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Dozie Kanu is an American
artist An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating the work of art. The most common usage (in both everyday speech and academic discourse) refers to a practitioner in the visual arts o ...
. His work involves sculptural objects and installations that deal with limits of form, materiality, functionality and
utilitarianism In ethical philosophy, utilitarianism is a family of normative ethical theories that prescribe actions that maximize happiness and well-being for the affected individuals. In other words, utilitarian ideas encourage actions that lead to the ...
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Early life and education

Kanu was born in
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in 1993 and his parents are both Nigerian immigrants. After studying film directing, Kanu received a bachelor of fine arts degree from School of Visual Arts, New York in 2016. His first museum solo exhibition was held at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 2019. Kanu graduated from Maumaus Independent Study Program, Lisbon, Portugal in 2022. He presently lives and works in Santarém,
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Solo exhibitions


2024


Lumiar Cité
Lisbon, PT


2022

* Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich, CH * ''Cordyceps Gaud Adversary,'' Neuer Essener Kunstverein, Essen, DE * ''Tinted Spirit,'' Project Native Informant, London, UK


2021

* ''Blood Type,'' Performance Space New York City, NY * ''to prop and ignore,'' Manual Arts, Los Angeles, CA * ''value order entrify.pt'' Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon, PT


2020

* ''Recoil'', International Waters (with Cudelice Brazelton IV), New York, NY * ''Owe Deed, One Deep'', Project Native Informant, London, UK


2019

* ''FUNCTION'', The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY * ''ARS JUS PAX,'' JTG Detroit Project, Detroit, MI


2018

* ''Humane Alternatives'', Soft Opening, London, UK


References


External links


Official Website of Dozie Kanu
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