Uche Okpa-Iroha

**Uche Okpa-Iroha** (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la Enugu yuuni 1972) ka o nyɛ Nigeria nuuni tuunbaŋda ŋun zaŋ anfooninima yaabu niŋ o tuma.

O nyɛla ŋun pahi nam Blackbox Collective and Invisible Borders Trans-African Organisation yuuni 2013, ŋuna n-nam The Nlele Institute, ka nyɛ di daretq Director.

O nyɛla ŋun di Seydou Keita Prize anfooninima yaabu pina buyi, ka lahi di Jean-Paul Blachere prize. O nyɛla ŋun be Lagos saha ŋɔ.

## Selected exhibitions
* 2018 * The Plantation Boy: Omnibus Circus Exhibition, Hotel de Sauroy, Les Marais, Paris, France
* 2018 * The Plantation Boy: The 23rd edition of MIART, the International Fair of Modern and Contemporary Art in Milan
* 2018 * The Plantation Boy: Paris Photo, Grand Palais, Paris, France
* 2017 * Urban Cadence: Street Scenes from Lagos and Johannesburg, Gund Gallery, Gambier Ohio, USA
* 2017 * Afriques Capitales, La Villette, Paris France
* 2016 * Tear My Bra, Les Rencontres De La Photographie, Arles, France.
* 2016 * Dey Your Lane: Lagos Variations, BOZAR, Centre For Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium.
* 2015 * 10th Bamako Encounters, African Photography Biennale, Mali
* 2015 * La Biennale di Venezia, 56th International Art Exhibition: All The World's Futures (Invisible Borders Group Exhibition), Italy.
* 2015 * Sights and Sounds: Nigeria at the Jewish Museum, New York, USA.
* 2015 * Finissage Videonale.15 Videonale In Lagos: Changing City – Shifting Spaces, Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany.
* 2014 * Sounds of Silence, CODA Museum, Apeldoom, The Netherlands
* 2014 * Phantasms of The Non-City | Lagos Photo Festival, FNB JoBurg Artfair, South Africa.
* 2014 * International Artist Initiated Exhibition at David Dale Gallery, Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, Scotland.
* 2014 * Nigerian Centenary Photography Exhibition at the Bonhams, London, England.
* 2014 * Africa II - Devearts, Den Haag, The Netherlands.
* 2014 * The Plantation Boy, 1st International Biennale of contemporary arts, Cartagena, Colombia
* 2013 * Art Connect Films, The Plantation Boy, Tiwani Contemporary, London, England
* 2013 * GO-SLOW: Diaries of Personal and Collective Stagnation in Lagos, Skoto Gallery, New York, USA.
* 2012 * Tumble In The Sugar Grass, Galerie Sanaa, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
* 2012 * Ungovernables (Invisible Borders), New Museum, New York, USA.
* 2011 * Rijksakademie Open Studios, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
* 2011 * Les Nuits de Pierrevert Festival of Photography, Pierrevert, France.
* 2010 * Under Bridge life: Exhibition of Bamako Encounters, Mali.
* 2010 * Under bridge life: Exhibition of Bamako Encounters, Johannes Burg, South Africa.
* 2010 * Under Bridge Life: Exhibition of Bamako Encounters, Brussels, Belgium.
* 2010 * Under Bridge Life: Exhibition of Bamako Encounters, Antwerp, Belgium.
* 2010 * 8th Bamako Encounters, Biennale of African Photography, Mali.
* 2010 * Uprooting the Gaze: Foreign Places, Familiar Patterns. Brighton Photo Fringe, Brighton, Great Britain.
* 2008 * Energy of the City, A CORA Exhibition, Lagos. Nigeria.
* 2008 * Loving Lagos, Exhibition, Berlin, Germany.
* 2008 * First Photo Africa Contest, Exhibition, Tarifa, Spain.
* 2008 * Paris-Lagos Exchange Project, Workshop and Exhibition, Lagos, Nigeria.

### Group exhibitions
* 2014 * Sounds of Silence, CODA Museum, Apeldoom, The Netherlands.
* 2010 * The Idea of Africa (re-invented) #1 (Invisible Borders), Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland.
* 2010 * 10th Havana Biennial (Black Box Photography Collective Group Exhibition), Havana, Cuba.
* 2010 * Nocturnal Vibrations (Black Box Photography Collective) at the Goethe Institut, Lagos, Nigeria.

## Awards and honours
2022 — Callanan Excellence in Teaching Award  (formerly Center Teaching Award) 

2015 — Seydou Keita Prize — Best Photography Creation **(The Plantation Boy)**

2010 — Prix Pictet “Growth” in 2010 (Nomination) 

2009 — Seydou Keita Prize — Best Photography Creation **(Under the Bridge Life)**

2009 —  Jean-Paul Blachere Foundation Prize

## Kundivihira

## External links
* Tafeta Art Gallery - Uche Okpa-Iroha as the Plantation Boy Uche Okpa-Iroha as The Plantation Boy | TAFETA | Artsy 
* Grand prix Bamako, Uche Okpa-Iroha Recadre Indentite Africaine Grand prix de Bamako: Uche Okpa-Iroha recadre l’identité africaine - RFI
* In Conversation with Art Africa Magazine 10th Bamako Encounters: Snapped in Conversation with Uche Okpa-Iroha
* PHMuseum - Artist Info: Uche Okpa-Iroha Uche Okpa-iroha | Stories 
* Artsy - Uche Okpa-Iroha Uche Okpa-Iroha - 53 Artworks, Bio & Shows on Artsy
* ArtXLagos Spotlight - Uche Okpa-Iroha Spotlight: Uche Okpa Iroha