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Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze

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Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze
human
Ein sex anaa genderfemale Edit
Country wey e be citizenNigeria Edit
Name wey dem give amRuby Edit
Ein date of birth1982 Edit
Place dem born amNigeria Edit
Ein occupationartist Edit
Educate forTemple University, Cranbrook Academy of Art Edit
ResidenceBrooklyn Edit
Dema official websitehttp://rubyamanze.com/ Edit
Has works in the collectionJewish Museum, Hessel Museum of Art, Studio Museum in Harlem Edit
Copyright status as creatorworks protected by copyrights Edit
Personal pronounL484 Edit

Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze (dem born am 1982), be Nigerian-born British-American artist dem note am for drawings wey she dey work for paper top wich dey focus for cultural hybridity anaa "post-colonial non-nationalism."[1][2][3] For addition to she be an artist, na she sanso work as a teacher den curator.[4] She dey live insyd Brooklyn, New York.

Early life den education

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Na dem born Amanze insyd Nigeria insyd 1982. Na dem raise am insyd de United Kingdom, wey she live der for 13 years before she cam go de United States insyd 2004 wen na she move go Philadelphia.

She receive a B.F.A. degree summa cum laude from de Tyler School of Art at Philadelphia ein Temple University insyd 2004.[5] She receive ein M.F.A degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art, insyd Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.[6]

Awards den residencies

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Amanze earn a Fulbright Fellowship insyd 2012,[6] and was a recipient of the Fulbright Scholars Award for Teaching/Research at de University of Nigeria, Nsukka (2013).[7]

From 2015 to 2016 na Amanze be an Opens Sessions participant at de Drawing Center, New York.[8]

Na Amanze be an Artist-in-Residence at de Cooper Union School of Art insyd New York, NY insyd 2011, de Lower Manhattan Cultural Council from 2014 to 2015,[9] de Fountainhead Residency insyd Miami, Florida insyd 2015, den de Queens Museum insyd Queens, New York, from 2016 to 2017.[10]

Exhibitions dem select

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Amanze exhibit internationally. Ein solo exhibitions dey include:

  • there are even moonbeams we can unfold (2018) at Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
  • Salt Water (2015) at Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa[11]
  • astroturf rooftop picnics (2015) at Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY[12]
  • a story. in parts. (2015) at Tiwani Contemporary, London, UK[13][14]
  • The Armory Show Focus (2016) at Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, Seattle, WA
  • STAR FISH (2017) at Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY[15]

Collections

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Dem hold Amanze ein work insyd permanent collections wey dey include:

  • Deutsche Bank, London, U.K.
  • The Jewish Museum, New York, USA[16]
  • The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, USA
  • The Microsoft Collection
  • Montblanc Cultural Foundation

References

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  1. ↑ "About". rubyamanze.com. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  2. ↑ Stafford Davis, Jessica (22 March 2016). "10 Female Artists of Color". The Root. Gizmoda Media Group. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Lindsay, Taylor (16 December 2016). "2017 Is the Year of Aggression for This Annual Performance Art Series". Vice Media LLC. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Curator and Artist Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze on the Ancient, Universal Language of Drawing". Artspace (in English). Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  5. ↑ McMahon, Katherine (8 August 2015). "Habitat: Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze". ARTnews. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "First solo exhibition by ruby onyinyechi amanze opens at Tiwani Contemporary". ArtDaily. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Mariane Ibrahim Gallery | ruby onyinyechi amanze". marianeibrahim.com. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "The Drawing Center | New York, NY | Open sessions | Artists 2016-2017 | ruby onyinyechi amanze". www.drawingcenter.org (in English). Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "30 Emerging Artists to Watch During Frieze Week". Artsy. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  10. ↑ "Queens Museum". www.queensmuseum.org (in American English). Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  11. ↑ "resume – ruby amanze". rubyamanze.com (in English). Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  12. ↑ "First solo exhibition by ruby onyinyechi amanze opens at Tiwani Contemporary". ArtDaily. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  13. ↑ "ruby onyinyechi amanze at Tiwani Contemporary - IAM - Intense Art Magazine". IAM - Intense Art Magazine (in American English). 5 July 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  14. ↑ Farley, Michael Anthony (9 January 2017). "This Week's Must-See Art Events: Rejoice! Our Times Are Intolerable and Nasty Women Are Front-and-Center". Art F City. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  15. ↑ Farago, Jason (25 January 2018). "A Museum's Fresh Take on the Whole Megillah". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
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