Dozie Kanu


Dozie Kanu is an American artist. His work involves sculptural objects and installations that deal with limits of form, materiality, functionality and utilitarianism.

Early life and education

Kanu was born in Houston, Texas in 1993 and his parents are both Nigerian immigrants. After studying film directing, Kanu received a bachelor of fine arts degree from School of Visual Arts, New York in 2016. His first museum solo exhibition was held at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 2019. Kanu graduated from Maumaus Independent Study Program, Lisbon, Portugal in 2022. He presently lives and works in Santarém, Portugal.

Solo exhibitions

2024

  • , Lisbon, PT

2022

  • Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich, CHCordyceps Gaud Adversary, Neuer Essener Kunstverein, Essen, DETinted Spirit, Project Native Informant, London, UK

2021

Blood Type, Performance Space New York City, NYto prop and ignore, Manual Arts, Los Angeles, CAvalue order, Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon, PT

2020

Recoil, International Waters, New York, NYOwe Deed, One Deep, Project Native Informant, London, UK

2019

FUNCTION, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NYARS JUS PAX, JTG Detroit Project, Detroit, MI

2018

Humane Alternatives, Soft Opening, London, UK