David Uzochukwu is an Austrian-Nigerian photographer. In his teenage years, he delved into self portraiture. He pursues fantastical and raw visuals, speaking on resilience and belonging: digitally reconfigured landscapes become a refuge for stripped down bodies seeming both strong and vulnerable. Uzochukwu has exhibited at Bozar (BE), Lagos Photo Festival (NG), Off Biennale Dakar (SN), Photo Vogue Festival (IT), and Unseen Amsterdam (NL). He currently studies philosophy in Berlin.”
Group Exhibitions
UPCOMING
October 14th to 17th, 2021, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair - London
October 15 to 24, 2021. Athens International Film and Video Festival. Athens, Ohio, USA (Götterdämmerung)
18.11 - 21.11.2021 Photo Vogue Festival. Milan, Italy.
20.11.2021 - 23.01.2022 Prix Pictet. Tokyo Photographic Art Museum. Tokyo, Japan.
15.12.2021 - 09.01.2022 Prix Pictet. Victoria and Albert Museum. London, UK.
2021
The New Black Vanguard. Rencontres d'Arles. Arles, France.
Max Ophüls Preis, Short Film Competition (Götterdämmerung)
Filmkunstfest MV, Short Film Competition (Götterdämmerung)
2020
"Family Reunion" - 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair - London
Photo London Digital
2019
Unseen Photo Festival, selected works Drown In My Magic series
"A Glitch In The System: deconstructing stereotypes” - PhotoVogue Festival / Nov14th-17th ((Milan)
“Pluton: artists in Lagos” premiering at AKAA art fair & design - Paris / Nov 9th-11th
“Liquid Thunder”, Monom Funkhauss (Berlin) with sound installation by William Russell
“Drown In My Magic” premiering at Unseen Amsterdam
2018
"Embracing Diversity" - Photo Vogue Festival
"When Ethics Meets Aesthetics" - Leica Gallery (Milan) curated by Vogue Italia
"Bridge: La Villa Rouge" - Dak'art Off Biennale
"Songes D'Hier, Rêverie Du Présent" - Musée De La Photographie De St Louis, Sénégal
2017
'Where Future Beats' - Casello Ovest di Porta Venezia. Venice, Italy
"Portraits" - Brussels Photo Festival, Hangar Art Center (
2016
'Rituals and Performance: Inherent Risk' - Lagos Photo Festival. Lagos, Nigeria
'Dey Your Lane!' - Bozar. Brussels, Belgium.
'Whispering Stills' - Never Apart. Montréal, Canada
'Africa Salon' - Yale School of Art. New Haven, Connecticut
'Unlocked' - ATOPOS CVC. Athens, Greece
The Societies of Photographers Convention. London, United Kingdom
2015
'Photoshop 25 under 25' - Adobe Max 2015: Los Angeles Convention Center. Los Angeles, California
‘Future London’ - theprintspace. London, United Kingdom
‘EyeEm Festival’ -
Haus der Universität. Düsseldorf, Germany;
Soho House Toronto. Toronto, Canada;
Openhouse Gallery. New York, New York
2014
'iGNANT x Fantastic Frank: A Living Room' - Fantastic Frank Showroom. Berlin, Germany
‘Interstices by Quadri #4’ - Galerie Quadri. Brussels, Belgium
‘Flickr: 20 Under 20’ - Milk Studios. New York, New York
‘Supersize Yourself with WhiteWall’ - Photokina. Cologne, Germany
‘EyeEm Festival’ -
Roppongi Hills. Tokyo, Japan;
Tokyo Institute of Photography. Tokyo, Japan;
Art Basel Miami: The Lab. Miami, Florida;
EyeEm Studio. San Francisco, California;
NUMA. Paris, France;
Alte Teppichfabrik. Berlin, Germany
‘FOM Foto Maastricht’ - 6211 kunstkwartier. Maastricht, The Netherlands
HONORS
2021
Prix Pictet shorlist
Max Ophüls Preis, Short Film Competition (Götterdämmerung)
2020
Photo London Emerging Photographer Award (Shortlist)
British Journal Of Photography, Ones To Watch
Futures, British Journal Of Photography nominee
Europa im Film - Jury Award
2019
Cph: lab participant
ICP Infinity Award - Emerging Photographer (Nomination)
2015
Canon x Exhibitr Student Photography Award
2014
EyeEm Photographer of the Year
Flickr 20 Under 20
Flickr 20 Under 20 Audience Choice Award: Best Technique
Public Talks
2019
Berlin Photo Week Conference with William Russell
Unseen Amsterdam: “Fluidity of the image” with Elizabeth Gabrielle Lee, Joana Choumali, modarated by Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger
2018
Us By Night, Antewerp,
Apple Store, Regent Str. - London
2017
"Extra Fort" projection night, Recyclart - Brussels
2014
'Show & Tell' - EyeEm Festival. Berlin, Germany