Jonathan Okoronkwo Ghana, b. 1993
Overview
Jonathan Okoronkwo is currently pursuing his MFA in painting and sculpture at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). As an emerging artist, Okoronkwo is curious about extending his practice beyond conventional art practices such as drawing and painting. He extends the reach of his work to photography, woodwork, welding, assemblage and construction. His interest in the evidence of time and usage on machines informs his choice of medium and material. The artist reuses and transforms materials and substances already charged with history through usage over time by the machines he sources from. Okoronkwo’s unique large scale paintings seek to ultimately express his fascination with human mortality and its expression through the invention of machines.
Exhibitions
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Unlimited II
Galleria Mall, Third Floor, Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast, Accra 15 Jun - 12 Aug 2023Gallery 1957 is pleased to present UNLIMITED II . The first edition of UNLIMITED in 2022 showcased works which grappled with a creative humanisation of locality and this sentiment continues...Read more -
Jonathan Okoronkwo - Some Things Stay Broken
Gallery II, Accra 14 Dec 2022 - 9 Feb 2023Objects are explained entirely by the human attempt to achieve human ends, and not by the unavoidable need to adapt ourselves to the objects around us, whose very existence, as...Read more -
Unlimited
Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast, Ghana 10 Nov 2022 - 18 Jan 2023Gallery 1957 is pleased to present UNLIMITED , the first of its kind group exhibition of monumental, large-scale works of art in a 1,400-square-metre unfinished industrial space that has never...Read more
Biography
Unlimited, his first group exhibition with the gallery took place in 2022 in Accra. Previous group exhibitions include ARXAFRICA: The Powerhouse, KNUST Museum, Kumasi, Ghana (2022); Failure is the Key, KNUST Botanical Gardens, Kumasi, Ghana (2021); Zoom, Scholarship Holders’ Exhibition, State Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe, Germany (2019); Wie Soll Ich Meine Seele Halte/Mut, Kunstvereine Freiburg, Karlsruhe, Germany (2019); Ustival, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana (2018); Orderly Disorderly, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana (2017); Something Played, Kumasi, Ghana (2017); Cornfields in Accra, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana (2016) and The Arts Council of the African Studies Association 17th Triennial Symposium, Institute Of African Studies University Of Ghana, Accra, Ghana (2017).
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