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    Marcia Kure
     
    Selected Biography
     
    b. July 22, 1970, Kano, Nigeria.
     
     
    Education
     
    2004 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, USA
     
    1987-94 University of Nigeria, Nsukka (B.A. Painting, 1994.)
     
     
    Exhibitions
     
    Solo
     
   

2011 BravinLee programs and Susan Inglett Gallery

    2007 Vogue Series, BravinLee Programs, New York, USA
   

2006 Wonderland Series II: Life and War, Lisa Dent Gallery, San Francisco, USA

   

2004 WONDERLAND, Lisa Dent Gallery, San Francisco, USA

   

2003 Gallery Art Korner, The Hague, The Netherlands

   

2000 Cloth as Identity, Goethe-Institut, Lagos, Nigeria

   

1998 Die Frau. Der Fisch. Der Hase: Aquarelle und Gemälde. AK Kaya der VHS/Ausstellungsraum Weihersbach/Herzogenaurach/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 Française, 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

     
    Joint
     
   

2005 Homeland.Wonderland: Drawings by Chika Okeke-Agulu and Marcia Kure, The Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, USA

   

2004 Female Artists from the African Diaspora (with Otobong Nkanga and Senam Okudzeto), Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin, Germany

    2001 Recent Paintings (with Chika Okeke), The Living Room Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA
   

1999 Seeds and Proverbs (with Chika Okeke), Kubatana Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA

    1995 Fragments and Songs (with Chika Okeke), Goethe Institut, Lagos, Nigeria
     
    Group
     
   

2010 Esopus 14: Projects, Esopus, NYC, April 29th – May 27th, 2010

   

2009 Undercover: Performing and Transforming Black Female Identities Spelman College Museum of Fine Art September 10 – December 5, 2009

   

2006 2nd International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Seville, Spain
        Aqua Art Miami, Aqua Hotel, Miami Beach, FL, USA
        DRAW•ING (dro'ing) n., BravinLee Programs, New York

   

2005 7th Sharjah International Biennale, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
        Heal the World, Ibis Hotel, Dubai, U.A.E.
        Textile Catalysts: SHIBORI Shaping the21st Century, Tama At University Museum, Tokyo, Japan
        Propeller, Exhibition of 7 promising artists of African descent, Steve Turner Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA, USA
        Aqua Art Miami, Aqua Hotel, Miami Beach, FL, USA
        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, SC, USA

   

2004 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 Arts Interculturels (MAI), Montreal, Canada

   

2003 The 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 Fransisco; Barbican Art Galleries, London,England; Contemporary Arts Center,  
        Cincinnati, OH, USA. (Traveling, 2003-2005)

   

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 Colors of Africa: Contemporary Perspectives, The Art Gallery. University of New  England, Portland, ME, USA
         Five Artists Exhibit Contemporary Nigerian Art, Abraka Turf Club, Abraka, Nigeria
         Kulte, Künstler, Könige in Afrika, Schlossmuseum, Linz, Austria
         New Currents: Avante garde Nigerian Art, Sheraton Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria
         Young Masters, 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

   

2000 Women to Women: Weaving Cultures, Shaping History, Indiana State University Art Gallery, Terre Haute, IN, USA (traveling) (with Sokari Douglas Camp, Ndidi          Dike, and Iyabo Abiola)
         Snapshot, The Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD, USA

    1999 Synthesis, British Council Hall, Kaduna, Nigeria
   

1996 Galerie Lindern, Lindern, Germany.
        OSHOGBO- NSUKKA, Rathaus der Stadt Gersthofen, Gersthofen, Germany.
        Bestart ‘96, National Gallery of Art, Lagos, Nigeria

   

1995 IMPACT, Aba Town Hall, Aba, 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

     
     
   

Workshops/Conferences/Lectures

     
   

2006 Vail Visiting Artist Lecture, Denison University, Granville, OH, USA (Apr. 20-21)

   

2005 Artist Lecture, Griffiths 123, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, USA (October 6)

   

2004 Fiber Studio Workshop (with Yoshiko Wada), Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, USA (Aug. 22 - Sept. 3).

   

2003 Vail Visiting Artist Lecture, Denison University, Granville, OH, USA (Feb. 6-7).

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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