Marcia Kure
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Marcia Kure | |
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Born | 1970 |
Nationality | Nigerian |
Education | University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME |
Website | Official website |
Marcia Kure (born 1970) is an American-based Nigerian artist and member of the University of Nigeria-based Nsukka School known primarily for her mixed media paintings and drawings that engage with postcolonial existentialist conditions and identities[1].[2]
Early life and education[]
Kure was born in Kano State, Nigeria.[3] She trained at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka under painter Obiora Udechukwu, a leading figure of the Nsukka School, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in painting in 1994.[4][5]
Professional career and work[]
Kure's early work focused on political violence and the agency of women in patriarchal society.[6] Her later work has been concerned with themes related to motherhood, haute couture fashion, hip-hop aesthetics. [7][8]
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 am not interested in either or, in what something is or what it is not; rather, I prefer the grey 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]
Kure has exhibited internationally with solo exhibitions at the Goethe-Institut, Lagos; Purdy Hicks Gallery, London; and Susan Inglett Gallery, New York.[9] Her work has additionally been featured in group exhibitions at institutions such as the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art; the New Museum, New York; the Barbican Art Galleries, London; National Gallery of Art, Lagos; and, the WIELS Contemporary Art Center, Brussels.[3] Her work can be found in the collections of the British Museum; the Centre Pompidou; the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution; The Newark Museum; the North Carolina Museum of Art; the Cleveland Clinic; the Sindika Dokolo Foundation, Luanda, Angola; and, the United States Embassy, Abuja.[10] Kure has participated in the La Triennial (2013); the International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Seville (2006), directed by Okwui Enwezor; and the Sharjah International Biennial (2005).[11]
From January through March 2014, Kure was artist-in-residence at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.[12] She was awarded the Uche Okeke Prize for Drawing in 1994.
The artist is represented by Susan Inglett Gallery, New York; Purdy Hicks Gallery, London; and, Officine Dell'Immagine, Milan.[3][13][11]
Prizes/awards/grants[]
- 2007- 2008: Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship
- 2007-2008: Program Puffin Grant for "Burqua as Shelter," Sculpture, Charleston, South Carolina
- 2004: Elena Prentice Rulon-Miller Scholarship Fund/Minority Work Study Grant, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
Teaching[]
- 2019: Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Sweden[14]
- 2004: Teaching Internship, St. Mark’s School, Southborough, Massachusetts
References[]
- ^ "Collections Online | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ "Marcia Kure Portfolio at Purdyhicks Gallery". www.purdyhicks.com. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: 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 webmaster@vam ac uk (14 November 2013). "Visual Artist in Residence: Marcia Kure". www.vam.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Sara. "Forged and Forced Unions: Interview with Marcia Kure | Art/ctualité". Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ "Hope Gangloff". Richard Heller Gallery. Retrieved 25 July 2018.[verification needed]
- ^ "Susan Inglett Gallery | Marcia Kure". www.inglettgallery.com. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Marcia Kure". www.officinedellimmagine.com. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ "Visual Artist in Residence: Marcia Kure". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "Marcia Kure Portfolio at Purdyhicks Gallery". www.purdyhicks.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.
External links[]
- Living people
- University of Nigeria alumni
- 1970 births
- Nigerian painters
- Nigerian women painters
- People from Kano
- Nigerian expatriates in the United States