Marcia Kure

Marcia Kure (born 1970) is a Nigerian artist living in the United States. She trained at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka under Obiora Udechukwu, a leading figure of the "Nsukka School."^[1] She has had several one-person exhibitions in Nigeria, Germany, and the United States. She participated in the 7th Sharjah Biennial (2005) and in the 2nd Seville International Biennial of Contemporary Art(2006) directed by Okwui Enwezor. Here early work focused on political violence and the agency of women in patriarchal society.^[2] More recently her work has been concerned with themes related to motherhood, haute couture fashion, hip-hop aesthetics, and popular tales. She was awarded the Uche Okeke Prize for Drawing (1994).

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References

1. ^ See Simon Ottenberg, New Traditions from Nigeria: Seven Artists of the Nsukka Group (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997) p. 153
2. ^ See Ozioma Onuzulike, "Marcia Kure: Not Just a Cloth," Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art (fall/winter, 2001) p. 85

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