Marcia Kure Invited to the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia by Koyo Kouoh

Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, and kó, Lagos, are pleased to announce that Marcia Kure has been invited to the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia by Koyo Kouoh. 

Marcia Kure (b.1970, Kano, Nigeria) is a multidisciplinary artist working between Nigeria and the United States. Her practice is grounded in drawing and extends into sculpture and material-based processes. Through line, inscription, and trace, her work examines how power, trade, and movement shape bodies, materials, and environments over time.

Kure’s work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Menil Drawing Institute, Houston; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Wanås Konst Sculpture Park, Sweden; Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm; Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta; the Sharjah Biennial; the International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Seville; Dak’Art - Dakar 

Biennale; and La Triennale, Paris. Her work is held in public collections including the British Museum, London; Centre Pompidou; the High Museum of Art, Atlanta; the Menil Drawing Institute; the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution; the Newark Museum of Art; the Princeton University Art Museum; and the Studio Museum in Harlem. The artist is represented by Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, and kó, Lagos.

About kó
kó is an art gallery based in Lagos, Nigeria, that is dedicated to promoting modern and contemporary art. kó has a dual focus in championing Nigeria’s leading artists from the modern period and celebrating emerging and established contemporary artists across Africa and the Diaspora.

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