1972 | Born in Chicago |
Ausbildung / Education | |
1999-2000 | Whitney Museum Independent Program, NYC, USA |
1995-1997 | Royal College of Art, Master of Arts (Painting), London, UK |
1991-1995 | Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons), London, UK |
Einzelausstellungen / Solo Exhibitions (selection) | |
2004 | Ghana Must Go, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Cambridge, MA |
2003 | Senam Okudzeto, Burrough Market, London |
2000 | Long Distance Lover, Dana Center, Loyola University, New Orleans, USA |
1999 | Long Distance Lover, Skirt, NYC, USA |
Alive at the Fridge, The Fridge, London, UK | |
1998 | Fresh as a Daisy, The Brickhouse, London, UK |
Ausgewählte Gruppenausstellungen/Selected Group Exhibitions |
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2004 | 2004 Woman artists from Africa exhibition series. With: Marcia Kure, Sokari Douglas Camp, Otobong Nkanga, Ingrid Mwangi, Susan Hefuna... Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin, Germany |
2003 | Nueva Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan |
Fela Kuti; Black President, New Museum, New York, USA |
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Fiction Ou Realite; Goddy Leye, Omer Fast, Senam Okudzeto, Kunsthalle Fribourg, Switzerland |
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The Circle Squared; Boxing in Contemporary Art, The Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, USA |
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Split; Women in Dislocation, Curatorial Centre, Bard College, USA |
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Artists in Residence in der Schweiz, Binz 39, Zurich, Switerland |
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2002 | Regionale, Kunsthalle Museum Basel, Switzerland |
Art on Paper, The Weatherspoon Museum, North Carolina, USA |
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Watercolour, The New York Studio School, NYC, USA |
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2001 | Sticky Fingers; Identity, Distance, Desire, ParaSite, Hong Kong |
Claudia + Julia Muller, Olu Oguibe, Senam Okudzeto, Outtara Watts, Gorney Bravin + Lee, NYC, USA |
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For The Record, The Studio Museum in Harlem, NYC, USA |
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Freestyle, The Studio Museum in Harlem, NYC, USA |
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2000 | Talk About Complications: (Re)presenting Women, Pratt Institute, NYC, USA |
Preise/Awards |
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2004 |
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Research Fellowship |
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BINZ 39, residency, Zurich, Switzerland |
2002 |
Stiftung Laurenz Haus, residency, Basel, Switzerland |
Pollock-Krasner Award, NYC, USA | |
2001 | Jadeas Trust, International Achievement in the Arts Award, Lagos, Nigeria |
2000-2001 | The Studio Museum in Harlem, Artist-in-Residence, NYC, USA |
1997 | ACAVA- First Base Studio Award, London, UK |
1995 | Idelwilde Trust Bursary, London, UK |
1996 | Slade School, Art Institute of Chicago Foreign Exchange program |
Lehraufträge/Teaching | |
2004 | Visiting Lecturer/ Fellow, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University |
2003 | School for Gestaltung, Drawing Workshop, Basel, Switzerland |
2002 | School for Gestaltung, Visiting Lecturer Basel, Switzerland |
2001 | PS1 Museum, Visiting Lecturer, Short Century Teaching Seminar, New York USA |
2000-2001 | The Studio Museum in Harlem. After School Educator, NYC, USA |
2001 | Occidental College, Visiting Lecturer Literature Department, LA, USA |
2000 | Loyola University, Visiting Lecturer, New Orleans, USA |
The Bronx Museum Community Arts Program, Teaching Artist, NYC, USA | |
1997 | The Slade School of Fine Art, Visiting Lecturer, London, UK |
Ausgewählte Sammlungen/Selected Collections | |
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Permanent Collection, USA Amistad Research Center, Permanent Collection, New Orleans, USA |
Publikationen / Publications (Auswahl) |
2003 | Fela Kuti; Black President, New Museum, New York, USA |
Twenty Years of the Binz, Kunsthalle Zurich, Switzerland | |
2001 | Sticky Fingers, ParaSite, Hong Kong |
Freestyle, Studio Musuem in Harlem, New York, USA | |
For the Record, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, USA |
Bibliographie/Bibliography |
2003 | Lunn, Felicity. Art Forum "Fiction Ou Realite," Kunsthalle Fribourg, December Issue |
Martin, Courtney. NKA "Post-post Black; Senam Okudzeto in Basel" |
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2002 | Martin, Courtney. One World: "Afrodisiac," March Issue |
2001 | Griffin, Tim. Time Out: "For the Record," September 13 |
Valdez, Sarah. Art In America: "Freestyling," September Issue |
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Cotter, Holland. The New York Times: "Invoking Marcus Garvey While Looking Ahead," 24 August |
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Cotter, Holland. The New York Times: "A Full Studio Show Starts with 28 Young Artists and a Shoehorn," May 11 |
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Levin, Kim. The Village Voice: "Voice Choice, Claudia + Julia Muller, Olu Oguibe, Senam Okudzeto, Outarra Watts" at Gorney Bravin + Lee. 7 Aug, 2001 |