Nnenna Okore (Nigerian, Born 1975) Achi
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2013-12-01 | She recently participated in the 29th Sao Paulo Biennal in Brazil, and was the 2012/2013 recipient of the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship
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- Purchased directly from the artist by the present owner; Private collection, London
- She now divides her time between Nigeria and Chicago, where she teaches sculpture and spatial art at North Park University
- A former student of renowned Ghanaian artist, El Anatsui, Okore also recognizes the creative potential of recycled materials, crafting everyday waste into works of great beauty
- Her thoughtful re-workings of discarded magazines, newspapers and cloth lend new meaning to these humble materials, implicitly criticizing the lazy wastefulness of our 'throw-away' consumer culture
- Okore's creative process draws on age old Nigerian craft techniques, passed down to her by her grandmother
- Weaving, sewing, rolling and twisting; her wall reliefs are all produced by hand
- In a world of increasing mechanization and reproduction, the artist is committed to keeping traditional craft alive
- Nenna Okore's work has been exhibited at numerous galleries across the world, including the David Krut Gallery in New York and the October Gallery in London
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