Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi

Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi

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ụdịekere	nwoke
mba o sị	Naijiria
Ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya	20. century
Ebe ọmụmụ	Naijiria
Ọrụ ọ na-arụ	art historian, exhibition curator, onye na-ahu maka ihe nkiri
ụdị ọrụ ya	exhibition curation, art history, Ǹkà, African art
ebe agụmakwụkwọ	Emory University, Mahadum nke Nigeria
webụsaịtị	http://www.seventeenthmarch.com/
nnọchiaha nkeonwe	L485

Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi bụ onye Naịjịrịa na-ese ihe, onye na-akọ akụkọ ihe mere eme, na onye nlekọta, onye nlekọta ugbu a na ngalaba eserese na ihe ọkpụkpụ na Museum of Modern Art na New York City. A zụlitere ya na Enugu, o wee gụọ akwụkwọ n'okpuru onye na-ese ihe El Anatsui na Mahadum nke Nigeria, Nsukka, tupu ọ gaa njem dị ka onye na-ese ihe na onye nlekọta. Na United States, ọ gụsịrị doctorate ya na Mahadum Emory na 2013 wee bụrụ onye nlekọta nke nka Afrịka na Dartmouth College's Hood Museum of Art. N'afọ 2017, ọ kwagara na Cleveland Museum of Art. Nzewi emeela ememe Afrika Heritage Biennial nke Naijiria ugboro atọ, Dak'Art biennial na 2014, na ihe ngosi onwe ya na Atlanta's High Museum of Art na New York's Richard Taittinger Gallery. Nzewi egosikwala na mba ụwa dị ka onye na-ese ihe na onye na-ese ihe na mba.

Mmalite ndụ na ọrụ

A mụrụ Nzewi na Naịjirịa ma zụlite ya na Enugu. Ọ gụrụ ihe ọkpụkpụ n'okpuru El Anatsui na Mahadum nke Naịjirịa, Nsukka, o wee nweta nzere bachelọ na nka na 2001. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ, Nzewi gara mba ụwa ruo afọ isii dị ka onye na-ese ihe na onye nlekọta onwe ya, ma tinye aka na nhazi nke ugboro atọ nke Afrika Heritage Biennial. N'afọ 2006, Nzewi kwagara Cape Town, South Africa, ebe ọ rụrụ ọrụ na mmemme Postgraduate na Museum na Heritage Studies na Mahadum nke Western Cape mgbe ọ na-eje ozi dị ka onye na-ese ihe na Greatmore Studio na Woodstock, Cape Town.

N'afọ sochirinụ, 2007, Nzewi kwagara Atlanta, Georgia, wee malite nzere doctorate na akụkọ ihe mere eme na Mahadum Emory. N'ime afọ doctoral ya, ọ rụrụ ọrụ na Atlanta's High Museum (2009) wee nweta Robert Sterling Clark na Smithsonian fellowships. O dere edemede ya na mmetụta Dak'Art biennial na nka Afrịka nke oge a, ma gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Mee 2013. N'ọnwa Ọgọstụ sochirinụ, Nzewi ghọrọ onye nlekọta mbụ nke Dartmouth College Hood Museum of Art nke nka Afrịka, ebe ọ na-egosi ihe ngosi na Eric Van Hove na Ekpe textiles. Mgbe afọ anọ gasịrị, Nzewi hapụrụ Dartmouth ka ọ bụrụ onye nlekọta nke Cleveland Museum of Art nke nka Afrịka. N'afọ 2019, a họpụtara Nzewi ka ọ bụrụ Steven na Lisa Tananbaum Curator na Ngalaba eserese na ihe ọkpụkpụ na New York Museum of Modern Art .

N'ime ihe ndị ọ na-atụle dị ka onye nlekọta, Nzewi na-arutu aka na mkpa akụkọ ihe mere eme na ọchịchọ ịmata ihe n'otú ọrụ nka si ekpughe echiche mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya site na nkwupụta na nkọwa. O gosipụtala mmasị n'ịmụta site na usoro okike ka ndị na-ese ihe na-eme mkpebi ọgụgụ isi banyere ọrụ ha na ntụgharị uche nke otú ndị ọzọ na ahịa ga-esi nabata ya. O bipụtala edemede na ọtụtụ akwụkwọ akụkọ nka agụmakwụkwọ, nye aka na Grove Art Online, ma dezie mpịakọta na atụmatụ nka Afrịka nwere onwe ha.

Nzewi jere ozi n'etiti ndị nlekọta atọ nke 2014 Dak'Art biennial, nke lekwasịrị anya na isiokwu nke ijikọ ụwa ọnụ (nke egosipụtara site na echiche ndị Afrịka nke obodo) na amaghị aha. Dak'Art jere ozi dị ka njikọ dị mkpa n'etiti ụwa nka nke Afrịka na mba ụwa, Nzewi nyekwara aka mee ka ọrụ nke ihe ngosi ahụ dị n'ịzụlite "pan-African internationalism". N'etiti afọ 2015, Nzewi haziri nyocha nke otu ọnwa nke nka Afrịka na Richard Taittinger Gallery na New York. A kpọrọ ihe ngosi ahụ aha ihe nkiri na-atọ ọchị nke 1967 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Na ngwụsị afọ 2016, Nzewi jere ozi dị ka onye nlekọta ọbịa na Shanghai Biennale.

Dị ka onye na-ese ihe, Nzewi sonyere na ihe ngosi na Africa, Europe, na United States. Ya na Emeka Ogboh, onye ọ zutere na kọleji. N'okpuru moniker One-Room Shack, ha abụọ kwadebere ntinye maka Watermans Arts Centre na 2012 nke ndị ọbịa na-eje ije site na akwụkwọ ozi jikọtara ọnụ nke na-ede "UNITY", ntụgharị uche na mmụọ Olympic.

 

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