Bio
jamilah malika abu-bakare (b. 1982, Benin City, Nigeria) received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA in 2019.
abu-bakare's works include sound art, video essay and text off page surrounding themes of refusal, repetition, dedication and intimacy through care for Black girl & womanhood.
Exhibitions
2020
Ontology vs The Ontic, NOW Instant, LA, USA
a lineage of transgression, Artscape, Peterborough, Canada
The Other Side of the Sun, Hashtag Gallery, Toronto, Canada
interlude, Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington, Canada
2019
The Break, The Wake, The Hold, The Breath, Circuit Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2018
Critical Mass, Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
The Diamond Stingily Show, broadcast, Stockholm, Sweden
CURRENT Feminist Art Symposium, Contemporary Field Gallery, Vancouver, Canada