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Marcia Kure, For Southern Kaduna I – Grief, A Many Feathered Thing, 2017-2020, Collage, 23.75 k gold on digital archival print photograph, 37 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (I of four parts)

Marcia Kure, For Southern Kaduna I – Grief, A Many Feathered Thing, 2017-2020, Collage, 23.75 k gold on digital archival print photograph, 37 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (I of four parts)

Marcia Kure, For Southern Kaduna II – Were Shadows to be Banished, 2017-2020, 98 lb. / 160 gsm Mi – Teintes paper mounted on 300 lb. / 640 gsm Arches HP watercolor paper, 25 1/2 x 19 7/8 in. (II of four parts)

Marcia Kure, For Southern Kaduna II – Were Shadows to be Banished, 2017-2020, 98 lb. / 160 gsm Mi – Teintes paper mounted on 300 lb. / 640 gsm Arches HP watercolor paper, 25 1/2 x 19 7/8 in. (II of four parts)

Marcia Kure, For Southern Kaduna III – Stardust, 2017-2020, 98 lb. / 160 gsm Mi – Teintes paper mounted on 300 lb. / 640 gsm Arches HP watercolor paper, 25 1/2 x 19 3/4 in. (III of four parts)

Marcia Kure, For Southern Kaduna III – Stardust, 2017-2020, 98 lb. / 160 gsm Mi – Teintes paper mounted on 300 lb. / 640 gsm Arches HP watercolor paper, 25 1/2 x 19 3/4 in. (III of four parts)

Marcia Kure, For Southern Kaduna IV – A Harvest, 2017-2020, 98 lb. / 160 gsm Mi – Teintes paper mounted on 300 lb. / 640 gsm Arches HP watercolor paper, 25 1/2 x 21 in. (IV of four parts)

Marcia Kure, For Southern Kaduna IV – A Harvest, 2017-2020, 98 lb. / 160 gsm Mi – Teintes paper mounted on 300 lb. / 640 gsm Arches HP watercolor paper, 25 1/2 x 21 in. (IV of four parts)

Marcia Kure, Yanka, 2016, Rug, thread, metal eyelets, polyester, cotton thread, paper, cotton fiber, cotton balls, 95 x 123 x 11 in.

Marcia Kure, Yanka, 2016, Rug, thread, metal eyelets, polyester, cotton thread, paper, cotton fiber, cotton balls, 95 x 123 x 11 in.

Marcia Kure, Invasion of the Body Snatchers I. The Series: Amen, Amen, Amen, 2015, Kolanut Pigment, watercolor, pastel and pencil on Arches HP watercolor paper, 230.9 g/m2 – 156 lb. mounted on board, 24 x 18 in.

Marcia Kure, Invasion of the Body Snatchers I. The Series: Amen, Amen, Amen, 2015, Kolanut Pigment, watercolor, pastel and pencil on Arches HP watercolor paper, 230.9 g/m2 – 156 lb. mounted on board, 24 x 18 in.

Marcia Kure, Invasion of the Body Snatchers III. The Series: Breathe, 2015, Kolanut pigment, watercolor and pencil on Arches HP watercolor paper, 230.9 g/m2 – 156 lb. mounted on board, 24 x 18 in.

Marcia Kure, Invasion of the Body Snatchers III. The Series: Breathe, 2015, Kolanut pigment, watercolor and pencil on Arches HP watercolor paper, 230.9 g/m2 – 156 lb. mounted on board, 24 x 18 in.

Marcia Kure, Invasion of the Body Snatchers V. The Series: Unicorn, 2015, Kolanut pigment, watercolor and pencil on Arches HP watercolor paper, 230.9 g/m2 – 156 lb. mounted on board, 24 x 18 in.

Marcia Kure, Invasion of the Body Snatchers V. The Series: Unicorn, 2015, Kolanut pigment, watercolor and pencil on Arches HP watercolor paper, 230.9 g/m2 – 156 lb. mounted on board, 24 x 18 in.

Marcia Kure, Invasion of the Body Snatchers IV. The Series: Har, 2015, Kolanut Pigment, watercolor, gouache, ink and pencil on Arches HP watercolor paper, 230.9 g/m2 – 156 lb. mounted on board, 24 x 18 in.

Marcia Kure, Invasion of the Body Snatchers IV. The Series: Har, 2015, Kolanut Pigment, watercolor, gouache, ink and pencil on Arches HP watercolor paper, 230.9 g/m2 – 156 lb. mounted on board, 24 x 18 in.

Marcia Kure, The Grey Series VII, 2015, Watercolor on Arches HP watercolor paper, 300g/m2 -140 lb., 12 x 9 in.

Marcia Kure, The Grey Series VII, 2015, Watercolor on Arches HP watercolor paper, 300g/m2 -140 lb., 12 x 9 in.

Marcia Kure, The Grey Series XII, 2015, Kolanut pigment, watercolor on Arches HP watercolor paper, 300g/m2 -140 lb., 12 x 9 in.

Marcia Kure, The Grey Series XII, 2015, Kolanut pigment, watercolor on Arches HP watercolor paper, 300g/m2 -140 lb., 12 x 9 in.

Marcia Kure, The Gray Series I, 2015, Kolanut pigment, watercolor on Arches HP watercolor paper, 9 x 12 in.

Marcia Kure, The Gray Series I, 2015, Kolanut pigment, watercolor on Arches HP watercolor paper, 9 x 12 in.

Marcia Kure, 'You Know Who' and the Chambermaid I, 2011, Kolanut pigment, watercolor, tempera and pencil on Fabriano Artistico Traditional White 300Ib HP watercolor paper, 19 3/4 x 16 1/4 x 1 2/3 in.

Marcia Kure, 'You Know Who' and the Chambermaid I, 2011, Kolanut pigment, watercolor, tempera and pencil on Fabriano Artistico Traditional White 300Ib HP watercolor paper, 19 3/4 x 16 1/4 x 1 2/3 in.

Marcia Kure, Changeling. The Series: Shrink, 2011, Watercolor, kolanut pigment, iridescent medium and pencil/watercolor paper, 17 1/2 x 14 1/8 in.

Marcia Kure, Changeling. The Series: Shrink, 2011, Watercolor, kolanut pigment, iridescent medium and pencil/watercolor paper, 17 1/2 x 14 1/8 in.

Marcia Kure, Chaneling: The Series: Judge, 2011, Watercolor, kolanut pigment, red wine, calligraphy ink, radiant concentrated watercolor, egge tempera, pencil/paper, 17 1/2 x 14 in

Marcia Kure, Chaneling: The Series: Judge, 2011, Watercolor, kolanut pigment, red wine, calligraphy ink, radiant concentrated watercolor, egge tempera, pencil/paper, 17 1/2 x 14 in

Marcia Kure, The Renate Series: You Know Who and the Chambermaid VI, 2013, Kolanut pigment, silver acrylic, pencil and watercolor/ Arches HP Watercolor paper, 22 1/2 x 18 in. Sheet; 29 1/2 x 24 x 1 1/2 in. Frame

Marcia Kure, The Renate Series: You Know Who and the Chambermaid VI, 2013, Kolanut pigment, silver acrylic, pencil and watercolor/ Arches HP Watercolor paper, 22 1/2 x 18 in. Sheet; 29 1/2 x 24 x 1 1/2 in. Frame

Marcia Kure, Dressed Up 1, 2011, Archival digital photograph, 84 x 60 in., Edition of 3

Marcia Kure, Dressed Up 1, 2011, Archival digital photograph, 84 x 60 in., Edition of 3

Marcia Kure, Dressed Up 13, 2011, Archival digital photograph, 84 x 60 in., Edition of 3.

Marcia Kure, Dressed Up 13, 2011, Archival digital photograph, 84 x 60 in., Edition of 3.

Marcia Kure, Dressed Up 7, 2011, Archival digital photograph, 84 x 60 in., Edition of 3.

Marcia Kure, Dressed Up 7, 2011, Archival digital photograph, 84 x 60 in., Edition of 3.

Marcia Kure, Dressed Up 8, 2011, Archival digital photograph, 84 x 60 in., Edition of 3.

Marcia Kure, Dressed Up 8, 2011, Archival digital photograph, 84 x 60 in., Edition of 3.

Marcia Kure

Biography

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Born in Kano, Nigeria, 1970
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, 2004
University of Nigeria, Nsukka, BFA, Painting, 1994
Lives and Works in Princeton, NJ and Abuja/Kaduna, NG

MARCIA KURE (b. 1970) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores post-colonial existentialist ideas and identities. Based in both Nigeria and the United States, Kure employs a range of material strategies to address historical, existing, and potential systems of power and community control. Careful consideration of source material is central to Kure’s practice, which draws from diverse origins in order to expose similarities and contradictions within our global society. Kure’s work has been exhibited at La Triennale, Paris (2013), International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Seville (2006), and Sharjah International Biennale (2005). Her work can be found in the permanent collections of the British Museum, London; Centre George Pompidou, Paris; and the Studio Museum in Harlem, NYC, among others.

Exhibition History

Publications

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  1. YNaija
  2. New York Times
  3. FAD Magazine
  4. Artlyst
  5. Artdaily
  6. Country & Town House
  7. City Press
  8. Artnet News
  1. Ammo Magazine
  2. Hyperallergic
  3. Artctualite
  4. Huffington Post
  5. Agenga Magazine
  6. Ultravie
  7. A!
  8. Kansas City Star
  9. Art Daily
  10. The Brooklyn Rail
  11. The New York Times
  12. The New York Times
  13. The New York Observer
  14. Gallery Intell
  15. Artforum
  16. Beaux Arts Magazine
  17. Timeout London
  18. The New Yorker
  19. The New York Observer
  20. Artforum
  21. The New York Sun
  22. NKA Journal of Contemporary African Art
  23. Frieze

Additional Images

For Southern Kaduna I – Grief, A Many Feathered Thing
Marcia Kure, For Southern Kaduna I – Grief, A Many Feathered Thing, 2017-2020, Collage, 23.75 k gold on digital archival print photograph, 37 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (I of four parts)
For Southern Kaduna II – Were Shadows to be Banished
Marcia Kure, For Southern Kaduna II – Were Shadows to be Banished, 2017-2020, 98 lb. / 160 gsm Mi – Teintes paper mounted on 300 lb. / 640 gsm Arches HP watercolor paper, 25 1/2 x 19 7/8 in. (II of four parts)
For Southern Kaduna III – Stardust
Marcia Kure, For Southern Kaduna III – Stardust, 2017-2020, 98 lb. / 160 gsm Mi – Teintes paper mounted on 300 lb. / 640 gsm Arches HP watercolor paper, 25 1/2 x 19 3/4 in. (III of four parts)
For Southern Kaduna IV – A Harvest
Marcia Kure, For Southern Kaduna IV – A Harvest, 2017-2020, 98 lb. / 160 gsm Mi – Teintes paper mounted on 300 lb. / 640 gsm Arches HP watercolor paper, 25 1/2 x 21 in. (IV of four parts)
Yanka
Marcia Kure, Yanka, 2016, Rug, thread, metal eyelets, polyester, cotton thread, paper, cotton fiber, cotton balls, 95 x 123 x 11 in.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers I. The Series: Amen, Amen, Amen
Marcia Kure, Invasion of the Body Snatchers I. The Series: Amen, Amen, Amen, 2015, Kolanut Pigment, watercolor, pastel and pencil on Arches HP watercolor paper, 230.9 g/m2 – 156 lb. mounted on board, 24 x 18 in.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers III. The Series: Breathe
Marcia Kure, Invasion of the Body Snatchers III. The Series: Breathe, 2015, Kolanut pigment, watercolor and pencil on Arches HP watercolor paper, 230.9 g/m2 – 156 lb. mounted on board, 24 x 18 in.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers V. The Series: Unicorn
Marcia Kure, Invasion of the Body Snatchers V. The Series: Unicorn, 2015, Kolanut pigment, watercolor and pencil on Arches HP watercolor paper, 230.9 g/m2 – 156 lb. mounted on board, 24 x 18 in.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers IV. The Series: Har
Marcia Kure, Invasion of the Body Snatchers IV. The Series: Har, 2015, Kolanut Pigment, watercolor, gouache, ink and pencil on Arches HP watercolor paper, 230.9 g/m2 – 156 lb. mounted on board, 24 x 18 in.
The Grey Series VII
Marcia Kure, The Grey Series VII, 2015, Watercolor on Arches HP watercolor paper, 300g/m2 -140 lb., 12 x 9 in.
The Grey Series XII
Marcia Kure, The Grey Series XII, 2015, Kolanut pigment, watercolor on Arches HP watercolor paper, 300g/m2 -140 lb., 12 x 9 in.
The Gray Series I
Marcia Kure, The Gray Series I, 2015, Kolanut pigment, watercolor on Arches HP watercolor paper, 9 x 12 in.
'You Know Who' and the Chambermaid I
Marcia Kure, 'You Know Who' and the Chambermaid I, 2011, Kolanut pigment, watercolor, tempera and pencil on Fabriano Artistico Traditional White 300Ib HP watercolor paper, 19 3/4 x 16 1/4 x 1 2/3 in.
Changeling. The Series: Shrink
Marcia Kure, Changeling. The Series: Shrink, 2011, Watercolor, kolanut pigment, iridescent medium and pencil/watercolor paper, 17 1/2 x 14 1/8 in.
Chaneling: The Series: Judge
Marcia Kure, Chaneling: The Series: Judge, 2011, Watercolor, kolanut pigment, red wine, calligraphy ink, radiant concentrated watercolor, egge tempera, pencil/paper, 17 1/2 x 14 in
The Renate Series: You Know Who and the Chambermaid VI
Marcia Kure, The Renate Series: You Know Who and the Chambermaid VI, 2013, Kolanut pigment, silver acrylic, pencil and watercolor/ Arches HP Watercolor paper, 22 1/2 x 18 in. Sheet; 29 1/2 x 24 x 1 1/2 in. Frame
Dressed Up 1
Marcia Kure, Dressed Up 1, 2011, Archival digital photograph, 84 x 60 in., Edition of 3
Dressed Up 13
Marcia Kure, Dressed Up 13, 2011, Archival digital photograph, 84 x 60 in., Edition of 3.
Dressed Up 7
Marcia Kure, Dressed Up 7, 2011, Archival digital photograph, 84 x 60 in., Edition of 3.
Dressed Up 8
Marcia Kure, Dressed Up 8, 2011, Archival digital photograph, 84 x 60 in., Edition of 3.
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