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