May 2021
Excited to share this feature written by Zoé Samudsi, for the May/June issue of Art in America magazine, guest edited by Antwan Sargent. Also available online. Fri 28th, I’ll be live in conversation on Art in America’s instagram – 11AM EST, 5pm CET, 4pm Lagos/UK. Playback the conversation by clicking on AiA instagram link above.
April 2021
As part of the Institute for Ideas and Imagination and their 2021 “Rendez-Vous de l’Institut: The Fellows’ Series”. I gave a talk “Yielding to Resilience: A Visual Inquiry into Practices of Independence”, expanding on my practice and forthcoming projects.
December 2020
Hamburg-based Zeit-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius and the Hamburg authority for Culture and Media will support my practice in 2021. This fellowship contributes to research and project development – many thanks to the jury for making this possible.
October 2020
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.
July 2020
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.
May 2020
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.
