Born in 1930 in Ovbiomu-‐Emai, Edo State

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Born in 1930 in Ovbiomu-­‐Emai, Edo State Selected Solo Exhibitions 2013 J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere, The 55th Venice Biennale, Venice 2013 J.D.’Okhai Ojeikere, Museum of The African Diaspora (MoAD), San Francisco 2012-­‐2013 Cheveux Chéris, Quai Branley, Paris 2011 J.D.’Okhai Ojeikere, Moment of Beauty, Kiasma, Helsinki 2010 J.D.’Okhai Ojeikere, A Life in Pictures: Portrait of A Photographer Frameshop Gallery, Lagos 2005 J.D.’Okhai Ojeikere, Satorial Moments and the Nearness to Yesterday, Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos 2005 Hairstyles, Maison de France, Lagos 2005 Hairstyles, Blaffer Gallery, Houston 2002 Hairstyles, Wedge Gallery, Toronto 2001 J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere, MAMCO Genéve, Suisse 2000 OMENKA GALLERY [email protected] CV|OKHAI OJEIKERE omenkagallery.com
J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere, Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, Paris 1996 Nigerian Traditional Hairstyles, Goethe Institut, Lagos 1995 J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere, National Arts Council, Lagos Joint Exhibitions 2014 Art14, Omenka Gallery booth, London 2013 Networks and Voids: Modern Interpretations of Nigerian Hairstyles and Headdresses, Omenka Gallery, Lagos Selected Group Exhibitions 2012 Portraits et Identitiés, The Walther Collection, Burlafingen, Allemagne 2012 Drawing Now, Salon du dessin contemporain, André Magnin, Paris 2012 Africa/Africa, Abbaya St. André, Centre d’art contemporain, Meymac 2011-­‐2012 African Lace, National Museum, Lagos 2011 Paris Photo, Grand Palais, The Walther Collection 2011 OMENKA GALLERY [email protected] CV|OKHAI OJEIKERE omenkagallery.com
Art Paris Art Fair, André Magnin, Grand Palais, Paris 2011 ARS 11’, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland 2011 Becoming: Photographs from the Wedge Collection, Tate Modern, London 2010-­‐2012 African Lace, Museum fur Volkerkunde Wien, Germany 2010-­‐2011 The Global African Project, Museum of Arts and Design, New York 2010 A Life in Pictures, Lagos 2010 The Idea of Africa (Reinvented) No 1, Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland, Morocco 2010 African Stories, Marrakech Art Fair, André Magnin, Marrakech, Morocco 2010 Anos 70, Fotografia y vida cotidiana, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Seville,Spain 2010 A Midsummer Gallery Soiree, Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, Atlanta 2010 National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta 2010 70s. Photography and Everyday Life, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2010 OMENKA GALLERY [email protected] CV|OKHAI OJEIKERE omenkagallery.com
70s. Photography and Everyday Life, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Seville, Spain 2010 AIPAD: L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, Park Avenue Armory, New York 2009-­‐2010 70s. Photography and Everyday Life, Museo D’Arte Provincia di Nuoro, Nuoro, Italy 2009 70s. Photography and Everyday Life, Teatro Fernan Gomez, Photo Espana, Madrid 2008 Head Room Mocca, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto 2008 Chance Encounters, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai 2007 Art and About, City of Sydney, Sydney 2007 Documenta 12, Kassel, Germany 2006 100% Africa, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain 2006 Vive l’Afrique, agnès b., Galérie du Jour, Paris 2006 About Africa, Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp, Belgium 2005-­‐2006 Arts of Africa, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art Washington, DC 2005 OMENKA GALLERY [email protected] CV|OKHAI OJEIKERE omenkagallery.com
Arts of Africa, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco 2005 Vive l’Afrique, agnès b., Galérie du Jour, Paris 2005 African Art Now: Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 2004-­‐2005 Kurzdavordanach, Photographischen Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur, Mediapark, KÖln, Allemagne 2004 Je m’installe aux abattoirs, La collection d’art contemporain d’agnès b., Les abattoirs, Toulouse, France 2004 Joy of Life: Malick Sidibé and Ojeikere, Two Photographers from Africa, Hara Museum, Tokyo 2004 Collection agnès b., Les Abattoirs, Frac Midi-­‐Pyrénées, Toulouse, France 2003-­‐2004 Parures de tête, Musée Dapper, Paris 2003-­‐2004 Nous Remontons de la Calle Toutes les Photographies, Galerie du Jour agnès b., Paris 2003 Fables de l’identite: œuvres photographiques et videos de la collection NSM Vie/ABN AMRO, CNP, Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild, Paris 2003 Highlights from the Collection of Foundation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, William Eggleston, Beat Streuli, Bill Viola, Vik Muniz, J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere, Perrick Sorin, Bildmusset Umea Universitet, Sweden OMENKA GALLERY [email protected] CV|OKHAI OJEIKERE omenkagallery.com
2002 Collection in Context, Recent Photography Acquuisitions, The Studio Museum, New York 2001 J.D ‘Okhai Ojeikere, Galeria DV, San Sebastian, Espagne 2001 Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis, Tate Modern, London 2001 Face Off, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels 2000 Africa Inside, Noorderlicht 2000 Photofestival, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, Pays Bas 2000 Africa: Past-­‐Present, Fifty One Art Photography, Anvers, Belgique 2000 La Beauté in fibula, Palais des Papes, Avignon, France 1995 Nigerian Contemporary Art World, International Property Art, WIPO, Genève, Suisse 1995 First National Creativity Exhibition, National Theatre, Lagos 1983 Ten Top Photographers, National Museum, Lagos 1978 Photography in Advertising, 50th Anniversary of Lintas Limited, Lagos OMENKA GALLERY [email protected] CV|OKHAI OJEIKERE omenkagallery.com
Exhibition Catalogues 2005 Africa Art Now: Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection, Exhibition catalogue. Editeur: Merrell en association avec la MFAH. 2004 Kurzdavordanach. Gedenwart als Zwischenraum, Exhibition catalogue, by Wilhelm Schürmann and Susanne Lange, Editions Revolver Books. 2003 Parures de tête: Hairstyles and headdresses, catalogue d’exposition, Editions Dapper. 2001 Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis, catalogue d’exposition, Tate Modern. Editions Tate. 2000 La Beauté, catalogue d’exposition, Palais des Papes, Avignon, France, Editions Flammarion. 2000 Africa Inside, J. D Ojeikere, Noorderlicht, Publié par Stichting Aurora Borealis. P.73-­‐78 1996 Nigerian Traditional Hairstyles, catalogue d’exposition, Goethe-­‐Institut, Lagos. MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES OMENKA GALLERY [email protected] CV|OKHAI OJEIKERE omenkagallery.com
2004 Signs of the Times by Melanie Burton, Select, vol. 31 No 4 (Japanese monthly). 2003 Cataloguing Women’s’ Hairstyles: The photographs of J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere, by Dapo Adeniyi, Prince Claus Fund Journal, No 10, The Future is Handmade, the Survival and Innovation of Crafts. P 72-­‐83, December. 2003 Photo utilisé pour illustré un article sur l’exposition Fables de l’Identité, Beaux Arts Magazine,. 2002 Edition Allemand, Photos Geo, Juin 6. 2002 Hair Raising, par RP, Azure, Magazine canadienne, Mai/Juin. 2002 Ojeikere: Hairstyles, Word, Magazine canadienne, Mai. 2002 Crowning Glory, par Betty Ann Jordan, Toronto Life, Mai. 2001 El peinado como objeto de arte, El Diario Vasco, Février 6. 2001 Le Mamco change de look avec J.D.’Okhai Ojeikere, par E.D. , Tribue de Genève, Mars 16. 2001 Amets eder baten anzeko orrazkerak dituzten neskak, par Joxean Agirre, Gara, Février 7. 2001 Okhai Ojeikere: Orrazkera artearen pareko jardueratzat dugu Nigerian, Egunkaria, par Jon Gonzalo, OMENKA GALLERY [email protected] CV|OKHAI OJEIKERE omenkagallery.com
Février 7. 2001 J.D.’ Okhai Ojeikere, en Donostia -­‐ Cortes de pelo, hairstyling, Gara, Février 17. 2001 Ojeikere ébouriffe le Mamco et Hafif lui donne des couleurs, par Emmanuel Grandjean, Tribue de Genève, 21 Février. 2000/2001 Séduire / Seduce, No 3, Publié par Coromandel Design, Editeurs: Alexis Fabry, Céline Fribourg, Grégory Leroy. P 12 -­‐ 18. 2000 Ojeikere décoiffe à la Fondation Cartier! Photo, No 368, Avril. 2000 L’Afrique de dos, Jalouse, par André Magnin, Mai. 2000 Photos, Vogue, Avril. 2000 Inventaire au peigne fin, L’œil, No 515, par Elisabeth Védrenne, Avril. 2000 Moments de beauté en Afrique -­‐ La coiffure comme œuvre de l’art africain, par Joëlle Kuntz, Le Temps, Quotidien Suisse. Août 10. 2000 Information Expo, Diva, No 7, Juin. OMENKA GALLERY [email protected] CV|OKHAI OJEIKERE omenkagallery.com
2000 Ojeikere, Fondation Cartier in Tango, Daily Times, Janvier 26 2000 Ojeikere’s Hairstyles stun France, The Guardian, Sunday, Mai 14. 2000 Head Strong, par John Ryle, The Independent on Sunday, The Sunday Review, Mai 21 2000 J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere: Porträts afrikanscher Frisuren, par Wolfgang Bender, Entwicklungs -­‐ Politik, Mai. OMENKA GALLERY [email protected]