Otobong Nkanga

° 1974

Born in Kano (NG), lives in Antwerp (BE).

Otobong Nkanga studied at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife and the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. She obtained her master's degree in performance art from DasArts in Amsterdam. Since 2007, she lives and works in Antwerp. Nkanga's drawings, installations, photos, sculptures, tapestries, poems and performances explore the social and topographical relationship with our environment. Nkanga brings to light the memories and historical impact of human interventions in nature, and she studies the systems and methods associated with the mining, processing and transport of raw materials. In doing so, she pays much attention to the connection between ores, material culture and the redistribution of power and knowledge.

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The M HKA is a museum for contemporary art, film and visual culture in its widest sense. It is an open place of encounter for art, artists and the public. The M HKA aspires to play a leading role in Flanders and to extend its international profile by building upon Antwerp's avant-garde tradition. The M HKA bridges the relationship between artistic questions and wider societal issues, between the international and the regional, artists and public, tradition and innovation, reflection and presentation. Central here is the museum's collection with its ongoing acquisitions, as well as related areas of management and research.

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