Emmanuel Osahor
Biography
Emmanuel Osahor’s practice engages with beauty as a necessity for survival, and a precursor to thriving in the midst of today’s marginalization and inequity. Through a rigorously playful inquiry into materials and image making processes, his works depict garden spaces as complicated sanctuaries within which manifestations of beauty and care are present. His work has been presented in multiple solo and group exhibitions across Canada and can be found in the collections of the Art Gallery of Ontario, Art Gallery of Guelph, Art Gallery of Alberta, Art Bank of Canada, RBC, and TD Bank. He is represented by Galerie Nicolas Robert.
Education
BFA University of Alberta (2015)
MFA University of Guelph (2021)
Teaching Interests
Painting; Drawing; Printmaking; Photography; Installation
Research Interests
Rest, care and beauty in relation to social justice; Contemporary romanticism in visual art; Artistic practice of the African diaspora
Awards and Grants
The Joseph Plaskett Prize in Canadian Painting - 2021
The Robert Sutherland fellowship, Queens University - 2021
Ontario Graduate Scholarship, University of Guelph - 2020
Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Individual Project Grant - 2019
Honorable Mention, 2018 RBC Painting Competition - 2018
Canada Council for the Arts Research and Creation Grant - 2018
Canada Council for the Arts Concept to Realization Grant - 2018
Exhibitions
Emmanuel Osahor. A Chair outside. February 24 - March 26, 2022. Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto.
https://www.gallerynicolasrobert.com/emmanuel-osahor-a-chair-outside
Emmanuel Osahor. Conversations in the Garden. October 30 - December 12, 2021. BAND Gallery (Toronto).
https://www.bandgallery.com/pastexhibitions/emmanuel-osahor-conversations-in-the-garden
Emmanuel Osahor. For A Moment. May 20 - October 3, 2021 The Art Gallery of Guelph.
https://artgalleryofguelph.ca/exhibitions-detail/emmanuel-osahor-for-a-moment/
Emmanuel Osahor. No Place. January 6 - March 7 2019. McMullen Gallery(Edmonton)
https://www.friendsofuah.org/exhibitions-list/2019/12/24/no-place-by-emmanuel-osahor
Emmanuel Osahor. In Search of Eden. 2018 Works International Art and Design Festival (Edmonton).
https://www.theworks.ab.ca/the-works-blog/2018/6/28/artist-profile-emmanuel-osahor