Karimah Ashadu
Karimah Ashadu is a British-born Nigerian artist and filmmaker. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including the 60th Venice Biennale, where she was awarded the Silver Lion for Promising Young Participant in the International Exhibition. Upcoming exhibitions include the Camden Arts Centre, London. Her work has been shown at Canal Projects and MoMA PS1, New York, Tate Modern, London, Secession, Vienna, Kunstverein, Hamburg, South London Gallery, London, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, and Trautwein Herleth, Berlin. Ashadu is the recipient of other awards such as the Prize of the Böttcherstraße in Bremen (2022) and the ars viva prize (2020). Public collections include MoMA, the Art Institute of Chicago, the City of Geneva Contemporary Art Collection, the Kunsthalle Bremen and the Federal Collection of Contemporary Art, Germany.
Portrait of Karimah Ashadu. Photo credit Aaron Leithauser
Video: Karimah Ashadu, Machine Boys (2024), excerpt
Karimah Ashadu, Machine Boys (2024), video still. Courtesy of the artist and Sadie Coles HQ
Karimah Ashadu, Machine Boys (2024), video still. Courtesy of the artist and Sadie Coles HQ
Video: Karimah Ashadu, Cowboy (2022), excerpt
Karimah Ashadu, Cowboy (2022), video still. Courtesy of the artist and Sadie Coles HQ
Karimah Ashadu, Cowboy (2022), video still. Courtesy of the artist and Sadie Coles HQ
Video: Karimah Ashadu, Plateau (2021–2022), excerpt
Karimah Ashadu, Plateau (2021–2022), video still. Courtesy of the artist and Sadie Coles HQ
Karimah Ashadu, Plateau (2021–2022), video still. Courtesy of the artist and Sadie Coles HQ
