ABOUT
David Ụzọchukwu (b.1998) is an Austrian-Nigerian artist engaging with longing and belonging through (self) portraiture. He currently pursues a BA in Philosophy and Cultural Studies at HU Berlin.
ONGOING, UPCOMING
20.05-02.10.2022 The New Black Vanguard, Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden.
10.08-28.08.2022 But I'm Awake. Identity, Vulnerability, and Empowerment, Internationales Sommerfestival, Kampnagel (in cooperation with Haus der Photographie/Deichtorhallen and Phototriennale Hamburg), Hamburg, Germany.
20.10-20.12.2022 Bamako Encounters - African Biennale of Photography, Bamako, Mali.
28.10.2022-22.01.2023 The New Black Vanguard, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS + SCREENINGS
2022
The Upshot of Trans-Affective Solidarity, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, US
The New Black Vanguard, MBAL, Le Locle, Switzerland
CPH:DOX INTER:ACTIVE, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Prix Pictet, Luma Westbau, Zürich, Switzerland
2021
Prix Pictet, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Back in the Day is our Future, Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Reframing History, Photo Vogue Festival, Milan, Italy
Les nouveaux romantiques, 3537, Paris, France
The New Black Vanguard, Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France
2019
A Glitch in the System, Photo Vogue Festival, Milan, Italy
Unseen, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Liquid Thunder, Monom, Funkhaus. Berlin, Germany
2018
Embracing Diversity, Photo Vogue Festival, Milan, Italy
Vogue Italia: When Ethics Meets Aesthetics, Leica Galerie, Milan, Italy
Off Biennale Dakar: Bridge, La Villa Rouge, Dakar, Senegal
Songes d’Hier, Rêveries du Présent, MuPho de Saint-Louis, Saint-Louis, Senegal
2017
Portraits, Hangar, Brussels, Belgium
Where Future Beats, Casello Ovest di Porta Venezia, Venice, Italy
2016
Rituals and Performance: Inherent Risk, Lagos Photo Festival, Lagos, Nigeria
Dey Your Lane! Bozar, Brussels, Belgium
Whispering Stills, Never Apart, Montréal, Canada
Unlocked, Atopos CVC, Athens, Greece
2014
Flickr: 20 under 20, Milk Studios, New York, USA
FOM Foto Maastricht, 6211 kunstkwartier, Maastricht, Netherlands
PRESS
2022 CNN / The Guardian
2021 Vogue Italia / Autograph
2020 Artist Decoded / BJP
2014 D'Lëtzebuerger Land
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
The Wedge Collection, Collection Pictet, MuPho
HONORS
2022
Nomination: Foam Paul Huf
2021
British Fashion Council NEW WAVE: Creatives
Shortlist: Prix Pictet
2020
Shortlist: Photo London Emerging Photographer Award
British Journal of Photography: One to Watch
Futures
Pixels, Bytes & Film - Artist in Residence
2019
Nomination: ICP Infinity Award - Emerging Photographer
CPH:LAB
2015
Adobe - 25 under 25
Flickr - 20 under 20
2014
EyeEm - Photographer of the Year