seph Rodney, February 9, 2018[58]
  • The Art Newspaper, “Art Los…”, Maxwell Williams, January 31, 2018[59]
  • Artnet News, “How Artist Derek Fordjour…”, Sarah Cascone, December 18, 2017[60]
  • Hyperallergic, “A Dreamy Carnival…”, Seph Rodney, November 22, 2017[61]
  • The Undefeated, “The Portrait of an Artist…”, Kelley D. Evans, October 6, 2017[62]
  • Galerie Magazine, “Derek Fordjour’s Immersive…”, Jacqueline Terrebonne, August 2, 2017[63]
  • Forbes, “The Jay-Z of the Art World Discusses His…”, Brienne Walsh, July 16, 2017[64]
  • Vice, “Sports Are a Metaphor for Inequality…”, Francesca Capossela, June 21, 2017[65]
  • Los Angeles Times, "And There is an End...", David Pagel, March 21, 2016[66]
  • Los Angeles Times, “Derek Fordjour: Eight Paintings..” by Carolina Miranda, February 4, 2016[67]
  • Observer, "Nine Overachieving New Yorkers You Must Date", February 3, 2016[68]
  • New York Times, “From Derek Fordjour...” by Holland Cotter, November 19, 2015[69]
  • Los Angeles Times, “And There is an End..” by David Pagel, March 21, 2015[70]
  • The Brooklyn Rail, Review of ‘The Big Game’.. by Johnathan Goodman, October 7, 2014[71]
  • Ebony, “Artist Derek Fordjour has a Lesson for…”, by Souleo, September 29, 2014[72]
  • Huffington Post, “The Sports World Could Learn...” by Souleo, 2014[73]
  • MSNBC’s Thegrio.com, “40 Amazing Black Artists to Watch in 2014”, January 3, 2014[74]

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