Thu, June 25 at 6:30 p.m.⎥ “Between Earth and Sky”⎥Nnenna Okore⎥State Textile Museum Augsburg⎥Exhibition opening

The Textile Museum Augsburg (tim) presents Nnenna Okore’s large-scale sculptural work Between Earth and Sky, originally created for Material World at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, transforming organic materials into captivating installations that challenge the way we perceive everyday matter.

Australian-born, Nigerian-raised artist Nnenna Okore (*1975 Canberra, AUS) lives and works in both Chicago, Illinois, and works temporarily in Nigeria, her family's home country, as part of teaching assignments, exhibitions, etc. Okore engages in various climate policy initiatives in both countries and teaches since 2005 at North Park University in Chicago. Okore studied at the University of Nigeria in Nsukka until 1999 with El Anatsui and at the University of Iowa until 2005. With her research on the use of bioplastics as an art material, she obtained a Doctor of Philosophy (Fine Art) degree from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, in 2023.

Her work is represented by the galleries Behncke Gallery, Munich, October Gallery, London, and Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco. In Okore’s works, colors and shapes, textures and materials flow in from three cultural spheres, Australia, Nigeria, and the USA. In her multimedia objects, we can see the cultural legacies and traditions of craftsmanship found in her countries of birth and childhood as they combine with visual interpretations of natural cycles and energies, her works are informed by current environmental policy issues and feminist discourses.