About
David Ụzọchukwu (b. 1998) is an Austrian and Nigerian artist. Their work roots in self portraiture and questions (be)longing.
It has has been exhibited at Bozar (BE), Unseen Amsterdam (NL), Lagos Photo (NG), and three editions of Photo Vogue Festival (IT). His series IN THE WAKE was shortlisted for Prix Pictet, and will be shown at V&A Museum (UK) and TOP Museum (JP). Ụzọchukwu's work is part of the permanent collection of MuPho (SN).
After collaborations with FKA twigs and Iris van Herpen, Ụzọchukwu was included in „The New Black Vanguard“ at Rencontres d’Arles (FR), and British Fashion Council’s NEW WAVE: Creatives in 2021.
His first short film GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG (2021) is followed up by film installation CIVIL DUSK (2022), developed at CPH:LAB.
Ụzọchukwu pursues a BA in Philosophy and Cultural Studies at Humboldt-University in Berlin.
Ongoing, Upcoming
29.10 - 5.12.2021 Back in the Day is our Future. Group show. Melkweg Expo. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
20.11.2021 - 23.01.2022 Prix Pictet. Group show. Tokyo Photographic Art Museum. Tokyo, Japan.
15.12.2021 - 09.01.2022 Prix Pictet. Group show. Victoria and Albert Museum. London, UK.
2022 Exhibition walkthrough: Zanele Muholi. Gropius Bau. Berlin, Germany
Selected Group Shows
2021 Photo Vogue Festival. Group show. Milan, Italy
2021 Les nouveaux romantiques. 3537. Paris, France.
2021 The New Black Vanguard. Rencontres d'Arles. Arles, France.
2019 A Glitch in the System. Photo Vogue Festival. Milan, Italy
2019 Unseen. Amsterdam, Netherlands
2019 Liquid Thunder. Monom, Funkhaus. Berlin, Germany
2018 Embracing Diversity. Photo Vogue Festival. Milan, Italy
2018 Vogue Italia: When Ethics Meets Aesthetics. Leica Galerie. Milan, Italy
2018 Off Biennale Dakar: Bridge. La Villa Rouge. Dakar, Senegal
2018 Songes d’Hier, Rêveries du Présent. MuPho de Saint-Louis. Saint-Louis, Senegal
2017 Portraits. Hangar. Brussels, Belgium
2017 Where Future Beats. Casello Ovest di Porta Venezia. Venice, Italy
2016 Rituals and Performance: Inherent Risk. Lagos Photo Festival. Lagos, Nigeria
2016 Dey Your Lane! Bozar. Brussels, Belgium
2016 Whispering Stills. Never Apart. Montréal, Canada
2016 Unlocked. Atopos CVC. Athens, Greece
2014 Flickr: 20 under 20. Milk Studios. New York, New York
2014 FOM Foto Maastricht. 6211 kunstkwartier. Maastricht, Netherlands
Press
2021 Vogue Italia
2021 Autograph
2020 Aperture
2020 Creative Review
2020 Artist Decoded
2020 BJP
2019 Indie
2018 Kinfolk
2018 i-D
2017 It's Nice That
2017 Dazed
2017 Okayafrica
2015 EyeEm
2014 D'Lëtzebuerger Land