ABOUT
David Ụzọchukwu (b.1998) is an Austrian-Nigerian artist engaging with longing and belonging through (self) portraiture. Currently pursues a BA in Philosophy and Cultural Studies at HU Berlin.
CONTACT
EMAIL studio@daviduzochukwu.com
INSTAGRAM @daviduzochukwu
LIMITED EDITION PRINTS Galerie Gomis, marie@galeriegomis.com
UPCOMING + ON VIEW
26.05-16.09.23 Prix Pictet, Fotografiska, New York, USA. Group show.
07.09.23-04.02.24 Dancing in the Light, MOCA Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Group show.
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2023 In Bloom, Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden
2022-23 Bamako Encounters - African Biennale of Photography, Bamako, Mali
2022-23 The New Black Vanguard, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2022 But I'm Awake. Kampnagel (in cooperation with Deichtorhallen), Phototriennale Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
2022 CPH:DOX INTER:ACTIVE, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
2021 Prix Pictet, V&A, London, UK.
2021 Reframing History, Photo Vogue Festival, Milan, Italy
2021 The New Black Vanguard, Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France
2019 Unseen, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2018 Off Biennale Dakar: Bridge, La Villa Rouge, Dakar, Senegal
2018 Songes d’Hier, Rêveries du Présent, MuPho de Saint-Louis, Saint-Louis, Senegal
2016 Rituals and Performance: Inherent Risk, Lagos Photo Festival, Lagos, Nigeria
2016 Dey Your Lane! Bozar, Brussels, Belgium
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
The Wedge Collection, Collection Pictet, MuPho
PRESS
2022 CNN Style
2022 The Guardian
2021 Vogue Italia
2021 Autograph
2020 Artist Decoded
2020 BJP
2014 D'Lëtzebuerger Land
PUBLICATIONS
Eshun, Ekow, In the Black Fantastic, Thames & Hudson, 2022
Prix Pictet, fire, teNeues, 2021
Durant, Mark Alice, Running Falling Flying Floating Crawling, Saint Lucy Books, 2020
HONORS
2021 British Fashion Council NEW WAVE: Creatives
2021 Shortlist: Prix Pictet
2020 Futures
2020 Europa im Film - Jury Award (Götterdämmerung)
2020 Pixels, Bytes & Film - Artist in Residence
2019 CPH:LAB
2015 Flickr - 20 under 20
2014 EyeEm - Photographer of the Year