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Gor Soudan (Born in 1983, Kenya Africa)

photo by Ben Davis (The Thousands Tokyo)

Gor Soudan (May 22nd 1983) is a young conceptual artist living and working in Kibera, Nairobi. His practice is informed by found objects and the materials that surround him: scraps of paper, carton, plastic and more recently 'protest wire', a tangled black mass of wire he salvaged from car tyres burnt during the political protests that accompanied the last elections in Kenya. In his studio, every day materials are transformed in acute observations on human nature and the rapid changes Africa, and Kenya in particular, is undergoing. Often subtly engaged with contemporary political and social issues, and deeply embedded in urban culture, Gor's artistic practice is an intense, obsessive process through which material is transformed into beautiful, haunting and thought provoking work.

Exhibitions (Selected)
・Cut off my tongue (Braeburn Theatre, Nairobi, Kenya / 2012)
・Angry birds - Gor Soudan solo exhibition (Kuona Trust, Nairobi, Kenya / 2012)
・Cover/ Recover (Belgium Ambassador Residence, Nairobi, Kenya / 2012)
・At a glance (Kenya Cultural Centre, Nairobi, Kenya / 2013)
・Eatings - Gor Soudan solo exhibition (Talisman, Nairobi, Kenya / 2013)
・The poetic line (The Goethe Institute, Nairobi, Kenya / 2013)
・Resurrection: The Fire Next Time (The Nairobi Museum, Nairobi, Kenya / 2013)
・Always searching for something; drawings in space (Freetown pop-up gallery, Freetown, Sierra Leone / 2014)

Stay: May 12, 2014 - August 8, 2014
Co-organized by: The Backers Foundation
Exhibition: The BAR Vol.7 (Sat, July 12th - Sat, July 26th, 2014 at YAMAMOTO GENDAI)
Artists interview Download（PDF / 2.3MB)
Publication: Download（PDF / 1.9MB)

2014-5-22

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