* 1963 Calabar, Nigeria. Lives in the USA since 1983.

Curatorial projects and texts in UiU and Nafas:

Meeting Points 6 in Berlin

Interview with the artistic director Okwui Enwezor about the focus of the event in these times of change. By Gerhard Haupt & Pat Binder, Nafas, Jan. 2012

Okwui Enwezor: Director of Haus der Kunst

From October 2011 on, Okwui Enwezor will be the director of Haus der Kunst in Munich, Germany (published 19 January 2011).

Documenta 11, 2002

8 June - 15 Sept. 2002, Kassel, Germany. Artistic Director: Okwui Enwezor. Co-curators: Carlos Basualdo, Ute Meta Bauer, Susanne Ghez, Sarat Maharaj, Mark Nash, Octavio Zaya. 118 artists and artist groups.

The Short Century

Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa 1945 - 1994. Exhibition 2001 - 2002, in Munich, Berlin, Chicago, New York. Curator: Okwui Enwezor. Co-Curators: Rory Bester, Lauri Firstenberg, Chika Okeke, Mark Nash.

Five Continents and a City

26 Nov. 1998 - 28 Feb. 1999, Mexico City. Project-idea, direction: Marta Palau. Curators: Rita Eder, Okwui Enwezor, Yu Yeon Kim, Gerardo Mosquera, Rosa Olivares, Silvia Pandolfi. 30 artists from the 5 continents and Mexico City.

2nd Johannesburg Biennale, 1997

12 Oct. - 12 Dec. 1997. The last edition of this biennial, which started in 1995. Information and interviews with the artistic director Okwui Enwezor and with Hou Hanru, one of the 6 curators.