Kosisochukwu Nnebe is a Nigerian-Canadian conceptual artist, curator and writer whose practice draws inspiration from postcolonial and Black feminist thinkers such as Frantz Fanon, Edouard Glissant, bell hooks, and Sylvia Wynter. Working across installation, lens-based media and sculpture, Nnebe engages with topics that range from the politics of Black visibility, embodiment and spatiality to the use of foodways and language as counter-archives of colonial histories. At its core, Nnebe’s practice is interested in anti-colonial and -imperial world-building through acts of solidarity (human and otherwise), the troubling of colonial logics, and speculative (re)imaginings of otherwise pasts, presents and futures. A self-taught artist, Nnebe’s educational background in economics and the study of inequaltiies from McGill University and the London School of Economics, as well as professional background in social policy through her work with the Canadian federal government both inform her approach to her art practice, which is research-based and geared toward social change. Her curatorial practice focuses on anti-colonial solidarities and alternative readings of colonial histories through the lens of racial capitalism and ecology.
Ihe Anyị Hapụrụ (Future Ancestor)
Bronze,
10” x 7.5” x 2”
Bury Me on My Father’s Land
Canada Post stamps,
10.5”x8”
My Mother Was My First Home
Canada Post stamps,
10.5”x8”
Ihe Anyị Hapụru (Future Ancestor)
Bronze,
2.5” x 9.5” x 3”
Neither Here Nor There But Always Home
UV ink printing on acrylic, ready-made metal holder
24”x18”x1”
What is a Flag on Stolen Land?
Nylon flag, ready-made pole
3’ x 6’