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Residency Program    |
| Ceko Nihckasson
artist, Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire April 15 – May 14, 2005 |
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Ceko
Nihckasson (Mohamed Diabate) is
an artist based in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire, West Africa, whose
artwork explores a diversity of media. He works within the realm
of the "conscience" and
maintains a continuous dialogue on the many realities of life and
living: violence, peace, poverty, ecology, AIDS, exclusion...His
work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions across Africa and
in France and he is also the author of various
unpublished literary works.
Ceko Nihckasson was recommended to apexart's residency program by Professor Yacouba Konate an Abidjan-based curator and philosophy professor at University of Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire. Professor Konate guest curated an exhibition for DAK'ART 2004, The Biennial of Contemporary African Art. On May 4, 2005, 6:30 pm at apexart, Ceko Nihckasson will have a moderated discussion with Tumelo Mosaka (curator, Brooklyn Museum). |