IKÉ UDÉ
BORN
Born in Lagos, Nigeria
Lives and works in New York City
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Paris Hilton: Fantasy and Simulacrum, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
2002
Other Rooms Other Voices, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
Upstairs, Downstairs, Fifty One Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Mauve & Sympathy Series, Arco Special Project Room, curated by Octavio Zaya
2001
Recess, MC Magma Gallery, Milan, Italy
Other Aspects, Fifty One Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2000-2002
Beyond Decorum: The Photography of Iké Udé, curated by Mark Bessire and Lauri Firstenberg.
Exhibition Tour (2000 through 2002):
Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, Maine
MAK Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria
Oboro Contemporary Art, Montreal, Canada
Sert Gallery, Carpenter Center, Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts
University of California at Riverside, California Museum of Photography,California
Beyond Decorum, Marcus Derschler Gallery, Berlin, Germany
1997
Subject to Representation, curated by Kevin Gibbs, with catalogue essay by Kobena Mercer, Gallery 101, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1995
Celluloid Frames, Wessel O’Connor Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
Imago: The Drama of Self- Portraiture in Recent Photography, Paul Robeson Gallery, Newark, NJ
Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic System in African Art, National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C.
2007
Big Bad Love, Stux Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Six Degrees of Separation, Stux Gallery, New York, NY
2003
The Triennial, Haifa Museum, Israel
2002/3
Chic Clicks: Creativity and Commerce in Contemporary Fashion Photography, curated by Ulrich Lehmann. Catalogue edited by Ulrich Lehmann, published by Hatje Cantz in Stuttgart Germany.
Exhibition tour: ICA Boston, January to May 2002
Kunstmuseum Winterthur June to September 2002
MAK Vienna October 2002 to January 2003
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg February 2003 to May 2003
Fashion Museum Kobe, Japan, Summer 2003
2002/3
A Doll’s House, curated by Selene Wendt, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Norway
2001/2
Seduction, curated by Coromandel: Gregory Leroy, Celine Fribourg and Alex Fabry, New York, NY
2001
Tirana Biennale, curated by Helena Kontova, Giancarlo Politi, Albania
Art Forum Berlin, curated by Christine Frisinghelli, Germany
What I Did On My Summer Vacation, curated by Paul Ha, White Columns, New York, NY
Hotter Than July, curated by Steve Henry Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000
Seventh Havana Biennial, curated by Magda Ileana Gonazalez-Mora, Cuba
1999
Double Lives, curated by Teresa Blanch, Textil Museum, Barcelona, Spain
Structure, curated by W. Rod Faulds, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach Community College, Florida
1998
Bathroom, curated by Wayne Koestenbaum, Thomas Healy Gallery, New York, NY
2nd Johannesburg Biennale 1997, curated by Okwui Enwezor, South Africa
The New Museum of Contemporary Art; 20th Anniversary Benefit Auction, curated by Dan Cameron, New York
Aphrodisia: The Alternative Museum’s Valentine Auction, curated by Romy Phillips, New York, NY
1996
In/sight: African Photographers, 1940-Present, Solomon Guggenheim Museum, organized by the Guggenheim Museum; co-curated by Clare Bell, Assistant Curator, and independent curators, Okwui Enwezor, Danielle Tilkin and Octavio Zaya, New York, NY
Inclusion/Exclusion, curated by Peter Weibel, Steirischer Herbit 96, Graz, Austria
Interzone, curated by Octavio Zaya and Anders Michelson. Copenhagen Kunsteverien, Uppasala, Konstmuseum, Sweden
Po-Mo Funk: Urban Expressions Beyond Post-Modern Theory, curated by Sean Gibbons, Miami Beach, Florida
No Doubt: African-American Art of the 90's, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Connecticut
1995
Modern Life, curated by Okwui Enwezor with catalogue essay by Okwui Enwezor, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art in conjunction with Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Narcissistic Disturbance, curated by Michael Cohen, with catalogue essays by Larry Rickels, Otis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1994
Let the Artist Live!, Exit Art, New York, NY
SELECTED MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Solomon Guggenheim Museum
Smithsonian National Museum, Washington D.C.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2002
et dukkehjem, catalogue for show “A Doll’s House”, published by Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, October
PRISMA: Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, catalogue
Paper Magazine “Gangs of New York” September
BLINK: 100 Photographers, 010 Curators, 010 Writers, Phaidon Press, essay by Christine Frisinghelli
Chic Clicks: Creativity and Commerce in Contemporary Fashion, Catalogue edited by Ulrich Lehmann, Winter
Séduire / Seduce: Café de Flore, Coromandel Design/Press.
2001
“At Harvard, Images in Distinctive African Style”, by Holland Cotter, New York Times, October 12
The Power of the Image, Mois de la Photo a Montreal, video/photography biennale, curated by Marie-Josée Jean, Fall
Suddeneutsche Zeitung Magazine, Mode Special
“Iké Udé at the ICA @ MECA,” by Carl Little, Art in America, New York, April
“Beyond Decorum: The Photography of Iké Udé,” Flash Art (International), Milan, January/February, AD/ inside-back-cover
“Postcolonail Flaneur,” by Kobena Mercer, Camera Austria, Graz, Number 73, Spring, 2001, p. 33-44
“Between a Dandy and His Choice of Clothes,” by Shirin Neshat, Flash Art (International), Milan, March/April 2001, p.92
“Beyond the Margins of the Mosquito Coast : Iké Udé ,” by Dayna McLeod, Hour, Montreal, February 22
2000
IKÉ UDÉ Beyond Decorum: The Photography of Iké Udé, The MIT Press, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“Talking Looks,” by Iké Udé and Diane Von Furstenberg, NU: The Nordic Art,Review, Stockholm, Volume II, No.6, p.70
1996
"Liberty, Fraternity, Inequality" by Cynthia Wiggins”, The LA Weekly, Los Angeles, August
"A New Generation Emerging On Often Irreverent Terms" by William Zimmer, The New York Times, New York, Sunday, July 28, 1996, p.16
“Aldrich Museum" by Roberta Smith, The New York Times, New York, Friday, July 12, 1996, p. C25
"Mostly African Scenes, All by Africans", by Holland Cotter, The New York Times, New York, Friday, July 5, 1996, p.C22
"Voice Choices", by Vince Aletti, The Village Voice, New York, June 18, 1996, pullout section
1996
“In/Sight: African Photographers, 1940 To The Present" by Regina Woods, The Guide To The Guggenheim Museum, New York, June-September
"Guggenheim Museum", The New Yorker, New York, June 10, 1996, p. 12 "Seeing Africa Through African Eyes" by Carol Squiers, The New York Times, New York, Sunday, May 26, 1996, p.30
"No Doubt - A must See At The Aldrich", by D. Dominick Lombardi, The Bedford Pound Ridge, RECORD REVIEW, Bedford, Connecticut, Friday, July 19, 1996, p.36
"A focus On Funk - And A Good Friend" by Elisa Turner, The Miami Herald, Florida, February 23, 1996, p.27G
“Between Worlds: Postmodernism and African Artists in the Western Metropolis” by Okwui Enwezor, Atlantica, Centro Atlantico De Arte Moderno, Canary Island, 1996, issue #14, p.4
"We like Iké: An African Artist in America", by Greg Tate, Vibe Magazine, New York, April, 1996, p.40
“Moving In: Eight Contemporary African Artists” by Okwui Enwezor and Octavio Zaya, Flash Art International, Milan, Italy, January
1995
“Around Newark, Many Vantage Points on Modern Life” by Vivien Raynor, The New York Times Sunday, New York, Nov. 5
“Iké Udé Gets Framed!” by Amanda Filley, Columbia Daily Spectator, New York, September 14, 1995, pages 12 and 14
“Voice Choices” by Kim Levin, The Village Voice, New York, September 12, 1995, p.9
“The Millennialists” by Wayne Sterling, One World, New York, Spring 1995, p.45
“Regarding Henry” by Julia Szabo, New York, New York, January 16, 1995, p.42
“Magazine Rack: Art in Your Face” by Elise Harris, Out,New York, February 1995, p.32
1994
“Art of Slumber in Ingberman and Colo’s Camp Soho” by Deborah Gimelson, The New York Observer, New York, Oct.17, p.1
“Voice Choices” by Vince Aletti, The Village Voice, New York, October 4, 1994, p.73
“No Exit Art” by Elizabeth Hess, The Village Voice, New York, October 11, 1994, p.72
“Art Gallery or Madhouse” by Karin Lipson, New York Newsday New York, October 19, 1994, p.103
“The Message is the Medium” by Steve Wilson, Folio, New York, November 15, 1994, p.47
1993
“In The Loop” by Peter Davis, Paper Magazine, New York, November 1993, p.53
SELECTED VIDEO PROJECTS
1999 The Darlings
1995 Celluloid Frames
Sites of Beauty
1994 Cover Girl
1993 Project Rear