Nnenna OkoreBorn in Australia, raised in Nigeria, and now living in USA, Nnenna has received international acclaim for her richly textured abstract sculptures and installations. Her highly tactile sculptures combine reductive methods of shredding, fraying, twistng and teasing with constructive processes of tying, weaving, stitching and dyeing. The recipient of many awards including a Fulbright award in 2012, she earned her B.A. degree in Painting from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (First Class Honors) in 1999, and subsequently received her MA and MFA at the University of Iowa. A participant in over 100 solo and group exhibitions, her works have been shown at the Museum of Art and Design, New York; Peabody Essex Museum at Salem, Salem; Tang Museum of Art, Skidmore College, NY; Museum of Contemporary African Diasporic Art, New York; Spelman Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta; Museu Afro Brasil, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis and Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, NY, and October Gallery, London. Read More Read Less