Zak Ové
Zak Ové | |
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St. Martin's School of Art | |
Occupation | Visual artist |
Parent | Horace Ové (father) |
Relatives | Indra Ové (sister) |
Website | www |
Zak Ové (born 1966) is a British-Trinidad visual artist who works between sculpture, film and photography, living in London and Trinidad. His themes reflect "his documentation of and anthropological interest in diasporic and African history, specifically that which is explored through
Biography
Born in London, UK, Zak Ové throughout his teens assisted his father
In July 2015, Ové's "
In October 2016, his installation Black and Blue: The Invisible Man and the Masque of Blackness, comprising an "army" of 40 two-metre-high graphite statues, was assembled in the courtyard of
Ové curated the major exhibition Get Up, Stand Up Now; Generations of Black Creative Pioneers mounted at Somerset House from 12 June to 15 September 2019, celebrating "the past 50 years of Black creativity in Britain and beyond ... spanning art, film, photography, music, literature, design and fashion".
Solo exhibitions
- 2008: Black & White Nudes, Carte Blanche Gallery, London
- 2009: Blue Devils, Real Art Ways Museum, Connecticut, US
- 2010: Past Future, Fine Art Society, London
- 2010: Twice Is Too Much, The Freies Museum, Berlin
- 2013–14: Speaker, Vigo Gallery, London
- 2014: Arms Around The Child, No1 Mayfair, London
Group exhibitions
- 2009: Encomium, Fine Art Society, London
- 2009: Encounters of Bamako, Panafrican Exhibition, National Museum, Bamako, Mali
- 2009: Rockstone and Bootheel, Real Art Ways, Connecticut
- 2010: Africa: See You, See Me, Museu da Cidade, Lisbon
- 2010: Encounters of Bamako, B-Gallery European Centre for Contemporary Art, Brussels
- 2010: Encounters of Bamako, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg
- 2010: Encounters of Bamako, Panafrican Exhibition tour, Foto Museum, Antwerp
- 2010: Encounters of Bamako, South African National Gallery, Cape Town
- 2010: Fesman 2010: World Festival of Black Arts, Dakar, Senegal
- 2010: Hell’s Half Acre, Lazarides Gallery, London
- 2010: Tough Love, Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon
- 2010: We Are Not Witches, The Saatchi Gallery, London
- 2011: Africa See You See me, Li – Space, Beijing
- 2011: Africa: See You, See Me, Fondazione Studio Maragoni, Florence
- 2011: Africa: See You, See Me, Officine Fotografiche, Rome
- 2011: Carnaval and Masquerade, Musée Dapper, Paris
- 2011: Encounters of Bamako, Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon
- 2011: Fine Art Society, London Art Fair, London
- 2011: Fine Arts Society, Volta NY, New York
- 2011: Go Tell it To The Mountain, 3D Sculpture Park, Verbier, Switzerland
- 2011: Karen Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Texas contemporary fair, Houston
- 2011: LA Platform, Karen Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Los Angeles
- 2011: Sculpture today – New Forces New Forms, Frederik Meijer Sculpture Park, Michigan
- 2011: Stephen Burks | Are You A Hybrid, Museum of Art and Design, New York
- 2011: The Minotaur, Lazarides Gallery, Old Vic Tunnels, London
- 2011: The Return Of The House Of The Nobleman, The House of the Nobleman, London
- 2012: British, Vigo Gallery, London
- 2012: London Twelve, City of Prague Museum, Czech Republic
- 2012: New Re-Visions, House of The Nobleman, London, UK
- 2012: The Future Can Wait – Charlie Smith, London, UK
- 2012: Vigo Gallery, London Art Fair, London
- 2012: Vigo Gallery, London Art Fair, London
- 2012: Voices of Home, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York
- 2012; Ululation, Vigo Gallery, London, UK
- 2013: 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Somerset House, London
- 2013: Glasstress: White Light / White Heat, Venice Biennale, Venice
- 2013–14: Chaos Into Clarity: Re-Possessing a Funktioning Utopia, Sharjah Art Foundation, Dubai
- 2014: ART14, London (February–March)
- 2014: House of Barnabas, London (March)
- 2015: d'Assemblages” Dapper Museum, Paris
- 2016: 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Somerset House, London
- 2016: Untitled Art Fair, Miami
- 2019: Get Up, Stand Up Now; Generations of Black Creative Pioneers, Somerset House, London
See also
References
- ^ "About", Zak Ové website.
- ^ "Zak Ove" at ArtPrize.
- ^ "Zak Ové", Black Pop Contemporary Art Gallery.
- ^ CV & Exhibitions, Zak Ové website.
- ^ "Zak Ove" at IMDb.
- ^ "Zak Ove's Moko Jumbie Sculptures Installed at the British Museum", Zimbio, 26 July 2015.
- ^ "Ové, Zak | Vigo Gallery", 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair.
- ^ "Zak Ové's Moko Jumbie figures installed at the British Museum", Art Jobs News.
- ^ Snow, Jon (30 March 2017). "Zak Ove: tackling slavery through Caribbean sculpture". Channel 4 News.
- ^ "Army of black statues stands guard at African art show in London", Reuters, 4 October 2016.
- ^ Carol Dixon, "Zak Ové's Triumph at the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair in London (2016)", Museum Geographies, 10 October 2016.
- ^ "1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair London gains momentum each year – round-up", Art Radar, 12 October 2016.
- ^ Melanie Gerlis, "The Art Market: London hosts Frieze and 1:54 African art fair", Financial Times, 7 October 2016.
- ^ "Zak Ové: Black and Blue: The Invisible Man and the Masque of Blackness @Yorkshire Sculpture Park", Vigo Gallery.
- ^ a b "Get Up, Stand Up Now; Generations of Black Creative Pioneers", Somerset House.
- ^ Lauren Cochrane,"Get Up, Stand Up Now: the show that questions the lack of diversity in art galleries", The Guardian, 11 June 2019.
External links
- Official website Offline September 2023
- Paul Brad, "Speaker: The Art of Zak Ove", Ancient To Future, 28 November 2013.
- Kay Montano, "Artist Zak Ove's 'The Invisible Men'", ThankdieKay.com, 30 November 2016.
- "Zak Ové Gives Art Career Advice", Art Discussion.