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Uche Okpa-Iroha

Uche Okpa-Iroha was born on the 2nd of January, 1972 in Enugu, Nigeria. He holds a Bachelor of Technology degree (1997) in Food Engineering from the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria.

He has shown in major exhibitions within and outside Nigeria – The 10th Havana Biennial, Havana 2009. Others Include the African Emerging Photography, Paris Photo 2011,the Ungovernables (Invisible Borders Group) New Museum, New York 2012 and GO-SLOW: Diaries of personal and collective stagnation in Lagos (New Directions in Contemporary Photography), Skoto Gallery, New Yprk, 2013.
Uche won the Seydou keita Award for the best photography creation at the 8th Bamako Encounters with the “ Under Bridge Life” project and also received the Jean Paul Blachere prize. Other nominations include the Prix Pictet Award “Growth” in 2010 and the National Geographic All Roads Photography program in 2011. He is a contributor to several publications including “Lagos – the City at work” and “Nigerians behind the lens”.
Uche is an ex-resident, fellow and alumnus of the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (2011- 2012). He lives and works in Lagos as a photographer, founder/Principal of the new photography platform – The Nlele Institute – African Centre for Photography (TNI.ACP).

Born in January 2, 1972 in Enugu and an indigene of Abia State in the South Eastern Niger Delta of Nigeria.

Education

Bachelors of Technology Degree in Food Science and Technology, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria (1997)

Residencies

2011-2012 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten/ Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science

Awards

2011 The National Geographic All Roads Photography Programme (nominated)

2010 ‘Growth’ Prix Pictet Award, Paris, France (nominated)

2009 The Seydou Keita Prize for the Best Photographic Creation, Bamako Encounters

Private & Public collections

Robert Holmes Collection, Los Angeles, USA

Jean Paul Blachere Collection, France

Rob Defares Collection, The Netherlands

Tom de Swaan Collection, The Netherlands

Queensland Gallery of Modern Arts, South Brisbane, Australia.

Recent exhibitions/projects

2014 Sounds of Silence, CODA Museum, Apeldoom, The Netherlands

2014 Phantasms of The Non-City|Lagos Photo Festival, FNB JoBurg Artfair

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