Kenechi Unachukwu
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Kenechi Unachukwu is a freelance photographer currently based out of central New Jersey. Kenechi was first drawn to photography by images documenting the underground bboy (breakdance) battle scene. He has since branched out to street and documentary-style photography in his local communities. As he develops his style, Kenechi aims to both tell stories that have not been told, as well as ask hard questions that sometimes have no answer.
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Exhibitions and Awards
Empty Streets, ArtDoc Magazine - February 2021 - Online Group Exhibition
Community Gallery, Urban Triage - November 2020 - Group Exhibition - Madison, WI
Ways of Protest, Elysium Gallery - November 2020 - Group Exhibition - Swansea, Wales, UK
We Still Here, Gallery 1308 - October 2020 - Solo Exhibition - Madison, WI
From Here on Out, Marzen Gallery (Integrated Art Group) - October 2020 - Group Exhibition - Madison, WI
Issue #103: Documentary 2020, F-Stop Magazine - October 2020 - Online Group Exhibition
PWB Magazine Issue 15, Photographers Without Borders - September 2020 - Top 20 Finalist
2020: The First Half, L.A. Photo Curator – September 2020 -Online Group Exhibition – Los Angeles, CA
Sensibility: revealed truths, tensions, and vulnerability, Art Room Fort Worth – September 2020 -Group Exhibition – Fort Worth, TX
PhotoEx 2020, Media Arts Council – September 2020 -Juried Group Exhibition – Media, PA
VIRUS, NIDA 2020 International Photography Symposium – September 2020 -Photography series screening – Nida, Lithuania
Remembering the Suffragists, 100 years of Women Voting in the United States, InLiquid - August 2020 - Online Group Exhibition - Philadelphia, PA
Global Impact, Foundry Art Center – August 2020 - Group Exhibition – St. Charles, MO
Vision: Black and White, Black Box Gallery – August 2020 - Group Exhibition – Portland, OR
Thoughts and Prayers, Another Round of Vacant Stares, Art Hustle ChaShaMa – August 2020 - Group Exhibition – Matawan, NJ
Home, LoosenArt – August 2020 - Group Exhibition – Rome, Italy
Joy, Analog Forever Magazine – July 2020 - Online Group Exhibition
Living and Photographing in the Time of COVID-19, The Photographer’s Eye Collective – May 2020 - Online Juried Exhibition – Chosen Photographer for Show Catalog
Publications, Features, & Commissions
Let’s’ Talk About It, American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact - January 2021 - book contributor
Issue 1, Voyager Zine - January 2021 - Contributor
BIPOC Issue Winter 2021, Curious Magazine - January 2021 - Featured Artist
Annual Report, Access Community Health Centers - October 2020 - Featured Artist - Madison, WI
Issue 7, UnBound Zine - October 2020 - Featured Artist
May 30, 2020, City of Madison – June 2020 - Commissioned Street Art – Madison, WI
In Wisconsin, B&W Minimalism Magazine - May 2020 - Artist Portfolio Feature
Patriotism and Paranoia: Scenes From a COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Protest, Whattaroll Magazine - May 2020
Those Who Think Young - November 2019 - Self-published zine.
Press
Q&A: Kenechi Unachukwu brings street photography approach to protests, The Cap Times - November 2020
Photographer Kenechi Unachukwu Document’s Madison’s Protests, WORT-FM – June 2020