Dozie Kanu
USA (1993)
Nigerian-American Dozie Kanu was raised in Houston and grew up around the city’s slab car scene—a world of customization, shine, and individuality that shaped how he sees design and taught him that materials and form can express identity.
Now based in Santarem, Portugal, Kanu practices at the intersections of sculpture, performance, and fine art. By appropriating found objects and refashioning them to new aesthetics, he creates communicative and performative works that are inherently disobedient and stubbornly slippery, resisting classification and challenging conventional boundaries.
Kanu received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts, New York, in 2016 and was awarded the Humblot Design Prize in 2018. His first museum solo exhibition was held at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 2019, and he has continued to exhibit internationally, including the Venice Biennale and the New Museum in New York. He graduated from the Maumaus Independent Study Program, Lisbon, in 2022.
Now based in Santarem, Portugal, Kanu practices at the intersections of sculpture, performance, and fine art. By appropriating found objects and refashioning them to new aesthetics, he creates communicative and performative works that are inherently disobedient and stubbornly slippery, resisting classification and challenging conventional boundaries.
Kanu received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts, New York, in 2016 and was awarded the Humblot Design Prize in 2018. His first museum solo exhibition was held at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 2019, and he has continued to exhibit internationally, including the Venice Biennale and the New Museum in New York. He graduated from the Maumaus Independent Study Program, Lisbon, in 2022.
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My work acts as a kind of host; it’s almost the director of the room in how it orchestrates the experience of the surrounding space.
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