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Kadara Enyeasi

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Kadara Enyeasi is a Nigerian fine art photographer.[1][2]

Career

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Kadara started taking photographs of close family as a teenager in high school with a 2-megapixel Nikon camera.[3][4][5] He graduated from the University of Lagos with a major in architecture.[6][7][8]

His work has featured on the Lagos Photo Festival in 2015 and 2017.[9][10] His work is featured in the Zeitz MOCAA exhibition, Still Here Tomorrow To High Five You Yesterday (2019).[1] His work was curated as part of the collection that was exhibited at the maiden Art X Lagos in 2016.[11][12] His work has appeared on CNN,[13] Vogue[14][15] and at Foam X African Artists’ Foundation by the Foam Fotografiemuseum.[16]

He was nominated for the Edwin George Prize for Photography at the Future Awards Africa 2017.[17][18]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Kadara Enyeasi". Zeitz MOCAA. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  2. ^ "At home with Kadara Enyeasi". Businessday NG. 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  3. ^ Ana Rosado. "Expert view: Seven leading African photographers from across the continent". CNN. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  4. ^ Månsson, Christina. "Q&A with Kadara Enyeasi - ZAM". www.zammagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  5. ^ "The Nigerian Photographer Redefining Selfies & The Black Body In Art". www.sleek-mag.com. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  6. ^ "Another Avant Garde - Kadara Enyeasi". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  7. ^ "Kadara Enyeasi – ART X Lagos – West Africa's 1st International Art Fair". Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  8. ^ "La New African Photography expose les nouveaux visages de la photographie africaine". Konbini Arts - Photographie et arts sans filtre par Konbini (in French). Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  9. ^ "Regimes of Truth at LagosPhoto Festival 2017". British Journal of Photography. 2017-11-22. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  10. ^ "Oando Promotes Socio-Economic Diversification Through Support Of Creative Industry".
  11. ^ Tolu (2016-11-11). "ART X LAGOS: Contemporary art finds firm footing in West Africa » YNaija". YNaija. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  12. ^ "ART X Lagos Founder Tokini Peterside on Celebrating Creativity and Reconnecting Art to Pop Culture". OkayAfrica. 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  13. ^ Nosmot Gbadamosi. "5 designers leading Nigeria's hyperlocal fashion revolution". CNN. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  14. ^ Borrelli-Persson, Laird. "Lagos Space Programme Designer Adeju Thompson Is Taking Genderless Fashion Into New Dimensions". Vogue. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  15. ^ "Why City Prince/sses at the Palais de Tokyo is a must-see exhibition". Vogue Paris (in French). Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  16. ^ "AWCA Creatives and a new wave of Nigerian photographers". British Journal of Photography. 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  17. ^ "The Future Awards Africa 2017 Nominees". The Future Awards Africa. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  18. ^ "#NigeriasNewTribe: The Future Awards Africa unveils nominees for 2017 edition -". The Eagle Online. 2017-11-28. Retrieved 2020-09-06.