Galerie Peter Herrmann
Wok Marcia Kure

Curriculum Vitae

1970 Born in Kano, Nigeria
Ausbildung / Education 
1987 - 94 University of Nigeria, Nsukka (B.A. Painting, 1994) 
Einzelausstellungen / Solo Exhibitions (selection) 
2011
Current/ Upcoming "Dressed Up", Susan Inglett Gallery, New York
  Fashionable Hybrids BravinLee programs, New York
2007 Vogue Series, BravinLee programs, New York.
2006 Wonderland Series II, Lisa Dent Gallery, San Francisco.
2004 Wonderland, Lisa Dent Gallery, San Francisco
2003 Gallery Art Korner, The Hague, The Netherlands.
2000
Cloth as Identity. Goethe-Institute Lagos, Nigeria.
1998
Die Frau. Der Fisch. Der Hase: Aquarelle und Gemälde. AK Kaya der VHS. Ausstellungsraum Weihersbach. Herzogenaurach: and Iwalewa Haus, Bayreuth, Germany.
1997
SONGS FOR MOTHER and other works, The Teaching Gallery, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA.
1996
Marcia Kure - Recent Works, Alliance Francaise, Kaduna, Nigeria.
1996
Blick Zurück - Nach Vorn, Art Arc Galerie, Bayreuth, Germany.
1994
MARCIAKURE: Paintings and Drawings. Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.

Ausgewählte Gruppenausstellungen/Selected Group Exhibitions

2012 Group Exhibition. Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin. Germany.
2010 Esopus 14: Projects, Esopus, New York.
2009 Undercover: Performing and Transforming Black Female Identities, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art.
2006 2nd International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Seville.
  Aqua Art Miami, Aqua Hotel, Miami Beach.
  DRAW•ING (dro'ing) n., BravinLee Programs, New York.
2005
7th Sharjah International Biennale, Sharjah, U.A.E.
  Heal the World, Ibis Hotel, Dubai, U.A.E.
  Textile Catalysts: SHIBORI Shaping the 21st Century, Tama At University Museum, Tokyo.
 
Propeller, Exhibition of 7 promising artists of African descent, Steve Turner Gallery, Beverly Hills.
 
Aqua Art Miami, Aqua Hotel, Miami Beach.
 
Gallery Art Korner, The Hague, The Netherlands.
 
The Future is on the Table, A project organized by Gwyléne Gallimard and Jean Marie Mauclet of Fast and French, Charleston.
2004 .flex_re-flex.impact, Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin. Germany.
  Women artists from Africa series, 4 , Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin. Germany.
  My Journey Yours, Youth Art Connection, Atlanta, GA, USA.
  Files Project, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León (MUSAC), Madrid, Spain
  The Beaded Prayer Project, Montreal Art Interculturels, (MAI), Montreal, Canada
2003 Black President: The Art and Legacy of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, USA, Barbican Art Galleries, London, England, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnato, Ohio, USA
2002 Art for Aid, Fulton County Government Atrium, Atlanta, GA, USA
  Painted Doors, 14th Annual Decatur Arts Festival, The Gazebo, Decatur City Center, Decatur, Atlanta, GA, USA
2001 Colica, Contemporary Perspectives. The Art Gallery, University of New England, Portland, ME, USA.
  Recent Paintings (with Chika Okeke), The Living Room Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA.
2000 Women to Women: Weaving Cultures, Shaping History, Indiana State University Art Gallery, Terre Haute, IN, USA (travelling), With Sokari Douglas Camp, Ndidi Dike, and Iyabo Abiola).
  Snapshot, The Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD, USA
1999 Synthesis, British Council Hall, Kaduna, Nigeria
  Seeds and Proverbs (with Chika Okeke), Kubatana Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA.
  Five Artists Exhibit Contemporary Nigerian Art, Abraka Turf Club, Abraka, Nigeria.
  Kulte, Künstler, Könige in Afrika, Schlossmuseum, Linz, Austria.
  New Curents: Avante garde Nigerian Art, Sheraton Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria.
  Young Master, Signature Art Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria.
  CROSS / ING: Time. Space. Movement. USF Contemporary Art Museum / Museum of African American Art, Tampa, USA, Track 16 Art Gallery, Santa Monica, USA, The Schmidt Center Gallery / Ritter Art Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, City Gallery East, Atlanta.
1996 Galerie Lindern
  OSHOBO - NSUKKA, Rathaus der Stadt Gersthofen, Gersthofen, Germany.
  Bestart *96, National Gallery of Art, Lagos, Nigeria.
1995 IMPACT, Aba Town Hall, Aba, Nigeria.
  Fragments and Songs (with Chika Okeke), Goethe-Institut, Lagos, Nigeria.
  ULI ART: Master Works, Recent Works, Skoto Gallery, New York, USA.
  Contemporary Nigerian Art, WIPO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland.
  A WOMAN'S VIEW: Equality, Development and Peace, The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA.
1994 Bestart '94, Goethe Institut, Lagos
1992 Works from the Workshop at Nsukka (Prints) and Auchi (Paintings), Goethe Institut, Lagos, Nigeria.
1991 Grafik aus Nigeria, Atrium Galerie, Berlin, Germany
1990 Prints from Nsukka, Goethe-Institut, Lagos, Nigeria.

Preise/Awards

1999 Residency, Artists in Residence International, Inc., Atlanta GA USA
  UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists.
1998 Residency, Bayreuth, Germany (Iwalewa Haus / Art Arc / Kaya der Volkshochschule Herzogenaurach).
1997 Residency, Contemporary Art Museum / Art Department, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
  Residency, Kulturkreis Gersthofen- Art Arc). Bayreuth, Germany Cairo Biennial
1994 Uche Okeke Prize for Drawing.
Aufträge/Commissions
2002 Artwork for the 2003 UNCBD/UNFCCC/UNCCD (The United Nations convention on Biological Diversity, The United Nations Framework Convention on Climatic Change, The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification) Calendar.
2000 Mural commissioned by the city of Langenhagen, Germany. Executed jointy with Dorothee Aschoff.
Lehraufträge/Teaching (Selection)
2002 Art Instructor, Art for Women's Economic Empowerment, a program of the Fulton County Arts Council, Atlanta, GA, USA.
  Drawing workshop, Spellman College, Atlanta, GA, USA.
2000- 2002 Various instructional programs for children, workshops, panels.
1992 Printmaking workshop directed by Willibrord Haas. University of Nigeria, Nsukka.