Otobong Nkanga has emerged winner of the 2015 Yanghyun Foundation Artist Award in Seoul, Korea. She is the first Nigerian artist and the first African recipient of the prestigious award.
Nkanga was born in Kano, Nigeria in 1974. She studied at OAU, and completed Advanced Studies in the Performing Arts at the DasArts, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium.
Nkanga is expected to receive 100 million won ($86,300) and an opportunity to hold a solo exhibition at any chosen museum around the world.
According to the prize’s two judges — Chris Dercon, director of Tate Modern, and Adam Weinberg, director of the Whitney Museum of American Art — the artist has interpreted serious social issues such as inadequate distribution of resources and imbalances in the global economy through her unique lyrical perspective.
“Her work addresses the effect, movement, use and meaning of global resources and how they impact society,” said Weinberg, at the ceremony.
She has participated in a number of international exhibitions, including Biennale de Lyon (2015), Sao Paulo Biennale (2014), Berlin Biennale (2014) and Sharjah Biennale (2013), and has held solo exhibitions at a number of art institutions, such as Museum Folkwang, Germany; M HKA, Belgium; Stedelijk Museum, The Netherlands; and Kadist Foundation, France. She has held exhibitions at renowned art institutions, including Stedelijk museum in Amsterdam, Sharjah Biennial and Tate Modern.
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