This document provides a summary of Karo Akpokiere's education, exhibitions, collections, residencies, workshops, commissions, work experience, awards, talks, and publications. It shows that Karo Akpokiere is a Nigerian graphic designer and artist who has had work exhibited internationally, completed prestigious residencies, and been published extensively on their multidisciplinary practice spanning design, illustration, and comics.

1. KARO AKPOKIERE
www.karoakpokiere.com
karo@karoakpokiere.com
EDUCATION
January – May 2014
German Language Course A1 – A.2.1
Goethe - Institut, Lagos and Goethe - Institut, Berlin.
2008 - 2009
Creative Enterprise: Core Programme
Lagos Business School, Lagos
2003 – 2006
HND Graphic Design, Yaba College of Technology Lagos
2000 - 2001
OND General Arts, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos
EXHIBITIONS *Denotes group exhibitions
*2017: Flow of Forms/ Forms of Flow: Design history between Africa and Europe
3 February - 12 March. Kunstraum Munich
Curated by Kerstin Pinther and Alexandra Weigand
*2016: Envision 2030. Next City World Stage
United Nations Habitat 3 Conference, Quito, Ecuador
2016: Representing the city
International Comic-Salon, Erlangen, Germany
*2015: 2nd Berliner Herbstsalon
Maxim Gorki Theater, Berlin, Germany
2015: Old Drawings.
Kunsthalle M3, Berlin, Germany.
*2015: All of the World’s Futures. 56th Venice Biennale, International Art Exhibition.
Curated by Okwui Enwezor.
*2015: Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design.
Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany. 14 March - 13 September 2015.
Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain. 30 October 2015 - 21 February 2016.
Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, Spain. 23 March - 28 August 2016.
Kunsthal Rotterdam, Netherlands. 2 October 2016 - 15 January 2017
*2014: Double Trouble Exhibition
Kunsthalle M3, Berlin, Germany.

2. *2014: Comiczeichner-Seminar Ausstellung
Erlangen, Germany.
*2014 : Art 14 , London, England.
*2014: London Art Fair , London, England.
*2013: Another Africa - Contemporary Design in Africa
ULUPUH Gallery, Tkalciceva 14, Zagreb, Croatia.
*2013: Art Dubai 2013 (Marker programme)
Madinat Arena, Madinat Jumeirah Resort, Dubai.
2012: Goethe - Institut Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
Lagos Mainland - Lagos Island
*2012: Whitespace Lagos / WheatBaker Hotel Exhibition
Lagos, Nigeria.
*2011: Pictoplasma’s Missing Link Research Project.
La gaite-lyrique, Paris, France.
2011: 26/365: An exhibition of Illustrated letters
Goethe -Institut, Lagos, Nigeria .
*2011: Dreaming Hazel Dooney
Latrobe Contemporary Art Gallery, Morwell, Victoria, Australia
*2011: African & African- Caribbean Design Diaspora Festival
The Bargehouse, Southbank, London, England.
2011: Illustrated Letters Exhibition
Monster Times Cafe, Copenhagen, Denmark
*2011: Fax Exhibition
South London Gallery, London, England.
*2011: Smart Car Urban Stage drive-through Art Gallery London Southbank, England.
*2010: The Green Summary Exhibition
Center for Contemporary Art, Lagos ,Nigeria
*2010: 7sins International Graphic Design Contes Travelling Exhibition
Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Madrid.
COLLECTIONS
Private collections in Nigeria and Western Europe.

3. RESIDENCIES
July 19 - August 18, 2017: Resident Artist
Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco, USA
September 1 2016 - November 30 2016: Resident Artist
IASPIS Grant. Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, Sweden
September 1 2014 - January 30 2015: Gästkunstler/ Guest artist
Atelierhaus Mengerzeile, Berlin, Germany.
June/July 2012: Resident Artist.
A Word of Art Residency Programme. Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa.
October 2010: Resident Artist.
Center for Contemporary Art Lagos/Triangle Artists Trust Residency. Lagos, Nigeria.
WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
2016: Photo Polymer workshop with Christina Lindeberg
Algarden Print Workshop, Boras, Sweden
2014: Comiczeichner-Seminar Erlangen, Germany
2013: Explorations in Contemporary Drawing workshop. Center for Contemporary
Art, Lagos.
2010: Pinar Yolacan Art Photography Workshop. Center for Contemporary Art, Lagos. Art, Fashion and
Identity Workshop Series.
FACILITATED WORKSHOPS
Sept 2011 : Art workshop Facilitator
26/365: Illustrated Letters Art Workshop
Goethe-Institut, Lagos, Nigeria.
September 2011/ December 2010 / September 2009
Art workshop for CATE(Children and the environment) at the Garden City Literary Festival, Port Harcourt,
Nigeria.
RECENT ARTIST PROJECTS
2016: Color - in Wall. Interactive drawing project, ArtxLagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
2014 -2016: “Es gibt kein Leben ohne Liebe”. 10 drawings about love set between Lagos and
Berlin. Esopus Magazine issue #23.
2016: The Alternate Art Fair (live drawing installation) The Armory Show, New York.

4. RECENT COMMISSIONS
2015 - 2016. “Your Ad Here”: Nigeria. A project that seeks to make connections between advertising and
daily life in Lagos, Nigeria. Commisoners : Create London, AWCA, Lagos. Funded by The British Council.
2015: Oliberte Footwear skateboard deck design
2012 - 2013. “Illustrations for The Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State”. Commi-
sioner: Ralph Appelbaum Associates, London, England.
WORK EXPERIENCE
January 2008 - July 2008: Graphic Designer
Brandwarriors Limited, Lagos, Nigeria Industry: Advertising
February 2007 - December 2007 : Graphic Designer
Soulsight Nigeria Limited
Industry: Brand marketing
December 2005 - September 2006: Graphic Designer
Dove Media PLC, Lagos, Nigeria
December 2001 - December 2002: Intern
Logica Communications, Lagos, Nigeria
November 2000 - January 2001: Intern
Nigerian Textile Mills, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
AWARDS
2016. Nominated artist. Queen Sonja Print Award, Norway.
2012. “Honourable Mention”. Taipei International Digital Content Awards (TIDCA). Digital Graphic Cat-
egory.
2008. “Artist of the year”. Future Awards, Nigeria.
SELECTED ARTIST TALKS /PANEL DISCUSSIONS / PRESENTATIONS
October 18, 2016: Artist Talk. Next City World Stage “Envision 2030” exhibition. United Nations Habitat 3
conference, Quito, Ecuador.
October 26, 2016: Göteborg Konstskola, Göteborg, Sweden
October 8, 2016: 1- 54 Art Fair FORUM Programme “ Why Design Matters”. Somerset, House, London, Eng-
land.
September 20, 2016: “How do you talk about your work when you feel a transition is happening?”
BRA 10, Konstepidemin, Göteborg, Sweden

5. INTERVIEWS (video)
Arte .tv: Karo Akpokiere: Lagos/Berlin 2015. 15 May 2015. German/French.
Vitra Design Museum: Making Africa Interview. 28 June 2014. English.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAHY, PUBLICATIONS *denotes online
Katy Scott. “Artists bend rules of contemporary African art”. CNN. November 6 2016t
Ours Magazine #11. The thirsty issue.
AK Zeitung: The shape of things to come. March 2016
Alanna Martinez. “At the Armory Show Nigerian artist Karo Akpokiere to create a fair within a fair”. New
York Observer. March 2016.
Beaux Arts Magazine. March 2016
Cityscapes Magazine #7. December 2015
*Oliberte Ambassadors. “Karo Akpokiere: Graphic Designer”. November 2015
Protocollum: global perspectives on visual vocabulary issue #2. Page 122 - 123. October 2015.
“Three periods of engagement with the Bauhaus”. Essay published in the Bauhaus: #itsalldesign exhibition
catalogue. Page 360 - 363. September 2015.
Contemporary And Print issue #4. “Spotlight: Karo Akpokiere”. Page 44 - 45. 2015
*Contemporaryand.com. “Karo Akpokiere: On drawing shoes and movement”. 19 June 2015.
L’uomo Vogue. “All of the World’s Futures”. May/June 2015
*Designindaba.com. “Nigerian graphic designer stumbles onto the world’s art stage.
15 May 2015.
*Ours Magazine. “Okwui-Enwezor’s all the worlds futures, a call to action”.
13 May 2015.
*Fad Magazine. “Politics and nature: unnatural and natural states of the world at 56th international art
exhibition la biennale di Venezia”. 13 May 2015.
56th Venice Biennale catalogue. “All of the World’s Futures”. May 2015.
Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary African Design. Exhibition catalogue. March 2015.
Artist Invites: Emeka Ogboh presents Karo Akpokiere. Center for Contemporary, Lagos
Articulate Series #1. October 2014.
*Conway Megan. “Redefining African Luxury in Lagos, Nigeria”. Wall Street Journal.
29 May 2014.

6. *Smit Rouen. “Art with Bus Rapid Transit Systems: Lagos, Nigeria. Future Cape Town.
17 June 2013.
*ArtsProjekt.com. “Artist Highlight: Karo Akpokiere”. 29 March 2013.
*Ruis Cristina. “Visions of a Fast-moving Continent”. Financial Times . 8 March 2013.
Ijusi Magazine South Africa #28. “The Tattoo Issue”. 2013.
*Awa Winnie. “Feature #1: Karo Akpokiere.” www.Uli-Museum.com. 2013.
aLogo Design 3. Zeixs/Feirabend publishing. 2012.
*Bucketfeet.com. “Karo Akpokiere, the artist behind the Tokeria’s.”. 5 December 2012.
Springleap.com. “Woodstock Wall Art”. 2012.
*ArtsProjekt.com. Guest Blog from AP Artist Karo Akpokiere”. 21 August 2012.
*Shane de Lange. “The long palying album cover”. Ijusi Magazine South Africa #27.
6 July 2012.
Clam Magazine #25. The Fresh Issue”. 2012.
Ijusi Magazine South Africa #26. “Afrika Typografika”.. 2011.
New Typography 2. Zeixs/Feirabend publishing. 2011.
Omotayo Bobo. “London Life , Lagos Living”. 2011.
*Anotherafrica.com. “Featured: Karo Akpokiere”. 21 June 2011.
*ArtsProjekt.com. “Artsit proof Interview with Artist: Karo Akpokiere”. 11 June 2011.
The Publisher Club. “Collaborative Zine #1”. 2011.
Patel Jitesh. “The Tote Bag Book”. Laurence King Publishing. 2011.
*Otani Natsuki. “Artsit 41: Karo Akpokiere”. Illustration Rally. 5 November 2010.
Byrd Antawan. “Art, Fashion and Identity”. Center for Contemporary, Lagos Art Newsletter #10. 2010.
*Jacques Lange. “African Thought Leaders feature”. Design Magazine South Africa #13. 2009.