SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026
,
Frieze Los Angeles, presented by OCHI, Los Angeles, CA
2024
Touch Products,
von ammon co., Washington, D.C.
2022
Unpossessed,
Helena Anrather Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Veronica, Veronica,
Hesse Flatow, Amagansett, NY
Tomorrow is Already Behind Us,
Lyles and King, New York, NY
(It's a) Whole Lotta Money (in this muf****er),
presented by Harlesden High Street & Kendra Jayne Patrick, Basel Social Club, Basel, Switzerland
This Is Not a Retreat!,
Ford Foundation Gallery, New York, NY
The Intimacies Between Continents,
curated by Coleman Collins, University of California, Irvine, CA
2023
Middle Gallery,
Helena Anrather Gallery, New York, NY
2022
Subtle Subersions,
Microscope Gallery, New York, NY
2020
Living in America: An Exhibition in Four Acts,
International Print Center, New York, NY
Yale University Painting and Printmaking MFA,
Perrotin Gallery, New York, NY
2017
Friction Fiction: Survey of Black Animation,
Amadozi Gallery at the African Heritage Arts Center, Miami, FL; and The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
2014
Cadence Exits,
Proxy, Providence, RI
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2023
fire,
Magical Thinking Symposium, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
2017
Other People Presents: Two Shows,
The Kitchen, New York, NY
2013
Hip-Hop Post-Mortem,
Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED SCREENINGS & FESTIVALS
2025
Unclaimed Experience: a night of film and video,
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge, MA
2023
YES: Miatta Kawinzi / Africanus Okokon,
Microscope Gallery, New York, NY
2022
,
Gleaners Film Festival, Lanchester, PA
2021
In Competition,
Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
,
Camden International Film Festival, Camden, ME
In Competition,
True/False Film Festival, Columbia, MO
2020
In Competition,
Blackstar Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA
2019
Archival Interventions,
Whitney Humanities Center at Yale University, New Haven, CT
The LABS,
Chale Wote Street Arts Festival, National Theatre of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
An Evening of Film and Performance: MLK Day Weekend,
Gloria's Project Space, Ridgewood, NY
Not Found,
CAVE Festival, Cellular Cinema, Minneapolis, MN
2016
Eyewash,
Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
2013
Fluxus Moon Cabaret as 220,
Black Box Theatre, Providence, RI
,
New England Animation Film Festival, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
,
Eyeworks Experimental Animation Festival, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY
2012
In Competition,
Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa, Cananda
,
London International Animation Festival, London, United Kingdom
,
Australian International Animation Festival, Melbourne, Australia
In Competition,
Animation Festival Screening, Poznan, Poland
In Competition,
Holland Animation Film Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands
2011
In Competition,
Ottawa International Animation Festival Screening, Ottawa, Cananda
RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
2025
RISD Professional Development Fund Recipient, Rhode Island School of design, Providence. RI
2022
NXTHVN Studio Fellowship, New Haven, CT
2021
Decolonize This Award, Chicago Film Festival, Chicago, IL
2020
Artist-in-Residence, Artspace, New Haven, CT
2019
Alice Kimball Traveling Fellowship, Yale School University of Art, New Haven, CT
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2026
Russell, Livia. “Works in Progress: Africanus Okokon," Frieze, Jan. 9
2025
“Revealing the Galleries for Frieze Los Angeles 2026," Frieze, Nov. 20
“Five Emerging Artists to Watch at Frieze Los Angeles 2026," Frieze, Nov. 20
Frances, Claire. “Six Emerging Artists You Need to Hear," DJ Mag, Jan. 13
2024
Tomson, Spenser. “Okokon – Offering Review," Electronic Sound, Dec. 12
Bourland, Ian. “Africanus Okokon," Artforum, Nov. 1
Tela, Kahwit. “American African identity is explored by U.S. artist with Ghanaian/Nigerian roots," Goats and Soda by NPR, Aug. 16
Henderson, Teri. “Africanus Okokon’s inventive art enshrines the cast-offs of consumerism," The Washington Post, Jul. 24
2023
Solondz, Simone. “Five Questions: Africanus Okokon," RISD News, Apr. 24
2021
“Mariel Capanna and Africanus Okokon in Conversation," Adams and Ollman, Feb.
2020
Radillo, Annie, and Maia Decker. “Africanus Okokon to create sonic-visual experience at Artspace," Yale Daily News, Oct. 19
Sheets, Hilarie. “Newly Minted Artists, Facing a Precarious Future, Take Action," New York Times, May 19
