Marcia Kure
Born1970
Kano State, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
EducationUniversity of Nigeria, Nsukka, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
WebsiteOfficial website

Marcia Kurepronunciationⓘ (born 1970) is a Nigerian visual artist 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 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, and hip-hop aesthetics. [7][8]

Kure had her New York debut at the Skoto Gallery in 1995.[9]


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 gray 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.[10] 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.[11] 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).[12]

From January through March 2014, Kure was artist-in-residence at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.[13] 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][2][12]

Prizes/awards/grants

Teaching

References

  1. ↑ "Collections Online | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Marcia Kure Portfolio at Purdyhicks Gallery". www.purdyhicks.com. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 "Susan Inglett Gallery | Marcia Kure". www.inglettgallery.com. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  4. ↑ "Biography". Marcia Kure. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Simon Ottenberg, New Traditions from Nigeria: Seven Artists of the Nsukka group, (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997) p. 153
  6. ↑ See Ozioma Onuzulike, "Marcia Kure: Not Just a Cloth," Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art (Fall/Winter, 2001): p. 85.
  7. ↑ Victoria and Albert Museum, Digital Media (14 November 2013). "Visual Artist in Residence: Marcia Kure". www.vam.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  8. 1 2 Sara. "Forged and Forced Unions: Interview with Marcia Kure | Art/ctualité". Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  9. ↑ Cotter, Holland (13 June 2013). "Marcia Kure: 'Tease'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  10. ↑ "Hope Gangloff". Richard Heller Gallery. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  11. ↑ "Susan Inglett Gallery | Marcia Kure". www.inglettgallery.com. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  12. 1 2 "Marcia Kure". www.officinedellimmagine.com. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  13. ↑ "Visual Artist in Residence: Marcia Kure". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  14. ↑ "Pushing Boundaries: New Forms of Sculpture with Marcia Kure - Guest professor at KKH in February 2019". kkh.se. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
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