Mallory Lowe Mpoka (b. 1996) is a second-generation Cameroonian Belgian artist based in Tiohtiá:ke/Mooniyaang (Montréal). Her multidisciplinary practice includes photography, textiles, and ceramics. Her work addresses themes of identity, migration, colonialism, memory, and trauma.[1][2] Her practice is inspired by her ancestral heritage, family photo albums, and archives.[3][4]
Exhibitions
Mpoka has exhibited work at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, Toronto's Gardiner Museum, the Art Gallery of Ontario, The Next Contemporary, Centre PHI in Montréal, and Senegal's Dak'Art 2022 Biennale of Contemporary African Art, as part of the Off-Satellite program presented at Galerie Atiss Dakar.[5][6][7][8][9][10][2]
Awards
In 2022 Mpoka was awarded the Malick Sidibé prize by the African Biennale of Photography and the artist received the New Generation Photography Award in 2024.[4]
References
- ^ Mpoka, Mallory Lowe (2024). Architecture of the Self : What Lives Within Us. Tiohtiá:ke/Mooniyaang (Montréal): Pièce Jointe. p. 163. ISBN 9782981993663.
- ^ a b Fulton, Gwynne. "Red Earth: Mallory Lowe Mpoka's Haptic Archives". Esse Arts + Opinions. 107 (Hiver 2023): 60–69. ISSN 0831-859X.
- ^ Revert, Amélie (2024-07-27). "Mallory Lowe Mpoka: Miroir du passé". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 2025-02-28.
- ^ a b "New Generation Photography Award". www.gallery.ca. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
- ^ "Visit the National Gallery of Canada's first installations of 2025!". www.gallery.ca. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
- ^ "Genealogies of Sustenance". Gardiner Museum. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
- ^ "AGO presents three contemporary artists re-imagining African studio portraiture". Art Gallery of Ontario. 2023-07-10. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
- ^ "THAT WHICH WE WERE GIVEN – The Next Contemporary". Retrieved 2025-02-28.
- ^ "Mallory Lowe Mpoka | Arts et société". PHI (in French). Retrieved 2025-02-28.
- ^ "Biennale d'Art Contemporain Dakar't 2022 – Galerie Atiss Dakar" (in French). Retrieved 2025-02-28.
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