David Uzochukwu - born 1998, Austria - delved into self portraiture early on. Questions of (be)longing are central in his work, where bodies shift through nature, performance, and digital reconfiguration. He currently studies philosophy in Berlin.
Upcoming
17.01-24.01.2021
Max Ophüls Preis. Premiere Götterdämmerung.
2021
On placelessness. Talk. Fotografie Forum Frankfurt.
Honors
2020
Photo London Emerging Photographer Award - Shortlist
British Journal of Photography - One to Watch
Futures - British Journal of Photography Nominee
Europa im Film - Grantee, Jury Award
Pixels, Bytes & Film - Artist in Residence
2019
CPH:LAB - Participant
2015
Adobe - 25 under 25
Flickr - 20 under 20
2014
EyeEm - Photographer of the Year
Permanent Collection
MuPho. Saint-Louis, Senegal
Talks
2020
Haus der Statistik. Concrete Limbo, panel with Dr. Mahret Ifeoma Kupka, Philip Kojo Metz. Berlin.
2019
Unseen. Fluidity of the image, panel with Elizabeth Gabrielle Lee, Joana Choumali, moderated by Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger. Amsterdam, Netherlands
2018
Us By Night. Antwerp, Belgium
2017
Apple Store Regent Street. London, UK
Recyclart. Brussels, Belgium
2014
EyeEm Festival. Berlin, Germany
studio@daviduzochukwu.com
Press
2020 Creative Review / Artist Decoded / BJP / Elephant
2019 Zeit Online / Indie
2017 It's Nice That / Dazed / Okayafrica
2015 EyeEm
2014 D'Lëtzebuerger Land
Group Shows
2019
A Glitch in the System - Deconstructing Stereotypes. Photo Vogue Festival. Milan, Italy
Liquid Thunder. Monom, Funkhaus. With sound installation by William Russell. 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. Musée de la Photographie 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
Africa Salon. Yale School of Art. New Haven, Connecticut
Unlocked. Atopos CVC. Athens, Greece
2014
Flickr: 20 under 20. Milk Studios. New York, New York
EyeEm Festival: Roppongi Hills. Tokyo, Japan / Tokyo Institute of Photography.Tokyo, Japan / Art Basel Miami: The Lab. Miami, Florida / Alte Teppichfabrik. Berlin, Germany
FOM Foto Maastricht. 6211 kunstkwartier. Maastricht, Netherlands