Uche Uzorka was born in 1974 in Delta State, Nigeria. Uzorka graduated in 2001 from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, majoring in painting. Uzorka’s practice incorporates painting, collage, cutting and pasting, charcoal, and ink drawing in an examination of processes of urban street culture. Uzorka won First Place in the National Art Competition in 2011 for his collaboration with artist Chike Obeagu. His first solo exhibition, Uche Uzorka: The Organic, was held in October 2012 at the Goethe-Institut Nigeria in association with the African Artists’ Foundation. Line.Sign.Symbol is Uzorka’s second solo exhibition. Uzorka lives and works in Lagos.

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Exhibition History: ​

2012: Nigeria Now: Emerging Trends of Contemporary Art in Nigeria, Art Africa Miami, Miami, Florida, 6-9 December 2012

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2012: Uche Uzorka: The Organic, Goethe-Institut Nigeria in association with the African Artists’ Foundation, Lagos

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2011-2012: Artist Residency at the African Artists’ Foundation, Lagos

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2011: First Place, National Art Competition, In collaboration with Chike Obeagu

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2010: Integration and Resistance, 10th Biennale of Havana, Havana, Cuba

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2009: Dialogue Among Civilizations, Art For Humanity, Durban, South Africa

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2006: Inhumanity: War and Limits, The Embassy of Switzerland and the International Committee for the Red Cross, Abuja, Nigeria