Zohra Opoku
Zohra Opoku (n. 1976, alemana y ghanesa; vive y trabaja en Accra, Ghana) examina la política de formación de la identidad personal a través de influencias históricas, culturales y socioeconómicas, particularmente en el contexto de la Ghana contemporánea.
Las exploraciones de Opoku han sido principalmente a través del lente de su cámara; Su fotografía se expresa a través de la serigrafía y el tratamiento fotográfico alternativo sobre variedades de tejidos naturales. Si bien su trabajo transmite comentarios sociales y temas ampliamente relevantes en torno a la experiencia humana, cada una de las exploraciones de Zohra está íntimamente arraigada en la política de identidad personal. En repetidas ocasiones integra reliquias familiares y su propia imagen en sus observaciones visuales de la memoria cultural de Ghana.
En 2023, ella figura entre los artistas exhibidos en la 15ª edición de la Bienal de Sharjah "Pensando Históricamente en el Presente" (Emiratos Árabes Unidos). Ha expuesto internacionalmente en el Museo de Fotografía (Chicago), el Museo de Arte de Cleveland (Ohio), el Centro de Arte Contemporáneo (Lagos), Kunsthaus Hamburg (Alemania), Musée de l'Ethnographie (Burdeos), Museo Guggenheim (Bilbao), Kunsthal (Róterdam), Museo Arqueológico de Mykonos (Grecia), Southbank Centre / Hayward Gallery (Londres), SAVVY Contemporary Berlín (Alemania), Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (Alemania) y la Tate Modern (Reino Unido).
Su obra está recogida por instituciones de renombre como la Colección del Cleveland Clinic, la Fundación Faurschou, el Museo Real de Ontario, el Museo de Arte Samuel P. Harn, el Hessel Museum of Art del Bard College, el Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles, la Tate Modern y más recientemente el Centro Pompidou.
La próxima exposición individual de la artista se inaugurará en julio de 2025 en el Zeitz MOCAA en Ciudad del Cabo, Sudáfrica.
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Palimpsest
30 Julio - 24 Agosto 2024 ChicagoMariane Ibrahim is pleased to announce Palimpsest, a summer group exhibition presenting work by ruby onyinyechi amanze, McArthur Binion, Bethany Collins, Carmen Neely, Zohra Opoku, Michael Rakowitz, and Edra Soto....Leer más -
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I Have Arisen...Part 2 24 Marzo - 3 Junio 2023 ParisMariane Ibrahim is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Zohra Opoku entitled, I Have Arisen...Part 2, the artists first show in Paris, on view from March 24th to June...Leer más -
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I Have Arisen... 8 Abril - 14 Mayo 2022 ChicagoMariane Ibrahim is pleased to present I Have Arisen..., the gallery’s second exhibition with Zohra Opoku and first in Chicago. The Myths of Eternal Life is Zohra Opoku’s latest body...Leer más -
La Vie en Rose
Group Exhibition 5 Febrero - 19 Marzo 2022 ChicagoExhibiting Artists: ruby onyinyechi amanze, Raphaël Barontini, Amoako Boafo, M. Florine Démosthène, Maïmouna Guerresi, Mwangi Hutter, Yukimasa Ida, Ayana V. Jackson, Clotilde Jiménez, Shannon T. Lewis, Sergio Lucena, No Martins,...Leer más -
J'ai Deux Amours...
Group Exhibition 18 Septiembre - 13 Octubre 2021 ParisMariane Ibrahim presents J'ai Deux Amours... , the inaugural exhibition of the gallery’s new space in Paris on Avenue Matignon. On view from September 18 to October 13, 2021, the...Leer más -
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Harmattan Tales 19 Enero - 17 Marzo 2018Harmattan Tales is a utopian exploration of the cityscape by connecting to Muslim women in Accra, Ghana and discovering life in the city through their lens. Opoku explores these women's...Leer más -
Group Exhibition
Back Stories 25 Enero - 25 Marzo 2017Back Stories is as much a celebration of the human form as it is an investigation into the ways in which these artists feel the body, particularly the back, can...Leer más
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Ugonna-Ora Owoh, Interior Design, Noviembre 6, 2024
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Harper's Bazaar, Octubre 18, 2024
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Enuma Okoro, Financial Times, Septiembre 28, 2024
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Von Maxi Broecking, Tagesspiegel, Septiembre 12, 2024
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James Imam, The Art Newspaper, Septiembre 10, 2024
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Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Art Basel, Septiembre 9, 2024
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Julia Grosse, Contemporary And, Septiembre 6, 2024
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Monopol Magazine, Julio 24, 2024
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Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, Marzo 19, 2024
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Emi Eleode, DADA Magazine Issue 2, Octubre 24, 2023
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MANJU JOURNAL, Octubre 1, 2023
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Ekow Eshun, Aperture Magazine, Septiembre 21, 2023
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Ingrid Luquet-Gad, Art Basel, Mayo 25, 2023
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Sylvie Rantrua, Le Point Afrique , Mayo 6, 2023
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Ron Lastima, Hundred Heroines , Mayo 3, 2023
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Melanie Gerlis , Financial Times , Junio 10, 2022
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Sebastian Frenzel, Monopol, Junio 3, 2022
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Frieze, Abril 7, 2022
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Hannah Clugston, The Guardian, Noviembre 1, 2021
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Common Language Magazine , Abril 3, 2021
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ENUMA OKORO, Vogue, Noviembre 13, 2020
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Sharvari Alape, Harper's Bazaar Arabia, Junio 18, 2020
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Rebecca Anne Proctor, Wallpaper*, Mayo 10, 2020
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Donatella Montrone, Black+White Photography, Abril 1, 2020
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Julia Friedman, Hyperallergic, Septiembre 12, 2019
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Wins The Armory Show Booth Prize
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Unraveled Threads
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Mariane Ibrahim Publications With contributions by Zoe Whitley, Silvia Forni, Enuma Okoro, Robin Beth Riskin, Rikki Byrd, and Delali Ayivo, 2023ENGLISHLeer más
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Suite Berlin
Zohra Opoku | Berlin Art Week 2024 Julio 23, 2024September 11 - 14, 2024 Address: Caroline-Humboldt-Weg 32, Berlin As part of the inaugural edition of Suite Berlin, Mariane Ibrahim is pleased to present a...Leer más -
With every fiber of (my) being
Zohra Opoku | Raw Material Company Mayo 14, 2024From May 19 to June 16, 2024, Zohra Opoku will present, in Raw Material Company, her new exhibition titled With every fibre of (my) being....Leer más -
Zohra Opoku Acquisition by The Centre Pompidou
Zohra Opoku | The Centre Pompidou Abril 3, 2024The Musée national d’art moderne – Centre Pompidou, in Paris, through the support of the “Friends of the Pompidou” (les amis du centre Pompidou), has...Leer más -
Echoes of the Brother Countries
Zohra Opoku | Haus der Kulturen der Welt Marzo 5, 2024What is the Price of Memory and What is the Cost of Amnesia? Or: Visions and Illusions of Anti-Imperialist Solidarities An exhibition and research project...Leer más -
Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys
Zohra Opoku I Brooklyn Museum Febrero 29, 2024Zohra Opoku's artwork is featured in the Brooklyn Museum as part of the Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys...Leer más -
The Struggle of Memory
Zohra Opoku | Palais Populaire by Deutsche Bank Diciembre 7, 2023Curated by Kerryn Greenberg, Independent Curator and Co-Director New Curators Exhibtion Dates: October 6, 2023 – March 11, 2024 “The first step in liquidating a...Leer más -
Accra! The Rise of a Global Art Community
Zohra Opoku & Amoako Boafo | Columbus Museum of Art Diciembre 7, 2023Columbus Museum of Art presents “Accra! The Rise of a Global Art Community” opening October 6, 2023 and includes work by Amoako Boafo and Zohra...Leer más -
A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography
Maïmouna Guerresi & Zohra Opoku I Tate Modern Julio 26, 2023The exhibition A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography, a celebration of the varied landscape of contemporary African photography today, presents works by Maïmouna Guerresi...Leer más -
Thinking Historically in the Present
Zohra Opoku | Sharjah Biennial 15 Febrero 21, 2023The 15th edition of the Sharjah Biennial, conceived by the late Okwui Enwezor and curated by the director of the Sharjah Foundation Hoor Al Qasimi,...Leer más -
Empowerment
Zohra Opoku I Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg Octubre 26, 2022The Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg presents a significant research-based exhibition titled Empowerment. Open from September 10, 2022 to January 08, 2023, the exhibition is based on the...Leer más -
SHARJAH BIENNIAL 2023
Zohra Opoku | The Sharjah Art Foundation Abril 18, 2022The Sharjah Art Foundation has named over 150 artists (Among which is Accra based artist, Zohra Opoku) hailing from more than 70 countries that will...Leer más -
Laced: In Search of What Connects Us
Zohra Opoku | New Art Exchange Octubre 31, 2021Simnikiwe Buhlungu, Rahima Gambo, Wura-Natasha Ogunji, Zohra Opoku, Tabita Rezaire, Lerato Shadi and Michaela Yearwood-Dan Laced is a network of artists linked to curator Loren...Leer más -
A Force for Change—UN Women
Artsy Benefit Auction 2021 Julio 16, 2021A Force for Change—UN Women: Benefit Auction 2021 presented by UN Women and Artsy featuring work by Zohra Opoku. UN Women is the global champion...Leer más -
Among the Trees
Zohra Opoku | Hayward Gallery Febrero 29, 2020By turns poetic, adventurous and thought-provoking, Among the Trees, the group exhibition explores our relationship with trees and forests. Among the Trees transports us around...Leer más -
The Palace at 4 A.M.
Zohra Opoku | NEON and The Archaeological Museum of Mykonos Junio 7, 2019Zohra Opoku participated in The Palace at 4 A.M. exhibition which was on view at the Archaeological Museum of Mykonos. May 18 – October 31,...Leer más
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Art Basel Paris
16 - 20 Octubre 2024Exhibiting artists: Raphaël Barontini Amoako Boafo Djabril BoukhenaÏssi Salah Elmur Patrick Eugène Sol Kordich Yukimasa Ida Shannon T. Lewis Ian Mwesiga Carmen Neely Zohra Opoku...Leer más -
ART ONO
Setec, Seoul, Korea 19 - 21 Abril 2024BOOTH # 113 EXHIBITING ARTISTS: ruby onyinyechi amanze Patrick Eugène Yukimasa Ida Eva Jospin Carmen Neely Zohra Opoku Mariane Ibrahim is pleased to participate in...Leer más -
Art Basel Miami Beach
1 - 3 Diciembre 2022BOOTH #D33 EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Amoako Boafo M. Florine Démosthène Patrick Eugène Yukimasa Ida Clotilde Jiménez Shannon T. Lewis No Martins Ian Micheal Ian Mwesiga Carmen...Leer más -
The Armory Show
9 - 11 Septiembre 2022BOOTH # 126 EXHIBITING ARTISTS: ruby onyinyechi amanze M. Florine Démosthène Maïmouna Guerresi Mwangi Hutter Ayana V. Jackson Shannon T. Lewis Carmen Neely Zohra...Leer más -
Art Basel
14 - 19 Junio 2022BOOTH # R24 EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Raphaël Barontini Amoako Boafo M. Florine Démosthène Mwangi Hutter Yukimasa Ida Ayana V. Jackson Clotilde Jiménez Ian Mwesiga Carmen Neely...Leer más -
Art Basel Miami Beach
2 - 4 Diciembre 2021BOOTH #D30 EXHIBITING ARTISTS: ruby onyinyechi amanze Raphaël Barontini Amoako Boafo M. Florine Démosthène Yukimasa Ida Clotilde Jiménez Shannon T. Lewis Ian Micheal Zohra...Leer más -
The Armory Show
ruby onyinyechi amanze, Florine Démosthène, Zohra Opoku, Lina Iris Viktor 4 - 8 Marzo 2020BOOTH # 721 EXHIBITING ARTISTS: ruby onyinyechi amanze M. Florine Démosthène Zohra Opoku Mariane Ibrahim announces its participation (Booth #721) at The Armory Show...Leer más -
Paris Photo
Ayana V. Jackson and Zohra Opoku 7 - 10 Noviembre 2019BOOTH #A08 EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Ayana V. Jackson Zohra Opoku Two booths by Ayana V. Jackson and Zohra Opoku: Mariane Ibrahim Gallery announces its participation...Leer más -
Unseen Amsterdam
Zohra Opoku 19 - 22 Septiembre 2019Woven Matters was a special exhibition in collaboration with Unseen Amsterdam, featuring Zohra Opoku's works for the 2019 edition of Unseen Amsterdam. 'This year at...Leer más -
Untitled: Miami Beach
Zohra Opoku, Alexandra Karakashian, Lina Iris Viktor, Clay Apenouvon, Sergio Lucena, Florine Démosthène, and Kudzanai Chiurai 4 - 9 Diciembre 2018For the second participation at Untitled: Miami Beach, Mariane Ibrahim presented a multi-artist exhibition. Exhibiting Artists: Zohra Opoku Alexandra Karakashian Lina Iris Viktor Clay Apenouvon...Leer más -
Art Dubai
Zohra Opoku 19 - 24 Marzo 2018For the gallery's inaugural presentaiton at Art Dubai, Zohra Opoku presents her series, Harmattan Tales. Zohra Opoku is an artist of German and Ghanaian descent...Leer más -
ZONA MACO
Zohra Opoku and Lina Iris Viktor 7 - 11 Febrero 2018For their first participation at ZONA MACO in Mexico City, Mariane Ibrahim was pleased to present a dual-artist exhibition of works by Ghanian-German artist Zohra...Leer más
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Zohra Opoku
In conversation with Enuma Okoro at Suite Berlin Septiembre 26, 2024In Suite Berlin with Zohra Opoku and Enuma Okoro as they discuss Opoku's new compelling series inspired by the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, which explores the mysteries of life, death, and the afterlife while engaging with personal identity politics. This series features both canvas works and sculptures, showcasing Opoku's intricate blend of photography, textiles, and symbolism. Notably, she transforms photography into richly detailed silkscreen compositions, often incorporating sutures that metaphorically stitch together her personal histories.Leer más -
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I Have Arisen...Part 2 Febrero 23, 2023Upon creating the second part of the series The Myths of Eternal Life, Zohra Opoku guides us through her studio and the streets of Ghana, in preparation for her upcoming Spring 2023 exhibition in the Paris gallery. In the chapters of The Myths of Eternal Life, Zohra Opoku is a curator of memory, where she makes literal, material. She is interested in stitching the past into the present, such as rendering the contours of a series of carved faces in thread next to a screen-printed, photographed collage of the stone...Leer más