Walk Back Home
Family Portrait Series: Ekene as Father, 2019, oil on birchwood, 15” diameter
In 2019, Ekene Emeka Maduka was one of twenty artists to receive the Dean Prize Award by Kasseem Dean (Swizz Beatz), an American record producer, rapper, songwriter and collector.
The award supported solo exhibitions of emerging artists selected globally. For Maduka’s show, Walk Back Home, The artist paid tribute to her home country, Nigeria, which is often the basis of her oeuvre. Part of the collection sees her personifying her father, mother, sisters, and alternates of herself.
In these works, endeavours are set in motion to construe the perceived, constructed images of those closest to us with fresh eyes that reveal bias only recognizable from a distance. The show was critically reviewed in Akimbo Journal by Artist, Writer, and Curator Luther Konadu.
The award supported solo exhibitions of emerging artists selected globally. For Maduka’s show, Walk Back Home, The artist paid tribute to her home country, Nigeria, which is often the basis of her oeuvre. Part of the collection sees her personifying her father, mother, sisters, and alternates of herself.
In these works, endeavours are set in motion to construe the perceived, constructed images of those closest to us with fresh eyes that reveal bias only recognizable from a distance. The show was critically reviewed in Akimbo Journal by Artist, Writer, and Curator Luther Konadu.
Family Portrait Series: Ekene as Mercedes, 2019, oil on birchwood, 15” diameter
Family Portrait Series: Ekene as Mom, 2019, oil on birchwood, 15” diameter
Installation view: The two selves II, oil on canvas, 2018, 24x30”, Family Portrait Series: Ekene as Ekene with Tyler, 2019, oil on birchwood, 15” diameter; Longings For Ulo (Deer In Headlights), 2019, oil on canvas, 3ft x 4ft
The two selves II, oil on canvas, 2018, 24x30”
Family Portrait Series: Ekene as Akum, 2019, oil on birchwood, 15” diameter