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 Camden Arts Center, London, The 60th Venice Biennale, MoMA PS1, New York, Kunsthalle Bremen, Tate Modern, London, Secession, Vienna, Kunstverein in Hamburg, and Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Recipient of awards such as the Lichtwark Förderung Prize (2025); Silver Lion for a Promising Young Participant; Venice Biennale (2024); Prize of the Botterstrasse in Bremen (2022) and the ars viva prize (2020). In 2026, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of the Arts London.
Public collections include The Art Institute of Chicago, MoMA and the German Federal Collection of Contemporary Art read more
Latest
News
Philipp Otto Runge Foundation Fellowship
Awarded by the Hamburger Kunsthalle, the Fellowship recognises Ashadu’s significant contribution to contemporary moving image practice Read More
The University of the Arts London has awarded Karimah Ashadu an Honorary Doctorate Read More
Lichtwark Förderung Prize, Hamburg
Karimah Ashadu receives the Lichtwark Förderpreis from the City of Hamburg, presented by Senator of Culture and Media Dr. Carsten Brosda Read More