Filmförderung Hamburg-Schleswig Holstein has granted funding for the script development of my first feature film “Saltmine”.

As my first scripted work, “Saltmine” embraces the nuances of an engaging and relevant work for cinema and art installations. I will work with a script consultant to develop this new work in 2021.

“Saltmine” will be produced with my newly established production company “Golddust by Ashadu“, which specialises in films of black culture and African themes. Many thanks to Filmförderung Hamburg-Schleswig Holstein, for their continued support and investment in my ideas.

I am pleased to receive the 2020 Contemporary Art Prize from the Rotary Club Bonn – Novara – Strasbourg.

The Rotary Club Strasbourg originated the first Franco-German award, which since 2017, also includes Italy. The prize is awarded to young artists under 40 years, and offers the winner exhibitions in Bonn, Strasbourg and Novara, Italy, organized and financed by the Rotary of each city.

Please check back soon, for more information on the forthcoming exhibitions.

At the start of 2021 I embark on a fellowship at Columbia University’s Institute for Ideas and Imagination, Paris.

This incredible opportunity provides the chance to develop a film script, as well as being part of an inspiring group of fellows in an inspiring city.

Over nine months I will develop a docu-fiction set in Senegal, with the goal of production once the fellowship ends.

Many thanks to the Institute – I very much look forward to new beginnings.

New short film “Brown Goods” proudly premieres at Kunstverein in  Hamburg on 14 February 2020, as part of the “ars viva” group show with the other prize winners Cemile Sahin and Thibaut Henz. 

My first European production, “Brown Goods” gives insight into the activities of Emeka – a Nigerian migrant trading and exporting  second hand goods from Hamburg’s infamous Billstrasse to West African countries like Nigeria. The show also features a series of new sculptures made from recycled car parts. The exhibition runs until 17 May.

Many thanks to Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and the Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft for supporting the production of this work.

Join me in conversation with Bettina Steinbrügge, Director of Kunstverein in Hamburg on the 26th February 2020, 7pm – Kunstverein in Hamburg.