Senam Okudzeto  

Curriculum Vitae
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

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
 

Fiction Ou Realite; Goddy Leye, Omer Fast,  Senam Okudzeto, Kunsthalle Fribourg, Switzerland

 

The Circle Squared; Boxing in Contemporary Art, The Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, USA

 

Split; Women in Dislocation, Curatorial Centre, Bard College, USA

 
Artists in Residence in der Schweiz, Binz 39, Zurich, Switerland
2002

Regionale, Kunsthalle Museum Basel, Switzerland

 

Art on Paper, The Weatherspoon Museum, North Carolina, USA

 

Watercolour, The New York Studio School, NYC, USA

2001

Sticky Fingers; Identity, Distance, Desire, ParaSite, Hong Kong

 
Claudia + Julia Muller, Olu Oguibe, Senam Okudzeto, Outtara Watts, Gorney Bravin + Lee, NYC, USA
 
For The Record, The Studio Museum in Harlem, NYC, USA
 

Freestyle, The Studio Museum in Harlem, NYC, USA

2000

Talk About Complications: (Re)presenting Women, Pratt Institute, NYC, USA

 

Preise/Awards

2004

Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Research Fellowship

2003

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"
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
 

Cotter, Holland. The New York Times: "Invoking Marcus Garvey While Looking Ahead," 24 August

 
Cotter, Holland. The New York Times: "A Full Studio Show Starts with 28 Young Artists and a Shoehorn," May 11
 
Levin, Kim. The Village Voice: "Voice Choice, Claudia + Julia Muller, Olu Oguibe,  Senam Okudzeto, Outarra Watts" at Gorney Bravin + Lee. 7 Aug, 2001