Curriculum Vitae

Samuel Nnorom

Visual Artist and Art Educator

Born in 1990, Abia, Nigeria.
Lives and works in Nsukka, Nigeria

EDUCATION

2017/18 in view:

University in Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

M.F.A.(sculpture)

2015:

University of Jos, Plateau, Nigeria.

B.A.Ed.(sculpture major)

INFORMAL ART TRAINING

2001 – 2008:

 Johnny Art production Studio, Jos, Nigeria.

PRIZES/AWARDS

2023:

ex aequo the Ettore e Ines Fico Prize at the Artissima fair, Italy.

2023:

5 selected finalist for Craft Council and Brookfield Properties award UK.

2022/2023:

Global Prize winner, Art for Change, Saatchi Gallery London UK.

2016/2017/ 2019:

Life in My City Art Festival, Enugu, Nigeria.

2019:

First prize, Leatherworks, Icreate Africa, Landmark Centre Oniru Lagos, Nigeria

2018:

NNPC   and   Chevron Art Teachers Certificate of Achievement, Lagos, Nigeria

2017:

NNPC and Chevron Art Teacher’s Certificate of Achievement, Lagos, Nigeria

2017:

Top 50 prize, Union Bank Art Challenge, Lagos, Nigeria

2012:

First Prize Winner, Tertiary Category, 4th National Visual Art Competition, Nigeria Gallery of Art (Theme: National Security), Abuja Nigeria.

2010:

Third Prize National Visual Art Competition, 3rd National Visual Art Competition, Nigeria Gallery of Art, Tertiary Category; (Theme: Electoral Reform as Ethics for Good Governance), Abuja Nigeria.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024:

“Multitudes or Minorities?”, Saatchi Gallery and Tiwani Contemporary, London, UK.

2024:

“A Material World: In the Beginning, ”Kateferri Project, New York, USA.

2024:

“What Tomorrow Holds”, THK Gallery, Capetown, South Africa.

2024:

“Interwoven Narratives”, Galerie Revel, Paris, France.

2023:

“Emotional Catch”, Tiwani Contemporary, Lagos, Nigeria.

2023:

“Truth and Conspiracy”, Primo Marella Gallery, Milano, Italy.

2023:

“Points of Departure”, Galerie Art Mûr 5826, rue St-Hubert Montréal, (Québec) Canada.

2023:

“Politics of Clothes”,  The Mitochondria Gallery, Houston Texas, United State of America.

2023:

“Politics of Fabrics”, an Expository solo exhibition, The Guest Artist Space, Yinka Shonibare Foundation, Lagos.

2023:

 “Immigration and Integration”, The Art House, Wakefield United Kingdom.

2013:

“Contemporary Renaissance”, FAA Departmental Gallery (October 9-11), Plateau, Nigeria

ART RESIDENCIES

2024:

Black Rock Senegal.

2023:

BISO Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso

2022/2023:

Gas Artist Space (GAS) Yinka Shonibare Foundation Residency, Nigeria.

2022:

ROSL and Art House Residency, London.

ART FAIRS

2024:

Primo Marella Gallery at AKAA Paris France.

2024:

Primo Marella Gallery at 1-54 Art Fair London.

2024:

Tiwani Contemporary gallery at Frieze London.

2024:

Kateferri Project, Solo presentation at Armory Art fair, New York.

2024:

Kateferri Project, at 1-54 Art Fair, New York.

2024:

Retro Africa at Tokyo Gendai 2024, Retro Africa.

2024:

THK Gallery at 1-54 New York 2024, THK Gallery.

2024:

Primo Marella Gallery at miart 2024, Primo Marella Gallery.

2024:

THK Gallery at Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2024, THK Gallery.

2024:

Primo Marella Gallery at Artefiera Bologna 2024, Primo Marella Gallery.

2024:

Tiwani Contemporary gallery at Frieze Los Angeles.

2024:

Primo Marella Gallery at 1-54 Art Fair Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong.

2024:

THK Gallery at Capetown Art Fair, South Africa.

2024:

Collect Art Fair 2024, Galerie Revel, London, UK.

2024:

Primo Marella Gallery at 1-54 Marrakech, Morocco.

2024:

This is Not White Cube Gallery at 1-54 Marrakech 2024, Morocco.

2024:

Primo Marella Gallery at artgenève 2024, Switzerland.

2023:

Primo Marella Gallery at Artissima 2023, Torino TO, Italy.

2023:

Tiwani Contemporary at ART X Lagos, Nigeria.

2023:

Art Mûr at Art Toronto 2023, Canada.

2023:

Primo Marella Gallery at 1-54 London 2023, London.

2023:

Bordeaux Art fair, Galerierevel Stand R+1 63, France

2023:

MIART, Primo Marella Gallery, Booth A13, Milano Italy

2023:

Collect Art Fair, Galerie Revel, London, UK

2023:

London Art Fair, Koop Project, Stand P15 Encounters Platform, London United Kingdom

2022:

ArtxLagos, Tiwani Contemporary, Booth 3, Nigeria

2022:

AKAA Art Fair, Galerie Chauvy booth A8, Paris France

MUSEUM / INSTITUTIONAL SOLO

2024:

Saatchi Gallery in collaboration with Tiwani Contemporary gallery at London.

2024:

Museum of Textile, Canada.

MUSEUM GROUP SHOWS

2024:

“interAction” biennale at Fondazione Made in Cloister, Napoli, Italy.

2023:

International contemporary art exhibition “Paragone: What’s with mediums today?”, The Water Museum – EPAL, at the Depósito da Patriarcal and at the Cape Verde Cultural Centre, Portugal.

BIENNIAL SHOWS

2024:

Black Rock Pavallion, Dakar Biennial, Senegal.

2023:

BISO International Biennial of Sculpture of Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023:

Unusual Materials And Forms For A New Aesthetic, Primo Marella Gallery.

2023:

Beyond Boundaries, This Is Not A White Cube.

2023:

 ‘At Once, Then Again: Selections from Practice’, Rele Gallery, Lagos Nigeria.

2023:

Undiscovered, 5 artist show, Thought Pyramids, Lagos Nigeria.

2023:

International Royal Oversea League Art exhibition, London, UK.

2023:

Tiwani Contemporary, viewing room show, London.

2023:

Kate-Ferri Project, Dark Matters, New York USA.

2022:

Recycle Matter, Alexis Gallery Lagos Nigeria

2022:

Matters of Essential, a Salon Show at Ko Artspace, Lagos Nigeria.

2022:

 Voices of Textile at Gallery Marion Chauvy, Paris France.

2021:

Wielding Power, joint exhibition, Gallery At The Landmark, Lagos.

2021:

Rele Art Foundation, Exhibition of Young Contemporary Artists, Ekiti State.

2019:

Best work, Enugu zone, Life in My City Art Festival, Enugu, Nigeria.

2019:

United States International Institute for Creative Development Exhibition, 4 Oguda Close Maitama Abuja, Nigeria.

2019:

One Environment Hybrid Art Exhibition, Ceddi plaza Abuja, Nigeria.

2018:

Life in My City Art Festival 2018, Top 100, Enugu, Nigeria.

2017:

Life in My City Art Festival, Enugu, Nigeria

2017:

Union Bank Art Challenge Exhibition, Lagos, Nigeria

2016:

African Art Resource Centre, art exhibition, National Museum Onikan Lagos, Nigeria.

2016:

Spanish Art Competition, Thought Pyramid Art Center Abuja, Nigeria,

2016:

Life in My City Art Festival, Enugu Nigeria

2015:

6th National Visual Art Competition (Theme: National Security and Stable Power Supply) Abuja, Nigeria.

2014:

Life in My City Art Festival, Enugu, Nigeria.

2013:

Splendid Art Exhibition, Faculty of law, lecture hall university of Jos, Plateau, Nigeria.

2013:

Puscat Art Competition, 2nd Prize Winner. Plateau Nigeria

2013:

Life in My City Art Festival, Enugu, Nigeria.

2014:

African Art Resource Center (AARC), Art for Life, Lagos, Nigeria.

2012:

4th National Visual Art Competition, Nigeria Gallery of Art (Theme: National Security), Abuja Nigeria.

2010:

3rd National Visual Art Competition, Nigeria Gallery of Art, Tertiary Category; (Theme: Electoral Reform as Ethics for Good Governance), Abuja Nigeria.

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

2024:

Taguchi collection, Tokyo, Japan.

2024:

Anthony David collections, Los Angeles, USA.

2024:

Fondazione Marino Golinelli , Bologna , Italy.

2023:

Ettore Fico Museum, Torino, Italy.

2023:

Fondation Gandur pour l’Art, Geneva, Switzerland.

2023:

DS_Artcollection, UK.

Several important private collections in the; Europe, North America, South America and Africa.

PUBLIC WORKS / COMMISSIONS

2024:

Sugarlift gallery, NYC.

2013:

Berom Victory, 30 feet, concrete sculpture, Barkin Ladi, Plateau State.

2019:

Late Prof. Chinua Achebe, 4.2 feet, concrete bust Sculpture, University of Nigeria, Nsukka

2020:

Late Prof. Dora Akunyili, 9.1 feet, concrete sculpture, Anambra State.

My Works