Karo Akpokiere

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Karo Akpokiere is a child of the 80s born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. He received a diploma in Graphic Design from Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, Nigeria in 2006. Akpokiere has taken part in several exhibitions locally and internationally, including his first solo exhibition 26/365: An Exhibition of Illustrated Letters at the Goethe-Institut, Lagos, Nigeria (2011) and the first Lagos Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Public Art Exhibition, Lagos (2012). Akpokiere’s recent group exhibitions include the 56th Venice Biennale; 2nd Berliner Herbstsalon, Maxim Gorki Theater, Berlin; Double Trouble exhibition, Kunsthalle M3, Berlin; the Comic-Zeichner Seminar Ausstellung at the Comic Salon Erlangen (2014), Another Africa – Contemporary Design in Africa, ULUPUH Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia (2013), Art Dubai, Markerprogram (2013), FAX exhibition, South London Gallery, London (2011), and The Green Summary Exhibition, Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos, Nigeria (2010). His most recent solo exhibition, Old Drawings, was held at Kunsthalle m3, Berlin (2015).

https://www.karoakpokiere.com/

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