Chidi Kwubiri

**Chidi Kwubiri** (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la yuuni 1966, Umuahia, Nigeria) ka o nyɛ Nigerian-German nuuni tuumbaŋda.

Chidi Kwubiri daa na nyɛla ŋun gori chani shikuru ni yuuni 1993 di nyaaŋa ka o daa naan yi pa leei ŋun chani shikuru ni sahakam n-ti bɔhindi peentibu Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Michael Buthe sulinsi ni. Buthe's kpibu nyaaŋa yuuni 1994, o daa taɣiya chaŋ masterclass of A. R. Penck ka daa zo ka che Düsseldorf Art Academy yuuni 2002 n-ti chani A. R. Penck.

Tum yuuni 2000, Kwubiri mini o daŋ bela Pulheim din miri Cologne, ni ka o tuma duu be WALZWERK. Chidi Kwubiri mali tinduya tuun shɛŋa o ni tum mini o mini niriba ni laɣim tum shɛŋa ka di be Europe, Africa, Middle East, USA. Yuuni 2016 o daa maliMISEREOR lenten veil, din mali kali yuun pihinahi nyaaŋa, zaŋ ti dunia zaa MISEREOR Lenten Campaigns 2017/2018

## Exhibitions
2020: 
* ”blue is hot and red is cold”, Klasse A.R.Penck, Galerie Frank Schlag, Essen, Germany
2019: 
* 12th Florence Biennale, Italy
* ”a journey into contemporary AFRICAN ART”, Belvedere Art Space, Beirut, Lebanon
* ”Scattering The Lines – Connecting The Dots “, Cartoon Art Gallery, Dubai, U.A.E.
2018: 
* goodwill ambassador MISEREOR 2017/2018 “I am, because you are”
* „motionEmotion“, Gallery 1957, Accra/Ghana (s)
* „LebensWert Arbeit“, Dom-Museum Trier/Germany
2017: 
* arthouse auction, Lagos/Nigeria (also 2008 – 2016)
2015:	
* 56th Venice Biennale – collateral “italia docet”/Italy
2014:	
* Casablanca Biennale/Morocco
2013:	
* residency Ifitry/Morocco
* “mother tongue“, temple muse, Lagos/Nigeria (s)
2012:	
* paragon gallery, Miami/USA
2010: 
* "theme Africa": Phillips de Pury, New York City, United States
2009/10: 
* "whip not child": art project against violence on kids (initiator) in co-operation with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) and Goethe Institute, Nigeria/Germany
2009: 
* OPERA Gallery, Paris, France
2008: 
* "reflection", Signature Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria
* Millenia Fine Art, Orlando, Florida, USA
2007: 
* Goethe-Institute, Düsseldorf, Germany
* Neues Rathaus. Hannover, Germany
* "Zwei Schritte Voraus" (two steps ahead), Berlin
* Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Eschborn, Germany
2006: 
* World Market Center, Las Vegas, USA
* Association for Visual Arts (AVA), Cape Town, South Africa
* Gallery ACHT P! PRAVATO, Bonn, Germany (also in 1998)
* Gallery OTT, Düsseldorf, Germany (s),(also in 2003, 2002 and 1997)
2005: 
* "back to the roots", Goethe Institute. Lagos, Nigeria (s)
* International Art Fair "Palm Beach Contemporary", Palm Beach, Florida, USA
* Kunsttage Rhein-Erft, Brauweiler Abbey, Germany (also in 2002 and 2001)
2004: 
* "The Internationals", Millenia Gallery, Orlando, Florida, USA
* Kunstverein Erftstadt, Altes Stadthaus, Erftstadt-Lechenich, Germany
* Collection National Museum, Tivat, Montenegro
* Second Independent International Biennial of Graphic in St. Petersburg, Russia
* Holland Art Fair, The Hague, Netherlands
2003: 
* International art fair "LINEART" (Gallery DE OPSTEKER), Ghent, Belgium
* "Far from the bush", Gallery De Opsteker, Amsterdam and Durgerdam, The Netherlands
2001: 
* *Artists from Germany*, Church Street Gallery, Orlando, Florida, USA 
* Landtag Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
2000: 
* Outdoor sculpture project, Skulpturenmeile, Steinhagen, Germany
* UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France
1999: 
* Koelner Bank (two artists), Cologne, Germany
* Jakobskirche (Church of St Jacob), European Art Capital 1999, Weimar, Germany
* Dr. Georg Haar Foundation, European Art Capital 1999, Weimar, Germany
1998: 
* project "ConverArt", BICC (Bonn International Center for Conversion)
* Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Münster, Germany
* "art multiple", Düsseldorf, Germany
* Gallery Xenios, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
1993: 
* Hedwig and Robert Samuel Foundation, Düsseldorf, Germany; Art sponsorship awards (selection)

## Kundivihira

## External links
* KWUBIRI Chidi European Art - Opera Gallery, purchase and sale
* Chidi Kwubiri | Art Auction Results
* CHIDI KWUBIRI - The Fine Artist | afritopic®
* CHIDI KWUBIRI
* ART VENTURE AFRICA
* CHIDI KWUBIRI NIGHT OF PASSAGE 2009 OIL ON CANVAS 199.4 x 160 cm. (78.5 x 63 in.)
* CHIDI KWUBIRI (b. 1966) BACK TO LIFE 2010 ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 170 x 200 cm. (67 x 79 in.)
* Phillips de Pury & Company: CHIDI KWUBIRI, Busy Doing Nothing
* Chidi Kwubiri Auctions Results | Artnet