Aindrea Emelife Instagram – Appointed Curator of the Nigeria Pavilion at next years Venice Biennale!
I can’t quite believe I am typing this. I am beyond honoured to have been appointed as the Curator of the Nigeria Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.
This is not something I take lightly. The hard, dedicated and enduring work has already begun. Working with and having the trust of all the artists I have selected – so dynamic, cross-generational, and interdisciplinary – has and will continue to be the greatest privilege as we imagine, dream and seek to realise the important mission of representing a nation. The Nigeria Imaginary will be a manifesto. Indeed, the imagination is the most fertile and powerful tool of liberation we possess.
I have a change agenda. To be able to enact and articulate this – as a young curator, committed to the power art has to change us – at one of the art worlds most important platforms will be the most important thing I have done in my career so far. Not for or in service of myself, but in a mission to show the world that there is so much more than we have been told. So much more to Nigeria and to Africa that limited imaginations have propagandised.
This project is deeply aligned with our mission at MOWAA (@mowaaofficial ) As MOWAA’s Curator of Modern and Contemporary, it has been deeply meaningful to begin to demonstrate our vision with this project, but also to ensure its relevance and meaning back home. With MOWAA’s organisational support, the Nigerian Pavilion will tour back to MOWAA as the inaugural exhibition of our Rainforest Gallery, the first exhibition space opening in the MOWAA Creative District in 2025. | Posted on 21/Jul/2023 18:14:13
