{"id":13430,"date":"2023-02-07T21:22:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T02:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=13430"},"modified":"2023-02-07T21:22:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T02:22:24","slug":"samuel-nnorom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/samuel-nnorom\/","title":{"rendered":"Samuel Nnorom"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7959\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13430-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2023\/SamuelNnorom.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2023\/SamuelNnorom.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2023\/SamuelNnorom.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13432 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Samuel-Nnorom-Artist-Photo-at-Exhibition.jpg?resize=379%2C243&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"379\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Samuel-Nnorom-Artist-Photo-at-Exhibition.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Samuel-Nnorom-Artist-Photo-at-Exhibition.jpg?resize=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Samuel-Nnorom-Artist-Photo-at-Exhibition.jpg?resize=768%2C492&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Samuel-Nnorom-Artist-Photo-at-Exhibition.jpg?resize=696%2C446&amp;ssl=1 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katesferriprojects.com\/work\/darkmatter\">Samuel Nnorom<\/a> (b.1990) is a Nigerian-born visual. He <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">discovered his talent at the age of 9 years while assisting his father in his shoe workshop \u2013 where he started making life drawings of customers that visited the shop. He was also influenced by his mother&#8217;s tailoring workshop \u2013as a kid who played with colourful fabrics with sewing needles and thread. He went further to develop this talent through apprenticeship, training, workshops, Exhibitions, art school and practice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Samuel holds an <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MFA in sculpture from the University of Nigeria Nsukka and is a full-time practising studio artist with many awards, exhibitions and residencies which include 3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rd <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and 1<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">st<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> prize for the National Gallery of Art 2010 and 2012 respectively, won prizes in 2016, 2017 and 2019 editions of the Life in My City Art Festival. He was the first prize recipient (leatherwork category) of the Icreate Africa 2019. Nnorom has received invitations to important workshops and group exhibitions, including the international art workshop by IICD at the United States Embassy, Abuja (2019), Rele Young Contemporary Bootcamp 2021, published in an international magazine the UK (zine, issue 11, artist responding to issues) and Haus-a-rest, issue 17 Material Damage 2021,\u00a0 Cassirer Welz Award, Bag factory and Strauss &amp; co South Africa 2022, recipient of 2022 Royal Over-Sea League and Art House Residency London, recipient of Guest Art Space (GAS) fellowship and residency from Yinka Shonibare Foundation 2022, shortlisted for Prince Claus Funds CAREC and Mentorship 2022\/2023, Noldor fellowship and Residency 2023,\u00a0 and several others. He belongs to the New Nsukka School of Art and he is currently exploring <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Okirika clothes and<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ankara fabric using bubble techniques as sculptural media while interrogating human experiences that relate to consumption, environment, sociopolitical <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and economic issues through questioning<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13433\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13433\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13433 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kates-Ferri-Projects-DARK-MATTER-Group-Exhibition-01112023_090507.jpg?resize=696%2C392&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kates-Ferri-Projects-DARK-MATTER-Group-Exhibition-01112023_090507-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kates-Ferri-Projects-DARK-MATTER-Group-Exhibition-01112023_090507-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kates-Ferri-Projects-DARK-MATTER-Group-Exhibition-01112023_090507-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kates-Ferri-Projects-DARK-MATTER-Group-Exhibition-01112023_090507-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kates-Ferri-Projects-DARK-MATTER-Group-Exhibition-01112023_090507-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kates-Ferri-Projects-DARK-MATTER-Group-Exhibition-01112023_090507-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C392&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kates-Ferri-Projects-DARK-MATTER-Group-Exhibition-01112023_090507-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C601&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kates-Ferri-Projects-DARK-MATTER-Group-Exhibition-01112023_090507-scaled.jpg?resize=1920%2C1080&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kates-Ferri-Projects-DARK-MATTER-Group-Exhibition-01112023_090507-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kates-Ferri Projects, Installation of Dark Matter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13434\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13434\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13434 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Samuel-Nnorom_Burnt-Roses_Kates-Ferri-Projects.jpg?resize=696%2C522&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Samuel-Nnorom_Burnt-Roses_Kates-Ferri-Projects-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Samuel-Nnorom_Burnt-Roses_Kates-Ferri-Projects-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Samuel-Nnorom_Burnt-Roses_Kates-Ferri-Projects-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Samuel-Nnorom_Burnt-Roses_Kates-Ferri-Projects-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Samuel-Nnorom_Burnt-Roses_Kates-Ferri-Projects-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Samuel-Nnorom_Burnt-Roses_Kates-Ferri-Projects-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Samuel-Nnorom_Burnt-Roses_Kates-Ferri-Projects-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C801&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Samuel-Nnorom_Burnt-Roses_Kates-Ferri-Projects-scaled.jpg?resize=1920%2C1440&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Samuel-Nnorom_Burnt-Roses_Kates-Ferri-Projects-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Samuel Nnorom: Burnt Roses, 2022 Dye, acrylic, foam and fabric 63 \u00d7 47 \u00d7 10 1\/2 inches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13435\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13435\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13435 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Samuel-Nnorom_Yellow-Quake_Kates-Ferri-Projects-Large.jpeg?resize=696%2C928&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Samuel-Nnorom_Yellow-Quake_Kates-Ferri-Projects-Large.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Samuel-Nnorom_Yellow-Quake_Kates-Ferri-Projects-Large.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Samuel-Nnorom_Yellow-Quake_Kates-Ferri-Projects-Large.jpeg?resize=696%2C928&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Samuel-Nnorom_Yellow-Quake_Kates-Ferri-Projects-Large.jpeg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Samuel Nnorom: Yellow Quake (2022) Dye, acrylic, foam and fabric 63 x 36 x 8.5 inches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2023\/SamuelNnorom.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listSamuel Nnorom (b.1990) is a Nigerian-born visual. 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