Emeka Okereke


Emeka Okereke is a Nigerian photographer, filmmaker, writer and visual artist who lives and works in Lagos and Berlin.
Okereke is the cofounder of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Organisation
In 2018, he received Chevalier des Arts et Lettres from the Government of France.

Education

Emeka received a Master's from the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 2008.

Career

In 2009, Okereke founded The Invisible Borders Trans-African Organisation, a collective of artists whose projects include the Invisible Borders Trans-African Road Trip and The Trans-African, a journal of African arts and visual culture.
His installation 'A Trans-African Workspace', was exhibited at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015.
In summer of 2018, Okereke guest lectured at the Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria.
In 2018, he was awarded Chevalier De l’Ordre Des Arts et Des Lettres from the French Government, in recognition of his significant contributions to the arts in Africa and Europe.

Selected exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

2018 – Chevalier De l’Ordre Des Arts et Des Lettres
2016 Nominee, Prix Elysée for Photography
2016 Long list nominee, Prix Pictet, 2016
2009 Artist of the Year, The Future Awards Africa
2008 Winner, Visa Pour la Creation for project "Bagamoyo", Maputo Mozambique
2004 TV5, Paris Prize for Best Photography at the Exhibition "Made in Africa", Milan Italy.
2003 Best Young Photographer of the 5th Festival of photography. Bamako, Mali.