by Danielle Olivier | Sep 1, 2017
El Loko was an artist, born in Pédakondji, Togo. Throughout his life, El Loko lived and worked between Pédakondji, Togo and Cologne, Germany. Sadly, he passed away in November 2016, just after completing his work which is permanently exhibited at Zeitz MOCAA. He...
by Danielle Olivier | Aug 31, 2017
Jeremiah Quarshie was born in Accra, Ghana. He lives and works in Lagos, Nigeria. Quarshie obtained a (B.F.A) from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST, Kumasi (2007). Using a hyper realistic painting style, Quarshie examines the notion of...
by Danielle Olivier | Aug 31, 2017
Wangechi Mutu was born in Nairobi, Kenya and currently works between New York and Kenya. Through a variety of media including painting collage, sculpture, performance and most recently video, Wangechi Mutu explores questions of self-image, gender constructs, cultural...
by Danielle Olivier | Aug 31, 2017
Liza Lou was born in New York and currently lives and works in Los Angeles and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Her boundary-breaking work first gained international attention when her sculpture, Kitchen (1991-96), was shown at the New Museum in New York in 1996....
by Danielle Olivier | Aug 31, 2017
Yinka Shonibare CBE was born in London and raised in Lagos. Shonibare returned to London in 1979 where he studied at Byam Shaw School of Art (now Central Saint Martins) before obtaining his MFA from Goldsmiths College. Shonibare was awarded Member of the Most...
