Onyedika Chuke
| Onyedika Chuke | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | The Cooper Union |
| Notable work | The Forever Museum: Dome and Double Nymph, Verbier Sculpture Park, Switzerland (2012) |
| Awards | Vena T. Carroll Award for Excellence in Art, The Cooper Union (2011), BRIO Award for Artistic Excellence(2013) |
| Website |
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Onyedika Chuke is a New York–based contemporary American sculptor born in Onitsha, Nigeria.
Education and career
Chuke attended Ivy league school The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Art and Science in New York City where he earned a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts.[1] He has been the recipient of multiple Grants and Awards for artistic excellence including the Vena T. Carroll Award from his alma mater, The Cooper Union (2011) and the BRIO award (2013). Through his sculptures, Onyedika Chuke depicts contemporary theories in politics, economics, architecture and culture.[2]
Since 2006, Chuke has completed a multitude of solo, group exhibitions and artist residency programs around the world, in prestigious venues such as Columbia University (2009),[3] Yale University (2010), the Verbier 3-D Sculpture Park, Switzerland (2012),[4] the Queens Museum (2013),[5] the Bronx Museum Of The Arts Biennial exhibition (2013),[6] the Drawing Center (2014)[7] and the American Academy in Rome (2015).[8] In March 2015, Chuke curated his first exhibition in New York: “Open Sessions: Drawings in Context/Field” at the Queens Museum,[9] featuring 9 artists including himself. Presently, he is part of The Drawing Center’s Open Sessions Residency 2014-2016.[10]
Holland Cotter, Senior Art Critic of The New York Times and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism reviewed Chuke’s work in his article, “A Multicultural Swirl of Africa, the Americas and Even Outer Space”. “Clothes take on personalities of their own in the sculptures of Onyedika Chuke,” Cotter wrote.[11] The piece covers “S&M: Shrines and Masquerades in Cosmopolitan Times”, an exhibition at New York University curated by Lyle Ashton Harris.[11]
In 2012 Huffington Post and LiveAuctioneers articles,[12] Artist Jonathan Wright narrated his experience at the Sculpture Residency, in Verbier, Switzerland, alongside Chuke.[13] “Onyedika is working the galleries beautifully,” he wrote. The residency was curated by Paul Goodwin,[14] Former Research Curator at the London Royal College of Art and Chairman at the University of the Arts London.[15]
Solo exhibitions
- 2014 - The Untitled, In Extenso gallery, Auvergne, France.[16]
- 2013 - The Untitled, Sunroom Project Space, Wave Hill, New York.[17]
- 2013 - Van Lier Fellowship Exhibition: The Untitled, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY.[17]
- 2012 - The Forever Museum: Dome and Double Nymph, Verbier Sculpture Park, Switzerland.[4]
- 2011- The Forever Museum:Intro to Site 17, The Cooper Union, New York, NY.[4]
Selected group exhibitions
- 2015
- Nero su Bianco: The Untitled 1919, The American Academy in Rome, Italy - curated by Robert Storr, Lyle Ashton Harris, and Peter Benson Miller.[8]
- Open Sessions 6, The Drawing Center, New York, NY - curated by Lisa Sigal and Nova Benway.[18]
- Name It by Trying to Name It: Open Sessions 2014-15, Curated by Lisa Sigal and Nova Benway.[19]
- Queens Museum Studio Program Exhibition, Queens, NY - curated by Larissa Harris.
- When You Cut Into the Present the Future Leaks Out, The Old Bronx Borough Courthouse, NY - curated by Regine Basha.[20]
- 2014
- The Untitled, In Extenso, Clermont-Ferrand, France.[21]
- 2013
- Tandem Pursuits: Armor and Ichthyology, installations by Onyedika Chuke and Francisco Donoso, Wave Hill, NY.[22]
- Bronx Calling, The Second AIM Biennial, The Bronx Museum Of The Arts, NY.[23]
- Winter Workspace 2013, Wave Hill, NY.[24]
- 2012
- Smoke Signals: Istwa, Paisajes and Allegories, curated by William Cordova, South Florida Art Center, Miami, FL.[25]
- Ways of Seeing, Public Art Commission, Verbier Sculpture Park, Verbier, Switzerland.[26]
- 2010
- New Prints 2009/10: A Benefit Exhibition and Silent Auction, IPCNY International Print Center, New York, NY.[27]
- Norfolk Works, Yale University, New Haven, CT - curated by Robert Storr.
- New Prints 2010/Autumn, IPCNY International Print Center, New York, NY.[28]
- New Prints 2010, Visual Arts Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX.[29]
- UAL Exhibition, Bristol Diving School, Bristol, United Kingdom.
- 2009
- Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet, Leroy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University, NY - curated by David Brooks.[3]
- 2008
- S&M: Shrines and Masquerades in Cosmopolitan Times, Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, NY - curated by Lyle Ashton Harris.[30]
- Symbiosis - A Life portait [sic] of 'Sharing', 'Friendship' and Personality, Renate Albertsen-Marton Gallery, New York.[31]
- 2007
- Good Shepherd Benefit, CRG Gallery, NY.
- Post Millennium Black Madonna: Paradise and Inferno, MoCada Museum, Brooklyn, NY.[32]
- 2006
- Music to My Eyes, Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.[33]
- Proverbs, Pounder-Kone Art space, Los Angeles, CA
Residencies, awards, and honors
- 2016-2018 The Drawing Center Open Sessions Fellowship, New York, NY.[7]
- 2014 -2016 Open Sessions Residency at The Drawing Center, New York, NY.[34]
- 2015, Visiting Artist at The American Academy in Rome, Italy.[8]
- 2013-2015, Queens Museum Studio Program, Queens, NY.[5]
- 2014, Research and Travel Residency, Auvergne, France.
- 2013, Residency Unlimited/Maria Casita Residency, Bronx, NY.[35]
- 2013, BRIO award, Bronx, NY.[2]
- 2013, Van Lier Visual Artist Fellowship.[36]
- 2013, Wave Hill Artist Residency, NY.[17]
- 2012, Bronx Museum AIM Residency, NY.[6]
- 2012, Verbier 3D Art Residency/Public Art Commission, Verbier, Switzerland.[26]
- 2011, Vena T. Carroll Award from The Cooper Union.
- 2010-2011, Michael F. Roberti Scholar for The Cooper Union.
- 2010, Yale University/Norfolk Art Residency CT.
- 2009, Palmer Hayden Artist Travel Grant.
- 2008 Yip Harburg Foundation Grant.
References
- ↑ "SOA annual reports 2014" (PDF). Cooper Union. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- 1 2 "BRIO Awardees" (PDF). Bronx Recognizes Its Own Award. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- 1 2 "SIPA: School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University". Columbia University. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Onyedika Chuke". www.3-dfoundation.com. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- 1 2 "2013-2015 Queens Museum Studio Program Exhibition". Queens Museum. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- 1 2 "Bronx Calling: The Second AIM Biennial". Bronx Museum of the Arts. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- 1 2 "Onyedika Chuke". Drawing Center. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Nero Su Bianco" (PDF). American Academy in Rome. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ "Opening Reception for “Open Sessions: Drawings in Context/Field”". Queens Museum. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ "Program Description". Drawing Center. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- 1 2 Cotter, Holland (2 December 2008). "A Multicultural Swirl of Africa, the Americas and Even Outer Space". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ "Diary of an artist-in-residence: Report from Verbier #4". www.liveauctioneers.com. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ Wright, Jonathan. "The Rarefied Resident". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ "Paul Goodwin Director at Research Centre for Transnational Art, Identity and Nation". LinkedIn. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ "University of the Arts London". LinkedIn. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ "The Untitled". www.inextensoasso.com. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Onyedika Chuke". www.wavehill.org. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ "Open Sessions 6". Drawingcenter.org. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ "Amadeo Azar: Name It by Trying to Name It". www.abstractioninaction.com. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ "Bronx, New York: “When You Cut into the Present the Future Leaks Out” - Old Bronx Borough Courthouse". Sculpture (magazine). Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ "Onyedika Chuke the untitled". www.paris-art.com. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ "Events in Westchester". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ "Exhibition Detail". ArtSlant. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ "Wave Hill". ArtSlant. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ "Art Center / South Florida". www.artslant.com. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- 1 2 "Past exhibitions". www.3-dfoundation.com. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ "IPCNY Benefit Exhibition and Silent Auction – December 2nd 6-8". www.sarahnicolephillips.com. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ "IPCNY International Print Center New York". www.artslant.com. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ "Onyedika Chuke". www.artfacts.net. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ "Art Events and Exhibitions". New York University. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ "Renate Albertsen-Marton Gallery". www.artslant.com. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ "MONOGRAPHS AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS". www.aavad.com. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ "Music of My Life" (PDF). Tablarasa Gallery. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ "Onyedika Chuke in “Open Sessions 6” at the Drawing Center". www.residencyunlimited.org. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ "Artist in Residence". Casita Maria. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ "Guidelines for Visual and Performing Arts". www.wavehill.org. Retrieved 21 December 2015.