Biography
Ada Udechukwu was born
in 1960 in Enugu, Nigeria. Self taught in the visual arts, she
earned her B.A. in English and African literature from the
University of Nigeria, Nsukka, in 1981 and is presently completing
work on an MFA in writing and literature at Bennington College in
the United States.
She is the author of a
collection of poems, Woman, Me and Herero, a non-fiction title for
young adults. Udechukwu’s visual media, express many of the same
personal qualities as her poetry and fiction writing, and include
painting on textiles along with her painting and drawing on paper
and creation of artist’s books.
From 1984 to the
present, she has participated in several joint and group
exhibitions. Some of these include a 2003 joint exhibition, Lyrical
Lines [with Obiora Udechukwu], at Guilford College, Greensboro, NC.;
the 1997 group exhibition, The Poetics of Line: Seven Artists of the
Nsukka Group held at the National Museum of African Art, Washington,
D.C.; and Celebrating Africa, a 1993 group exhibition of textiles
and silver jewelry at the Goethe Institut, Lagos.
In addition to these
exhibitions, Udechukwu was the curated and exhibited in the 1992 Uli:
Different Hands, Different Times exhibit (held at the University of
Nigeria) that featured the work of traditional uli artists and the
work of contemporary female artists who draw from the uli tradition.
Udechukwu’s one person exhibitions include: InMidmomenT: lines.
spaces. Boundaries (at The Richard R. Brush Gallery, St. Lawrence
University, Canton, NY, 2000) and Hand Drawn and Painted Fabrics (at
Continuing Education Centre, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1990).
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