Resume

TAIYE IDAHOR

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Education Yaba College of Technology, Lagos Nigeria Higher National Diploma (HND) in Sculpture 2001-      

                    2007. National Diploma (ND) in General Art 2001- 2004

Permanent Museum Collections

Ethnologisches Museum, Humboldt Forum Berlin Germany

Stanley Museum of Art, Iowa State University USA

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Canada

Zeitz MOCCA, Museum of Contemporary Art Africa South Africa

Davis Museum, Wellesley College, Massachusetts United States of America

Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey United States of America

Brooklyn Museum, New York United States of America

SOLO EXHIBITION

2024 I See Women as Trees, ODA Gallery Lagos Nigeria

2018 OKHUO; Tyburn gallery London UK

2014 Taiye Idahor: Hairvolution, Whitespace Lagos Nigeria

GROUP EXHIBITION PARTICIPATION

2024 Selections from the Collection; Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art, South Africa

          The Narratives of Black Hair, MAGNIN-A Gallery Paris France

2023 Black Venus, Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) San Francisco USA

          Hauntology; Ghostly Matters, Mariane Ibrahim Gallery Chicago USA

2022 Benin Bronzes, Humboldt Forum, Berlin, Germany

          ECHO, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York USA

2021 In Proportion,O’Dart Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria

          HOT/COLD-DRY/WET: On Art and Latitude, Schloss Oberdiessbach, Switzerland

2020 UBUNTU National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens, Greece

2019 TWO TOGETHER, Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art, South Africa

          Àbadakone | Continuous Fire |Feu Continuel, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

          CHINAFRIKA. Under construction, Konfuzius-Institut, München, Germany

2018 TRANS, University of Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa

          Rustling Hope, Museum of Contemporary Art, Lagos Nigeria

2017 Lagos Biennial, Living on the Edge, Nigeria

          Significations, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts & Design, Havana, Cuba

          Zeitz Musuem of Contemporary Art Africa opening Exhibition, Cape Town South Africa

          Ori meta, odun meta, ibikan, ISCP New, ISCP New York city

2016 Standing Out, Temple Muse Lagos Nigeria

          Ori meta, odun meta, ibikan, Centre for Contemporary art Lagos Nigeria

2015 “TimeLine” Bag Factory studios, Johannesburg South Africa

2014 Society of Nigerian Artists’ 50th Anniversary exhibition, Omenka Gallery Lagos, Nigeria

          l’Art au service de la réconciliation, Centre Soleil d’Afrique, Bamako Mali

2013 International Summer Academy Salzburg OPEN DAY Exhibition, Austrai

          Marker 2013: Art Dubai, Dubai UAE

2012 Nigeria Now: Emerging trends of Contemporary Art in Nigeria. Miami Art Fair, Art Basel

          “Water and Purity” women’s exhibition, Wheat baker Legacy, Lagos Nigeria

          “Colours and creativity” National Museum Onikan Lagos Nigeria

2011 Ravy International Art Festival – Yaoundé Cameroon

          An Anonymous Tale, Yokohama Creative City Center Yokohama, Japan

          October Rain by SNA, Lagos Nigeria

          Nigeria, our Nigeria, Presidential Inauguration Exhibition Abuja Nigeria

          Pecha Kucha (Art Presentation) Lagos Nigeria

2010 “The Green Summary” Center for Contemporary Art Lagos Nigeria

          “50 Years Ahead through the eyes of Nigerian Women” Lagos and Abuja Nigeria

          “Nigeria at 50” Art Competition Lagos Nigeria

 2007 Final year exhibition, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos Nigeria

           “Beautiful Nigeria” National Museum, Lagos Nigeria

            ADSA art fair exhibition, Yusuf Grillo Art Gallery, Lagos Nigeria

2006 “Within Our Grasps” National Museum, Lagos Nigeria

2004 6th Harmattan Workshop, Agbarha-Otor, Delta state Nigeria

2002 “The gods of This Age” Didi Museum, Lagos Nigeria