On the occasion of the ars viva prize, I’m pleased to show at Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig this Autumn, along with the two other winners Thibaut Henz and Cemile Sahin.

Exhibition opens 12 October, in collaboration with the Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft im BDI. Exhibition runs October 13, 2019 
until January 26, 2020.

Karimah Ashadu wins the ars viva 2019 prize, in association with the Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft – the longest standing institution for entrepreneurial support of the arts in Germany.

3 winners were chosen out of 49 nominated artists. The prize includes a residency at FOGO Island Canada in 2020, as well as group shows with the other winners Thibaut Henz and Cemile Sahin at GFZK Leipzig (October 2019) and Kunstverein Hamburg (February 2020), for which the artist creates new work in Hamburg.

Many thanks to the Jury and the Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft.

In 2020 I will produce a new work generously supported by The African Culture Fund (ACF), Bamako.

The African Culture Fund is a pan-African organisation supporting creative projects in African countries and the African diaspora.

Thrilled to be one of the ten nominated artists for the Han Nefkens Foundation-Arco Madrid Video Art Production Award 2019. 

The winning artist will receive €15,000 for the production of a new work. One copy of the final production will be donated by the award-winning artist to the Han Nefkens Foundation which will be included in its permanent collection, and the other copies will be properties of the awardee.

I look forward to presenting new work at De Ateliers during Amsterdam Art Weekend 2018.

The show, titled “Power Man”, debuts the vignettes “Power Man (Sodoko)” and “Power Man” 2018, both filmed in Lagos at the start of the year, as well as a longer two channel work “Red Gold”, 2016.

This is the first time these works are shown in Amsterdam.

Please join me in conversation with Dominic van den Boogerd on Sat 24th Nov.

Exhibition:
Friday November 23rd, 11:00-21:00
Saturday November 24th, 11:00-18:00
Sunday November 25th, 11:00-18:00

Public Interview:
24 November at 13:00 until 14:00 at De Ateliers