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Sokari Douglas Camp |
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| 1958 | Born in Bugama, Nigeria | |||
| Ausbildung / Education | ||||
| 1983 | Central school of Art and Design. London BA (Hons) | |||
| 1986 | Royal College of Art London. MA | |||
| Einzelausstellungen / Solo Exhibitions | ||||
| 1982 | Alali (Festival Time) - Africa Centre, London | |||
| 1984 | Artist of the Day - Angela Flowers, London | |||
| 1985- 1988 |
Alali - Touring, October Gallery, London; Ikon Gallery Birmingham (85'), Milton Keynes Exhibition Gallery (86'), Dorman Museum, Middlesborough (87'). | |||
| 1987
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Sculpture in collaboration with Sekiapu dance troop - Africa Centre, London. Toured to; Royal Festival Hall, London; Commonwealth Institute, London; Museum of Mankind, London | |||
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1988 |
Alali Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool and City of Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery |
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1988-89 |
Echoes of the Kalabari National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. |
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1990 |
New Work, Sue Williams Gallery, London. |
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1991 |
Market
People, Chelsea Arts Club, London. |
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1992 |
Sue Williams
Gallery, London |
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1993 |
Steel Clothes and Ornamentation. Redfern Gallery, London. |
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1994 |
Peopling
of London Museum of London |
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1995 |
Contemporary African Art Gallery, New York, USA |
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1995-96 |
Play and Display Museum of Mankind, London |
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1996 |
Steel Stories - Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, U. K. |
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| 1997 | National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA. | |||
| 1998 |
Echolot.
Galerie Peter Herrmann, Stuttgart, Germany American Museum of National History, U.S.A. |
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| American Museum of Natural History, New York USA 2000 | ||||
| 1998-99 | Spirits in Steel- The Art of the Kalabari Masquerade- American Museum of Natural History, NY. | |||
| 1999 |
National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC, USA | |||
| 2000 |
Knots of the Human Heart - Morley Gallery, London. Black History Month- Maritime Museum, London | |||
| 2002
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Imagined Steel. The Lowry Arts Centre, Manchester | |||
| 2003 | Imagined Steel. Oriel Mostyn Gallery | |||
| Imagined Steel. Brewery Arts Centre, Cirencester. | ||||
| Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Derby. UK | ||||
| 2004 | Sculptures - Sokari Douglas Camp. Galerie Peter Herrmann. Berlin, Germany | |||
| Kommendes Projekt/Future Solo Project | ||||
| Festival Boat Project in association with the Lowry Centre | ||||
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Ausgewählte Gruppenausstellungen/Selected Group Exhibitions | |||
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1983 |
New
Contemporaries, I.C.A., London |
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| 1984 |
Textiles
Making and Meaning - Brixton Art Gallery, London; Graham Park Festival, Graham Park Library African Music Village - Holland Park Commonwealth Institiute, London |
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1985 |
New
Horizons, Royal Festival Hall, London |
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1986 |
In the
Eye of the Sun, Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, New Zealand |
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1986/7 |
From
Two Worlds, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London and Fruit Market Gallery,
Edinburgh |
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| 1987 |
Performance
in Art/Art Performance - Castle Museum, Nottingham Springing to Life - Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester Influences - South London Art Gallery Palm Trees - West African Music Village, Kew Gardens, London |
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1989 |
Palm Trees, West African Music Village, Kew Gardens, London |
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1989-90 |
Time
and Motion, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle City Art Centre, Edinburgh |
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1990 |
Art
90, Islington, Flowers East Art 90 Olympia, |
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1991 |
The
South of the World, Galeria d'Arte Contemporanea, Marsala, Sicily |
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1991-93 |
Africa Explores: New and Renewed Forms in 20th Century African Art: |
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1992 |
Art for a Fairer World, Oxfam 50th Anniversary Exhibition |
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1993 |
Sculpture
1993, Chelsea Harbour, London |
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1993/94 |
CAS. Contemporary Art Society Market, London |
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1994 |
Figure and Fantasy Sculpture, Canterbury, England |
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1994/95 |
Another Country - Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |
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1995 |
Sculpture
in Paradise, Chichester, England |
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1995/96 |
African
Metalwork - Crafts Council |
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1996 |
Die
Andere Reise (The Other Journey), Kunsthalle Krems, Austria |
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1997 |
Biennale
Havanna, Cuba |
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1998 |
Croydon
Clocktower Exhibition of Automata, U. K. |
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| 1998/99 | Glabal II - Addison Wesley Longman, Essex | |||
| 1998- 2000 |
Devious
Devices, an Exhibition of Automata : - Croydon Clocktower, London touring to; - Wolverhampton Art Gallery - Museum of Science & Industry,Manchester - Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery - Newport Museum and Art Gallery - Crafts Council Gallery, London |
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| 1999 |
Around & Around, Galerie Achim Kubinski, Berlin, Germany Around & Around, Galerie Peter Herrmann, Stuttgart, Germany The Shape of the Century - Salisbury Festival, Salisbury Canary Wharf, London Arts Council Collection - National Institute for Medical Research Les Champs de la Sculpture No.2 - Champs Elysees, Paris, France |
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2000 |
New
Millenium. Champs Elysees. Paris, France Über-Blick, Galerie Peter Herrmann, Stuttgart, Germany 200 Years of Metal Work from Africa. Galerie Peter Herrmann, Stuttgart Transatlantic Dialogues, Contemporary Art In and Out of Africa - Auckland 2000 Arche - Kunstgebaude im Schlosshof Bodenburg, Bodenburg, Germany Expo 2000 - Hanover, Germany. Black History Month - National Maritime Museum, London Still Form, Bright Line - Canary Wharf, London Women to Women - University Art Gallery, Indiana State University and touring |
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| 2001 |
Über-Blick,
Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin, Germany 200 Years of Metall Work from Africa. Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin |
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| 2001/02
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Encounters
with the Contemporary - Smithsonian National Museum of Art Sainsbury/ African Galleries - The British Museum. The Artist and the City - Centre de Contemporania de Barcelona, Spain. Sense of Occasion - In association with Craftspace Touring. Various venues until March 2002. |
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| 2002 |
See
the Talent, Brighton museum and Art Gallery DAK'ART 2002 la Biennale de l'Art African Contemporain, Senegal. The Bridge, The Morley Gallery London Se1 The Commonwealth 2002 and Beyond, Commonwealth Institute, London W8 |
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| 2003 | Contemporary
African Art, The Bagagehal, Amsterdam Black President: The Art and Legacy of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York USA. Art Cologne. Galerie Peter Herrmann. With Chéri Samba, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Aboudramane and Owusu-Ankomah. |
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| 2004 | L'Afrique à venir. Kunstverein
Ostseebad Kühlungsborn. Curator:
Peter Herrmann. In Cooperation with BpB. With Jürgen Schadeberg,
Chéri Samba, Nicole Guiraud, Pascale
Marthine Tayou
and others. Africa Screams. Iwalewa-Haus, University of Bayreuth. Germany. Facilitated by P. Herrmann Premiere Biennale d'Art Contemporain Africain en Europe, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Belgium Africa Sreams. Kunsthalle Wien. Vienna, Austria. Facilitated by P. Herrmann L'Afrique à venir. 8 female artists from Africa. Kunstverein Galerie im Waschhaus, Potsdam. Curated by P. Herrmann |
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| 2005 | .flex_re-flex.impact. Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin Africa Sreams. Kunstverein Aalen. Germany. Facilitated by P. Herrmann Visualised Rhythms. Kunstverein Galerie im Waschhaus, Potsdam. Curated by P. Herrmann Groß und Quer. Galerie Peter Herrmann. Berlin, Germany |
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| 2005-2006 | Africa Sreams. Museum der Weltkulturen, Franfurt. Germany. Facilitated by P. Herrmann |
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| Kommende Ausstellungen/Forthcoming Shows | ||||
| 2006 |
Exhibition series with the German Ministry of the Interior and Galerie Peter Herrmann. 2 cities in Germany. | |||
| Preise/Awards | ||||
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1987 |
Glenfield General Hospital, Leicester |
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1982 |
Saachi & Saachi Award |
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| 1983 |
Princess
of Wales Scholarship Henry Moore Bursary |
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| 2004 | Finalist for Fourth Plinth, Trafalgar Square, London | |||
| 2005 | Commander of the British Empire (CBE) | |||
| Living Memorial Winner, Ken Saro-Wiwa Price | ||||
| Lehraufträge/Teaching | ||||
| 1986-87 | Part-time Lecturer at Middlesex Polytechnic | |||
| 2002-03 | Intercultural Educational Project, Essex County Council Freelance Artist. | |||
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Aufträge/Commissions | |||
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1987 |
Glenfield General Hospital, Leicester |
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1988 |
Peterborough Development Corporation Peterborough, England |
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1992 |
Horniman
Museum London |
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1994 |
Cardiff
Bay Arts Trust - Sharpe & Fisher, |
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1995/96 |
Museum of Mankind (British Museum) |
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| 1996 | Copenhagen 96 - Containers of Art Across Oceans | |||
| 1997 | Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan | |||
| 1999 |
Purelake Homes, Greenwich, London | |||
| 2001 | Sculpture for Gallmore Homes, Pioneer Building. St Marys street, Peckham | |||
| 2001 | Commission for Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Main Atrium | |||
| 2002 | Guys and St Thomas's Hospital. London | |||
| 1998-2002 | Nandos Restaurants | |||
| 2002 | Jerwood Art Commission Scheme for the Commonwealth Institute | |||
| 2002 | Sculpture for Meridian Hotel, Port Harcourt, Nigeria | |||
| 2000-2003 | Designing Choumert Market, Bellenden - the Art of Regeneration/ and Southwark Council, Peckham. | |||
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2004 |
A Feast for Neptun. Sculpture for Deutsche Welle, Bonn, Germany | |||
| Derzeitige Aufträge/Current Commissions | ||||
| 2005 |
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Ausgewählte Sammlungen/Selected Collections | |||
| Part
of Private Collections in Canada, Nigeria, England, Italy, Japan, USA,
France, Spain and Germany American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA British Museum, London Centro Atlantico de Art Moderno, Las Palmas, Spain Citibank Corporation Glenbow Museum, Canada Horniman Museum, London Leicestershire Education Authority Leicestershire Museums Minneapolis Museum of Art, USA Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan Smithsonian Museum of African Art, Washington, DC Unilever, London, UK Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, U.K St. Thomas's Hospital, South London, UK Michael Graham-Steward Centro Atlantico de Art Moderno, Las Palmas, Spain Collection Hans J. Bogatzke. Herdecke, Germany Collection Artur und Heidrun Elmer. Aalen, Germany Collection International Finance Corporation, World Bank. Washington, D.C. |
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| Ausgewählte Filme/Selected Films | ||||
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1982 |
Baccanal Channel 4 TV |
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1984 |
Ebony BBC2 |
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1988 |
Alter Image Channel 4 TV |
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1993 |
The Arts Connection Channel 4 TV |
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1994 |
Chief Chief, Documentary, After Image - Discovery Channel |
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1995 |
Alagba Documentary, After Image |
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| Unterricht und Workshops/Lectures and Workshops |
| University of Indiana - USA | ||
| Friday is Faraday - Blue Elephant Theatre, London | ||
| University of Oxford, The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art | ||
| The Learning Material Centre, Highbury, London | ||
| Central Saint Martin's School of Art, London | ||
| Issues in Contemporary Art - Hornimann Museum, London | ||
| Nottingham Trent Polytechnic, Sculpture School, Nottingham | ||
| University of Canterbury, Fine Art Department, Christchurch, New Zealand | ||
| Chelsea School of Art, Foundation Department, Fulham, London | ||
| Africa and the Performing Arts, Africa Centre, London | ||
| Farnham Polytechnic, Farnham, Surrey | ||
| Masquerade, Clore Centre, The British Museum, London | ||
| 2003 | Genesis: Ideas of Origin in African Sculpture. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | |
| Bibliographie/Bibliography |
