Chukwuemeka Anthony Chukwu (Emeka.CkA)

Lives and works in New York

Chukwuemeka Anthony Chukwu (b. 1998, Nigeria) continuously bridges disciplines drawn from his upbringing and his critical interests in gaming, technology, culture, and architecture. He primarily paints and makes a selective addition of complementary media like tape and collage, with moments of them applied to 3D elements; at times he does a bit of storytelling of small experiences. His work may be charged with, and spark discussions surrounding, race, housing developments, and how they intersect with his reality. He envisions this as complementary to the very intuitive creative processes he arrives at.

Chukwuemeka moved from Nigeria in 2016 to study architecture at the Maryland Institute College of Art, and went on to pursue his MFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York. He has exhibited extensively throughout the United States, including at the Community College of Baltimore County, in a solo exhibition, Inside the Cadmus, at Catonsville Gallery, and in a solo show at the Eubie Blake Cultural Center in Baltimore, Maryland. A selection of his group exhibitions include CulturalDC and VillageOneArt. His work has additionally been acquired by Gordon Feinblatt LLC, one of Baltimore’s premier law firms, and he has been featured in a Nigerian news publication and in Vanguard News upon the opening of his solo show at the Baltimore Community College.

Selected Works

Exhibitions at VillageOneArt

2024 — Stretched Out (group exhibition), September 12 – October 19, 2024 · Mercurial (solo), April 8, 2024

2023 — Tactical Potato (solo), May 30, 2023

2022 — Double Trouble (group exhibition), August 3, 2022

2021 — Tilted Visions (group exhibition), January 23, 2022

News

2024 — Art, Ego and the World — Artist Interview, March 2024 · VillageOneArt Now Represents Chukwuemeka Anthony Chukwu Globally · Chukwuemeka Anthony Chukwu Interviewed by The Sun

Education

MFA — School of Visual Arts, New York
Studied Architecture — Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

Selected Exhibitions

2023 — Echo Box (group), LatchKey Gallery, New York

2022 — Torrents: New Links to Black Futures – Roots of a Future (group), Washington, DC

2021 — Inside the Cadmus (solo, juried grant exhibition), Catonsville Gallery, Community College of Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD

2020 — Abstract Constraints (solo), Eubie Blake Cultural Center, Baltimore, MD

2019 — Gold + Greyscale #2 (solo), Maryland Institute College of Art, Dolphin Design Center, Baltimore, MD

2017 — Gold + Greyscale (solo), ‘Were’ Art Center, Lagos, Nigeria

For inquiries regarding available works by Chukwuemeka Anthony Chukwu, please contact info@villageoneart.com.