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1 Career  



1.1  No Dance, No Palaver  





1.2  Recent works, 2019  







2 Exhibitions  



2.1  Group exhibitions  







3 Filmography  





4 Publications  





5 Awards and nominations  





6 References  





7 Further reading  





8 External links  














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Onyeka Igwe
Born1986
NationalityNigerian
British
Occupations
  • Artist
  • filmmaker
  • photographer
  • Websiteonyekaigwe.com

    Onyeka Igwe (born 1996), is a British-Nigerian artist, mostly working in film based media.[1][2]

    Her works have been screened at MoMA, Black Radical Imagination, Institute of Contemporary Art (2017), Dhaka Art Summit (2020), London Film Festival 2015 and 2020, Open City Documentary Festival 2021 and 2022, Rotterdam International, Netherlands (2018–2020),[3] Edinburgh Artist Moving Image (2016), Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival,[4][5] Images Festival (2019), Camden Arts Centre and Smithsonian African American film festival (2018).[6]

    Career

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    No Dance, No Palaver

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    No Dance, No Palaver is a short documentary shown in 2017 and 2018. The work received critical review as it told The Aba Women's Riots of 1929[7] and the "visual trauma of the colonial archive" and attempted "to transform the way in which we know the people it contains".[8]

    Recent works, 2019

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    The names have been changed, including my own and truths have been altered was a short story documented by Onyeka in 2019. It was a story about her grandfather told in four different ways. It was centered on African diaspora. In 2023, The Museum of West African Art headed Nigeria Pavilion which was curated at the 2024 Venice Biennale where Onyeka participated alongside Yinka Shonibare, Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Ndidi Dike, Fatimah Tuggar, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Precious Okoyomon and Abraham Oghobase.[9]

    Exhibitions

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    Onyeka's exhibition include:

    Group exhibitions

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    They include:

    Filmography

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    Publications

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    Awards and nominations

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    In 2022, Onyeka Igwe was nominated for the Jarman Award[28] and Max Mara Art Prize for Women.[29] In 2021, she won the Foundwork Artist Prize[30] and the 2020 Arts Foundation Futures Award for Experimental Short Film.[31] In 2019, Onyeka won the Berwick New Cinema Awards at Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival. Alongside Seán Elder, Rebecca Moss and AJ Stockwell, She was listed by The GuardianasAlso showing Exhibition of the week for Jerwood staging series.[32]

    References

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    1. ^ Black Film British Cinema II. (2021). United Kingdom: MIT Press. ISBN 9781912685639
  • ^ "Onyeka Igwe". onyekaigwe.com. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  • ^ Turner 2018.
  • ^ Larry Humber (10 April 2021). "Toronto's Contact Photography Festival expands its takeover of public spaces". The Art Newspaper. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  • ^ "Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival opens 25th anniversary edition". ArtDaily-The First Art Newspaper on the Net. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  • ^ "Onyeka Igwe". Film London. Archived from the original on 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  • ^ a b c Dyer 2018.
  • ^ "ARTIST ONYEKA IGWE BRINGS THE NIGERIAN ABA WOMEN'S WAR OF 1929 TO LIGHT". Ebony Magazine. 14 April 2023. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  • ^ Mark Westall (11 October 2023). "AINDREA EMELIFE TALKS TO FAD ABOUT MOWAA COLLABORATION WITH CHRISTIE'S FOR FRIEZE WEEK". fad magazine. Archived from the original on 15 November 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  • ^ "ONYEKA IGWE, A Repertoire of Protest (No Dance, No Palaver) | March 16 – August 21, 2023". momaos1.org. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  • ^ "Onyeka Igwe: The Real Story Is What's In That Room". mutualart.com. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  • ^ "There Were Two Brothers". Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  • ^ Hughes 2019.
  • ^ "South London presents 'Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimige to the Lakes'". artafricamagazine.com. 29 June 2023. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  • ^ "Echoes". Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  • ^ "Reconfigured". timothytaylor.com. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  • ^ "Archives of Resistance and Repair – kuveti – artists association tyrol". Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  • ^ "Donation Outset: KW Production Series at Museum Abteiberg". mutualart.com.
  • ^ "Muntref". Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  • ^ "The Showroom | there's something in the conversation that is more interesting than the finality of (A title)". The Showroom. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  • ^ "World Cup!". articule.org. Archived from the original on 10 February 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  • ^ Biema 2020.
  • ^ a b Bulley 2020.
  • ^ "Onyeka Igwe, the Artist Exploring England's Social Histories". An Other Magazine. 23 May 2022. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  • ^ "HIGH LINE ART PRESENTS ONYEKA IGWE'S FILM THE MIRACLE ON GEORGE GREEN". thecitylife.org. 5 May 2022. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  • ^ MIRAJ Vol.6, Spring 2018
  • ^ NON Periodical Vol. 1, Spring 2016 Rearviews, C Magazine, 2015
  • ^ "The Jarman Award 2022". film London. Archived from the original on 16 December 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  • ^ Roman Lugassy (27 October 2022). "SHORTLIST OF ARTISTS ANNOUNCED FOR 2022-2024 MAX MARA ART PRIZE FOR WOMEN". Archived from the original on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  • ^ "Onyeka Igwe Interview by Rianna Jade Parker". Foundwork Artist Prize. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  • ^ "Onyeka Igwe | Fellow in 2020 for Experimental Short Film". artsfoundation.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 May 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  • ^ Jonathan Jones (30 August 2019). "Bowling ball necklaces and legless ladies – the week in art". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 December 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
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