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Mohammed's interdisciplinary practice is grounded by a deep technical facility with photography and an interest in archiving. His artistic endeavors center around world-building, though installations encompassing painting, sculpture, sound, and performance, based on the town of New Davonhaime, a fictional safe community for black and brown people inspired by stories collected from friends and strangers. Mohammed’s altar ego DJ Black Helmet also created a special soundtrack for the exhibition.

All works courtesy of the artist.


 
 

Cecil Robinson

2017
Darkroom-based C-print
19 x 23 3/4 in. (image), 19 1/2 x 24 1/4 in. (frame)
Ed. of 3

Tierras HousE

2017
Darkroom-based C-print
20 x 24 in. (image)
Ed. of 3

SELF PORTRAIT

2018
Darkroom-based C-print
20 x 24 in. (image), 19 1/2 x 24 1/4 in. (frame)
Ed. of 3

 
 

From the artist:

"My entry to art was through the lens of service. My father was an event slash school-portrait slash public-institution photographer. He worked to generate and preserve memories for people who were busy making them. For my show last fall at Knockdown Center in Queens, I included a makeshift photo studio. I was there almost every day. As visitors came by, I offered to take impromptu portraits of whoever needed to see themselves. I had a similar studio setup for two months in Harlem this summer. The goal was to make physical prints for people who haven’t traditionally had access to formal photography services. That was more people than I anticipated." 

- Interview by Claudia Rankine, ARTFORUM January 2018

 
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AZIKIWE MOHAMMED

Lives and works in TriBeCa, NYC
 

EDUCATION

BFA, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 2001-2005
 

SOLO EXHBITIONS

2017

Jimmys Thrift Of New Davonhaime, Knockdown Center, Maspeth, NY

Armor Photo Studio: House Visits Welcome, Long Gallery, New York, NY

Potential Futures / Black Receipts, IDIO Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2014

Black Internet, gallery: SENSEI, New York, NY

2012

Frequent Aberrations 2009-2012, 7Dunham, Brooklyn, NY

2010

A Thugtrospective of Realness: A solo effort from Azikiwe Mohammed, Panda Gallery, New York, NY

2007

The Universe Is Full of Shadow Ninjas So Watch Your Back Son: A solo effort from Azikiwe Mohammed, gallery: SENSEI, New York, NY

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 2018

Come Together Festival, MoMa PS1, Queens, NY

Black Is A Color II, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Material Arts Fair, Mexico City, Mexico

Spring Break Art Show, 4 Times Square, New York, NY

2017

Black Is A Color, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Harlem Postcards, Spring 2017, Studio Museum In Harlem, New York, NY

Spring Break Art Show – BKLYN IMMERSIVE, City Point, Brooklyn, NY

Spring Break Art Show, 4 Times Square, New York, NY

Fondo Malerba, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy

Future isms, Glass Box Gallery, Seattle, WA

Material Arts Fair, Mexico City, Mexico

2016

Spring Break Art Show, Moynihan Station, New York, NY

Timeshare, BHQFU, New York, NY

Material Arts Fair, Mexico City, Mexico

2015

Spring Break Art Show, Moynihan Station, New York, NY

Power, Protest and Resistance, Skylight Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2014

Radical Color, Newspace Ccenter for Photography, Portland Oregon

ExperiorGitana Rosa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Not So Soft, La Peche Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

I Am Here (Blacking The Internet), Culturefix, New York, NY

Fifteen Warren, 15 Warren Street, New York, NY

Spring Break Art Show, The Old School, New York, NY

2013

Spring Break Art Show, Moynihan Station, New York, NY

2011

The Camera Club of New York's Annual Silent Benefit Photo Auction, The Camera Club of New York, New York, NY

The Panda Show, Panda Gallery, New York, NY

2010

The Adult Playground, Spinks Gallery, New York, NY

The Aljira Fine Art Auction 2010, Newark, NJ

Behind the Scenes, The Camera Club of New York, New York, NY

New Works curated by Jon Decola, Hostetter Arts Center, Martinsville, NJ

New Visions of Old Things: Installation, Panda Gallery, New York, NY

Le Roman Du Lievre, MTS Gallery, Anchorage, AK (a traveling exhibition)

2009

The Panda Show, Panda Gallery, New York, NY

The Camera Club of New York's Annual Silent Benefit Photo Auction, The Camera Club of New York, New York, NY

My Other Nature, The Camera Club of New York, New York, NY

 2008

The Camera Club of New York's Annual Silent Benefit Photo Auction, The Camera Club of New York, New York, NY

Love Love The Art of John McLane and Friends, OpenHouse Gallery, New York, NY

2007

Back To Analog, 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY

New Beginnings, gallery: SENSEI, New York, NY

2006

Memories Of My Father, gallery: SENSEI, New York, NY

Hungry Ghosts, The Glasshouse, New York, NY

Offshore/On-Board: Surf Art reconsidered, Ashley Tyler Gallery, NY, NY

2005

Group Show #1, Be Nice Gallery, New York, NY

 

RELATED PROFESSIONAL WORK

Educational Alliance, New York, NY - Black & White Analog Photography Teacher

The Small Darkroom, New York, NY - Black & White Darkroom Printer

Primary Photographic, New York, NY - Black & White Darkroom Printer

Arthur Elgort, New York, NY - Black & White Darkroom Printer

 

RESIDENCIES

2016 – 2017 mana  BSMT @ Mana Fine Arts, Jersey City, New Jersey

2015 – 2016 -  Pioneer Works, Red Hook, Brooklyn

2013 – 2014 - Mana Fine Arts, Jersey City, New Jersey

 

AWARDS

2016 - Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist Grant

2015 - Art Matters Grant

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Artforum, January, 2018

i-D, January, 2017

Brightest Young Things, January, 2017

Bomb Magazine, January, 2017

Hyperallergic, May, 2017

Artforum, June, 2017

Artspace, March, 2016

Artspace, March, 2015

Manhattan Portage, February, 2015

Complex Magazine, March, 2014

The Source, March, 2014

Afropunk, February, 2014

Mass Appeal, October, 2012

Christian Storm, courtesy of Vice, November, 2012