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 C. Krydz Ikwuemesi (painter, theorist, curator) (b.1967) is
the founding member and emeritus secretary of The Visual
Orchestra and the International Secretary of the Pan-African
Circle of Artists.
He is also the founding member and President of The Art Republic
(formerly Art-in-Africa Project) as well as founding editor of
Letter from Africa, the biannual review published by the
Pan-African Circle of Artists. He has organized exhibitions and
art workshops for up-coming artists and has been the subject of
numerous critical essays and reviews in the media.
A most versatile artist, Ikwuemesi has equally written and
published some poetry and more than 70 essays in local and
foreign media, including newspapers, magazines, journals, and
the radio. In 2001, he was invited to Japan by the Japanese
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Japan Foundation as one of
the twelve African artists and critics selected to participate
in a study tour and symposia on representing other cultures.
In 2001, he was invited to the Dakar Biennale as art writer and
critic and later went on a one-month fellowship in Art History
at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. In
November 2002, he was the curator of Crossing Boundaries an
exhibition held by The Pan-African Circle of Artists and the
Centre Soleil d’Afrique in Bamako, Mali, within the framework of
Afrika Heritage 2002.
He was recently an artist-in-residence at Centrum Arts and
Creative Education at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend,
USA. He has taught painting and draughtsmanship at University of
Nigeria since 1994 and is the initiator and Project Director of
Afrika Heritage (the PACA Biennale) and Overcoming Maps (the
PACA Study Tour of Africa).
Recently, Ikwuemesi was nominated a member of the Japanese
network on the preservation of cultural heritage in Africa. His
current exhibition project, "20th Century Art: a Story from
Nigeria" seeks to present modern Nigerian art in different parts
of Africa and the world between 2006 and 2008.
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>> Curriculum Vitae of C. Kridz Ikwuemesi
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