AFRICANUS OKOKON

EDUCATION

2020 - MFA in Painting/Printmaking, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut

2013 - BFA in Film/Animation/Video, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, Rhode Island

SELECTED PERFORMANCES AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020- Living in America: An Exhibition in Four Acts, International Print Center New York, New York, NY

2020 - Yale University Painting and Printmaking MFA, Perrotin Gallery, New York, NY (Viewing Salon)

2020 - Only When You Are Called: Yale Painting Thesis Show, Green Gallery, Yale School of Art

2017 - Other People Presents: Two Shows, The Kitchen, NY, NY (Performance)

2017 - Friction Fiction: Survey of Black Animation, Amadlozi Gallery, African Heritage Arts

Center, Miami, FL

2017 - Friction Fiction: Survey of Black Animation, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN

2014 - Cadence Exits, Proxy, Providence, RI

2013 - Hip-Hop Post-Mortem, Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY (Performance)

SELECTED SCREENINGS AND FESTIVALS

2021 – Chicago Underground Film Festival

In-Competition Screening (Winner: The Decolonize This Award)

2021 – Camden International Film Festival

2021- True/False Film Festival

In-Competition Screening

2020 - Blackstar Film Festival

Screening and Panel Discussion

Philadelphia, PA (Virtual)

2019 - Archival Interventions

Screening and Panel Discussion

Whitney Humanities Center at Yale, Yale University, New Haven, CT

2019 - Chale Wote Street Arts Festival: The LABS

Screening and Panel Discussion

Folkspace, National Theatre of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

2019 - An Evening of Film and Performance: MLK Day Weekend

Screening

Gloria’s Project Space, Ridgewood, NY

2019 - CAVE Festival - Not Found

Screening

Cellular Cinema, Minneapolis, MN

2016 - Eyewash: Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation

Screening

Dartmouth College, Hanover, ME

2013 - New England Animation Film Festival

Screening

Institute of Contemporary Art/ Boston, Boston, MA

2013 - Eyeworks Experimental Animation Festival

Screening

Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY

2012 - In Competition: Ottawa International Animation Festival

Screening and Panel Discussion

Ottawa, Canada

2012 - London International Animation Festival

Screening

London, UK

2012 - Australian International Animation Festival

Screening

Melbourne, Australia

2012 - In Competition: Animator Festival

Screening

Poznan, Poland

2012 - In Competition: Holland Animated Film Festival

Utrecht, Netherlands

2011 - In Competition: Ottawa International Animation Festival

Screening and Panel Discussion

Ottawa, Canada

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

2019 - Alice Kimball Traveling Fellowship

Yale School of Art

2020-2021: Artspace New Haven Artist-in-Residence

2021-2022: NXTHVN Studio Fellowship, New Haven, CT

New American Paintings Issue #152

PUBLICATIONS

Africanus Okokon + Maziyar Pahlevan (sound works + art works) (Other People, 2017)

PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2020 - Present: Assistant Professor, Film/Animation/Video, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)

2019 - Visiting Critic: RISD Open Media

2019 - Visiting Lecturer: RISD Open Media

2018 - Visiting Guest Critic: RISD Animation

2018 - Visiting Lecturer: RISD Animation

2014 - Visiting Artist: Institute of Contemporary Art/ Boston Teen Arts Council

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

2015 - 2018 Institute of Contemporary Art/ Boston, Boston, MA

Interpretive Media and Adult Education Programs Coordinator

2014 - 2016 Other People (Record Label)

Art Director/ Artistic Producer/ Designer