Nnena Kalu
No. 29, 2022
£220
A pair of limited edition screen prints by 2025 Turner Prize nominee Nnena Kalu, exclusive to House of Voltaire.
Edition Size
80
Dimensions
38 x 30 cm each print (unframed)
Finishing
Giclee print with silkscreen spot varnish with hand torn edges on Somerset Velvet 330 gsm paper
The price of the edition increases as it sells out. This edition comes with a certificate of authenticity.
Nnena Kalu, Studio Voltaire elsewhere, 2020. Commissioned by Studio Voltaire in partnership with ActionSpace. Image courtesy of the artist and Studio Voltaire. Photo Francis Ware
About The Artwork
Throughout Kalu’s practice the physical connection to her work whilst making is crucial. Working across sculpture, installation and drawing, the artist responds to the rhythm and noise of creating, the whole process becomes fully immersive and determines the shape, style and nature of each piece. Kalu's drawing process involves working on multiple drawings simultaneously, creating sets of related drawings. Kalu's drawings are represented in a number of important collections including Tate Collection, Arts Council Collection and Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg Collection. For House of Voltaire, Kalu has produced a set of limited edition prints based on a pair of drawings.
About Nnena Kalu
Nnena Kalu has been a resident artist at ActionSpace’s Studio Voltaire studio since 1999. She has created a large body of sculptural and two dimensional work and developed a live element to her site-specific installation practice.
Kalu has exhibited extensively including three solo exhibitions, Glasgow International, Project Ability, ‘Wrapping’, Humber Street Gallery, Hull, and Studio Voltaire Elsewhere, Mayfair. Yinka Shonibare invited Kalu to create new work for the Royal Academy Summer Show and the artist was awarded the LOEWE FOUNDATION/Studio Voltaire Award in 2021. Kalu presented an installation of drawing works for Deptford X and ‘Trickster Figures: Sculpture and the Body’, MK Gallery, 2023. The artist’s work is held in collections nationally and internationally.