Kingsle Ogwara
Ogbakiri, Nigeria
34 Works exhibited on Kooness
Current location
Differdange, Luxembourg
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Works by Kingsley Ogwara
Kingsley Ogwara (1975) studied his bachelors in Fine and Applied Arts at Delta StateUniversity in Abrake, Nigeria and resides and works in Luxembourg. He is a painter andsculptor and works often with mass compositions, in search of harmony and organicpatterns and forms.His paintwork with knives in oil and acrylic on canvas are characterized by abstractorchestrations of colors and texture which seem to take on the form of masses of. Hissculptures in clay, stone, wood or metal consist of organic concave and convex forms,mostly abstract or inspired by African or European images and symbols.Ogwara has participated in many group- and solo exhibitions, amongst others inLuxemburg, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany and Austria and was awardedamongst others the prestigious Prix Pierre Werner for his paintings in Luxembourg in2016. At the Luxembourg Art Week 2019, he was nominated again with his Transfigurationsculpture series for the Grand-duc Adolphe award.
Solo exhibitions
2021 Coming Out, OpenArtExchange, Schiedam, Netherlands
2020 Inside, OpenArtExchange, Schiedam, Netherlands
2019 Quantum strokes, Gallery Denzelt, Echternach/Luxembourg
2018 Inner wisdom, Sofitel Europe, Kirchberg, Luxembourg
2018 Color and Forms, Galery Netzwerk, Trier, Germany
2017 Investigation of colours, Galery Schlassgoart, Esch-zur-Alzette, Luxembourg
2016 Gallery L’Impression, Dinant, Belgium
2010 Gallery Armand, Gaasch, Luxembourg
2010 Gallery Spiren, Strassen, Luxembourg
2010 Gallery Maggy Stein, Bettembourg, Luxembourg
Group exhibitions
2022 Salon de CAL 2022, Luxembourg Art Week, Luxembourg
2022 DAF Frankfurt, international art fair via OpenArtExchange, Frankfurt, Germany
2022 Art The Hague via OpenArtExchange, The Hague, Netherlands
2022 Gospel, Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2022 Africa Now II, OpenArtExchange, Schiedam, Netherlands
2022 DAF Cologne, international art fair via OpenArtExchange, Cologne, Germany
2022 Lux-Auction/MSF, Luxembourg
2022 First Art Fair, via OpenArtExchange, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2022 Lille Art Up!, international art fair via OpenArtExchange, Lille, France
2021 ST’ART Strasbourg via OpenArtExchange, France
2021 Art The Hague via OpenArtExchange, The Hague, Netherlands
2021 H2O, Differdange, Luxembourg
2021 Lille Art Up!, international art fair via OpenArtExchange, Lille, France
2021 Art Drive-in Nachtbroetchen, Airport Cologne, Germany
2020 Discovery Art Fair Frankurt via OpenArtExchange, Germany
2020 Africa Now, OpenArtExchange, Schiedam, Netherlands
2020 H2O, Differdange, Luxembourg
2020 Hello 2020!, OpenArtExchange, Schiedam, Netherlands
2020 International Art Fair Insbrück, Gallerie Bertrand Kass, Insbrück, Austria
2019 Luxembourg Art Fair, international art fair via OpenArtExchange, LuxExpo The Box, Luxembourg
2019 ST-ART Strasbourg, international art fair via OpenArtExchange, Strasbourg, France
2019 Mulhouse Art Fair, international art fair via OpenArtExchange, Mulhouse, France
2019 Salon de CAL, Luxembourg ART Week 2019, Luxembourg
2019 New World, OpenArtExhcange, Schiedam, Netherlands
2019 Ghent Art Fair, international art fair via OpenArtExchange, Ghent, Belgium
2019 Gallery H20, Differdange, Luxembourg
2019 ART Laren, OpenArtExchange, Netherlands
2019 Contemporary Art Fair Paris, international art fair via OpenArtExchange, Paris, France
2019 ArtUp! Lille international art fair via OpenArtExhange, Lille, France
2019 Hello 2019!, Art Rotterdam Week, OpenArtExchange, Schiedam (Rotterdam-region), Netherlands
2018 Luxembourg Art Fair via OpenArtExchange, Luxembourg
2018 Antwerp Art Fair, Belgium
2018 Gallery H2O, Differdange, Luxembourg
2018 #InnerCities, OpenArtExchange, Schiedam, The Netherlands
2018 OpenExpo, City museum for Modern and Contemporary Art, Schiedam, Netherlands
2017 Exposition à la Médiathèque, Mazières-Lès-Metz, France
2017 Afrique, L’Espace Saint-Mengold, Huy, France
2017 Gallery H20, Differdange, Luxembourg
2016 Salon de CAL, Luxembourg Art Week, Luxembourg
2016 Gallery H20, Differdange, Luxembourg
2015 Gallery Hennen, Mettlach, Germany
2015 Gallery H20, Differdange, Luxembourg
2014 Gallery H2O, Differdange, Luxembourg
2013 7th Biennale Contemporary Art, Strassen, Luxembourg
2012 Festival Montmartre, Dinant, Belgium
2011 Open Art Festival, Lellegen, Luxembourg
2011 2nd edition Art Contemporain Esch-sur-Alzette, LuxembourgGallery
Artistic residence
2022 OpenArtExchange, Schiedam, The Netherlands
2020 Gallery H2O, Differdange, Luxembourg
2019 OpenArtExchange, Schiedam, The Netherlands
2019 Gallery H2O, Differdange, Luxembourg
2018 OpenArtyExchange, Schiedam, Netherlands
2018 Gallery H2O, Differdange, Luxembourg
2017 Gallery H2O, Differdange, Luxembourg
2016 Gallery H2O, Differdange, Luxembourg
2015 Gallery H20, Differdange, Luxembourg
Museum exhibibtions
City museum for modern & contemporary art Schiedam, Schiedam Netherlands
Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht, Netherlands
Professional collections
- SAR Grand Duke of Luxembourg
- Ministery of Arts & Culture Luxembourg
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs Luxembourg
- Communal Administration of Differdange, Luxembourg
- Communal Administration of Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
- Communal Administration of Bettembourg, Luxembourg
2022 Cercle Artistique de Luxembourg (CAL) nomination ”Prix Pierre Werner ” Best artist (Luxembourg Art Week)
2019 Cercle Artistique de Luxembourg (CAL) nomination ”Prix Grand-Duc Adolphe ” Best artist (Luxembourg Art Week)
2016 Award best artist Luxembourg Art Week – Prix Pierre Werner, Cercle Artistique de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2012 Award best artist, Festival Montmartre, Dinant, Belgium
2011 Award best artist, Open Art Festival, Lellegen, Luxembourg
2011 Award 3rd best artist, 2nd edition Art Contemporain Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg