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 SHOWS
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
2014 FOM Foto Maastricht, 6211 kunstkwartier, Maastricht, Netherlands
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
2022 Nomination: Foam Paul Huf
2021 British Fashion Council NEW WAVE: Creatives
2021 Shortlist: Prix Pictet
2020 British Journal of Photography: One to Watch
2020 Futures
2020 Pixels, Bytes & Film - Artist in Residence
2019 Nomination: ICP Infinity Award - Emerging Photographer
2019 CPH:LAB
2015 Flickr - 20 under 20
2014 EyeEm - Photographer of the Year