About the
Artist
Karimah Ashadu (b. London 1985) is a British-born Nigerian Artist living and working between Hamburg and Lagos.
Exhibitions and screenings include the 60th Venice Biennale, Kunsthalle Bremen, Tate Modern, London, Secession, Vienna, Kunstverein in Hamburg, South London Gallery, London and Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Recipient of awards such as the Silver Lion for a Promising Young Participant, Venice Biennale (2024); Prize of the Botterstrasse in Bremen (2022) and the ars viva prize (2020). Public collections include MoMA and the Federal Collection of Contemporary Art, Germany read more
Latest
News
Forthcoming show at Camden Art Centre Announced – Autumn 2025
Karimah Ashadu’s first institutional solo show in the UK at Camden Art Center, produced with Fondazione In Between Art Film read more
Forthcoming shows at MoMA PS1 and Canal Projects, New York – 2025
Karimah Ashadu’s work will be showcased in exhibitions at MoMA PS1 and at Canal Projects, New York in Spring 2025 read more
Silver Lion Award, 60th Venice Biennale
Karimah Ashadu wins the “Silver Lion for a Promising Young Participant” at the International Art Exhibition of the 60th Venice Biennale read more