Close

Okwui Enwezor

Okwuchukwu Emmanuel Enwezor, Nigerian-born poet, art critic, art historian, and curator who helped bring global attention to African art.

He was the only person to curate both the Venice Biennale and Documenta.

PRACTICE
2015 | Venice.it | Venice Biennale
2008 | South Korea.kr | Johannesburg Biennale
2002 | New York.us | The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa, 1945–1994
1998-2002 | Kassel.de | Documenta11
1996 | Gwangju Biennale

FORMATION
New Jersey City University | BA, Political Science

BIO
2019 | Death
2011-2018 | Munich.de | Haus der Kunst | Director
1994 | New York.us | Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art | Founder
1993 | Born in Calabar.ng

LINKS

en.wikipedia.com: Okwui Enwezor

TEXTS

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica: Okwui Enwezor, NIGERIAN-BORN ART CURATOR. 2019. Retrived 27 October 2019.
Christian Sinibaldi: Okwui Enwezor: the Nigerian who confronted the European art canon. 2019. Retrived 28 October 2019.
2016. Retrieved 12 September 2019.

VIDEO