Zak Ové

        1966 Born in London

         Lives and works in London and Trinidad

        

        Solo Exhibitions:

2010: Twice Is Too Much, The Freies Museum, Berlin, Germany

2010: Past Future, Fine Art Society (FAS), London, UK

2009: Blue Devils, Real Art Ways Museum, Connecticut, USA

2008: Black & White Nudes, Carte Blanche Gallery, London, UK

Group Exhibitions:

2012: London Art Fair - Vigo Gallery, London, UK

2012: Voices of Home - Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, USA

2011: The Return Of The House Of The Nobleman, London, UK

2011: Texas Contemporary Fair - Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Houston, USA

2011: LA Platform - Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

2011: Sculpture today - New Forces New Forms, Frederik Meijer Sculpture Park, Michigan, USA

2011: Carnaval and Masquerade - Musee Dapper, Paris, France

2011: The Minotaur - Laziredes Gallery, Old Vic Tunnels, London, UK

2011: Go Tell it To The Mountain - 3D Sculpture Park, Verbier, Switzerland

2011: Africa See You See me - Li – Space, Beijing, China

2011: Stephen Burks ‘Are You A Hybrid’ - Museum of Art and Design (MAD), New York, USA

2011: Encounters of Bamako - Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal

2011: Volta Show - Fine Arts Society, New York, USA

2011: London Art fair - Fine Art Society, London, UK

2011: Africa: See You, See Me - Fondazione Studio Maragoni, Florence, Italy

2011: Africa: See You, See Me - Officine Fotografiche, Rome, Italy

2010: Fesman 2010 - World Festival of Black Arts, Dakar, Senegal

2010: Encounters Of Bamako - B-Gallery European Centre for Contemporary Art, Brussels, Belgium

2010: Hell’s Half Acre - Lazarides, London, UK

2010: Encounters of Bamako - Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2010: We Are Not Witches - The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

2010: Encounters of Bamako - South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2010: Africa: See You, See Me - Museu da Cidade, Lisbon, Portugal

2010: Tough Love - Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon, Portugal

2010: Encounters of Bamako - Panafrican Exhibition tour: Foto Museum, Antwerp, Belgium

2009: Rockstone and Bootheel - Real Art Ways, Connecticut, USA

2009: Encounters of Bamako - Panafrican Exhibition, National Museum, Bamako, Mali

2009: Encomium - Fine Art Society, London, UK

Selected Directed Films:

2010: A Land So Far, film installation, Afrodizzia, by Chris Ofili, Tate Britain, London, UK

2002: I Have A Dream, Independent Short Film

2002: Wonderful World PSA short film for the Anti Racist Alliance campaign, UK national cinema

2002: Guinness campaign, Cinema, TV and Print, featuring Lee Scratch Perry, Ireland

Awards:

2003: Milan African Film Festival, Italy: Cinit Award, Best Short Film

2002: Black Film & Television Awards, UK: Best Short Film / Best Short Film Director / Best New Talent

2002: SoHo Images, UK: Best Short Film

Residencies:

2011: The 3D Foundation, Sculpture Residency, Verbier, Switzerland

2007: Caribbean Contemporary Arts, Trinidad: sponsored by the A. Warhol Foundation, NY.

Publications:

Encounters of Bamako, 2009 - African Photography Biennial - ACTES SUD Catalogue

   Screenings and Film Festivals:

   2003: Africa in the Picture, Amsterdam, Holland

   2003: African Film Festival, New York, USA

   2002: BFM Short Film Festival, London

   2003: UK Melvin Van Peebles Festival, San Francisco, USA

   2003: Milan African Film Festival, Italy

   2003: MTV, Television Screening, Pan-Europe,

   2004: Peter Doig’s Studio Film Club, Trinidad

   2005: Peter Doig’s Studio Film Club Ludvig Museum, Cologne, Germany

   2005: Peter Doig’s Studio Film Club Kunsthal Museum, Zurich, Germany

   2002: Toronto Film Festival, Canada

   2002: Venice Film Festival, Italy

        

         Education:

1987: Graduated, Bachelor of Arts – Film as Fine Art, St. Martins School of Art, London