Nnenna Okore is an Assistant Professor and Chair of the Art Department at North Park University, Chicago, where she teaches Sculpture, Spatial Art, Advanced Studio, Two and Three Dimensional Design, Drawing I, Non-western Art History and Video Art. She earned her B.A degree in Painting from the University of Nigeria (First Class Honors) in 1999, and an M.A and M.F.A. in Sculpture from the University of Iowa in 2004 and 2005. She is one of the most outstanding contemporary African Artist of her generation, and her works are inspired by textures, colors and forms from her surroundings. She has received several national and international awards and been shown in numerous prestigious galleries and museums within and outside the United States. Her works are currently on display at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, and the Northeastern Illinois University Gallery. An exhibition of her new works is billed to open at Bekris Gallery, San Francisco in the Spring of 2010.

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