Galerie Peter Herrmann
Marcia Kure

Curriculum Vitae

Wok Marcia Kure

1970 Born in Kano, Nigeria
Ausbildung / Education 
1987 - 94 University of Nigeria, Nsukka (B.A. Painting, 1994) 
Einzelausstellungen / Solo Exhibitions (selection) 
2003 Gallery Art Korner, The Hague, The Netherlands.
2000 Cloth as Identity. Goethe-Institute Lagos, Nigeria.
1998 Die Frau. Der Fisch. Der Hase: Aquarelle und Gemälde. AK Kaya der VHS. Ausstellungsraum Weihersbach. Herzogenaurach: and Iwalewa Haus, Bayreuth, Germany.
1997 SONGS FOR MOTHER and other works, The Teaching Gallery, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA.
1996 Marcia Kure - Recent Works, Alliance Francaise, Kaduna, Nigeria.
1996 Blick Zurück - Nach Vorn, Art Arc Galerie, Bayreuth, Germany.
1994 MARCIAKURE: Paintings and Drawings. Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.

Ausgewählte Gruppenausstellungen/Selected Group Exhibitions

2004 Women artists from Africa series, 4 , Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin. Germany.
  My Journey Yours, Youth Art Connection, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Files Project, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León (MUSAC), Madrid, Spain
  The Beaded Prayer Project, Montreal Art Interculturels, (MAI), Montreal, Canada
2003 Black President: The Art and Legacy of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, USA, Barbican Art Galleries, London, England, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnato, Ohio, USA
2002 Art for Aid, Fulton County Government Atrium, Atlanta, GA, USA
  Painted Doors, 14th Annual Decatur Arts Festival, The Gazebo, Decatur City Center, Decatur, Atlanta, GA, USA
2001 Colica, Contemporary Perspectives. The Art Gallery, University of New England, Portland, ME, USA.
  Recent Paintings (with Chika Okeke), The Living Room Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA.
2000 Women to Women: Weaving Cultures, Shaping History, Indiana State University Art Gallery, Terre Haute, IN, USA (travelling), With Sokari Douglas Camp, Ndidi Dike, and Iyabo Abiola).
  Snapshot, The Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD, USA
1999 Synthesis, British Council Hall, Kaduna, Nigeria
  Seeds and Proverbs (with Chika Okeke), Kubatana Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA.
  Five Artists Exhibit Contemporary Nigerian Art, Abraka Turf Club, Abraka, Nigeria.
  Kulte, Künstler, Könige in Afrika, Schlossmuseum, Linz, Austria.
  New Curents: Avante garde Nigerian Art, Sheraton Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria.
  Young Master, Signature Art Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria.
  CROSS / ING: Time. Space. Movement. USF Contemporary Art Museum / Museum of African American Art, Tampa, USA, Track 16 Art Gallery, Santa Monica, USA, The Schmidt Center Gallery / Ritter Art Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, City Gallery East, Atlanta.
1996 Galerie Lindern
  OSHOBO - NSUKKA, Rathaus der Stadt Gersthofen, Gersthofen, Germany.
  Bestart *96, National Gallery of Art, Lagos, Nigeria.
1995 IMPACT, Aba Town Hall, Aba, Nigeria.
  Fragments and Songs (with Chika Okeke), Goethe-Institut, Lagos, Nigeria.
  ULI ART: Master Works, Recent Works, Skoto Gallery, New York, USA.
  Contemporary Nigerian Art, WIPO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland.
  A WOMAN'S VIEW: Equality, Development and Peace, The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA.
1994 Bestart '94, Goethe Institut, Lagos
1992 Works from the Workshop at Nsukka (Prints) and Auchi (Paintings), Goethe Institut, Lagos, Nigeria.
1991 Grafik aus Nigeria, Atrium Galerie, Berlin, Germany
1990 Prints from Nsukka, Goethe-Institut, Lagos, Nigeria.

Preise/Awards

1999 Residency, Artists in Residence International, Inc., Atlanta GA USA
  UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists.
1998 Residency, Bayreuth, Germany (Iwalewa Haus / Art Arc / Kaya der Volkshochschule Herzogenaurach).
1997 Residency, Contemporary Art Museum / Art Department, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
  Residency, Kulturkreis Gersthofen- Art Arc). Bayreuth, Germany Cairo Biennial
1994 Uche Okeke Prize for Drawing.
Aufträge/Commissions
2002 Artwork for the 2003 UNCBD/UNFCCC/UNCCD (The United Nations convention on Biological Diversity, The United Nations Framework Convention on Climatic Change, The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification) Calendar.
2000 Mural commissioned by the city of Langenhagen, Germany. Executed jointy with Dorothee Aschoff.
Lehraufträge/Teaching (Selection)
2002 Art Instructor, Art for Women's Economic Empowerment, a program of the Fulton County Arts Council, Atlanta, GA, USA.
  Drawing workshop, Spellman College, Atlanta, GA, USA.
2000- 2002 Various instructional programs for children, workshops, panels.
1992 Printmaking workshop directed by Willibrord Haas. University of Nigeria, Nsukka.