Emmanuel Olunkwa
Emmanuel Olunkwa (b. 1994, Los Angeles, CA) is a visual artist, writer, editor, and filmmaker.[1][2][3] Olunkwa currently serves as the editor-at-large for Pioneer Works and editor of Pin-Up Magazine.[4] In 2020, Olunkwa co-founded November Magazine.[5] Olunkwa's work has has been published in Artforum, Interview, Architectural Digest, Museum of Modern Art, and the New Museum. He is based in New York.
Early life and Education
Olunkwa graduated with a BA from the Eugene Lang College at the New School and an MS from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture.[6][7][8]
Work
Olunkwa has written features on artists Kara Walker, David Wojnarowicz, and Deanna Lawson, architects Elizabeth Diller and Mark Wigley, and authors Natasha Stagg and Andrea Long Chu, amongst others.[9] His photography has been included in Dazed, Garage, Cultured, and e-flux.[10][11]
In 2020, Olunkwa started E&Ko., a functional furniture line of birch plywood chairs and tables.[12][13] The design works have been shown with artists Walter Price, Michael Krebber, Paul Chan, Wade Guyton, and Rachel Harrison.[14]
Later that year Olunkwa started November Magazine, a non-profit dedicated to publishing and programming around contemporary art and culture.[5] The magazine was founded alongside Lauren O'Neill-Butler, and includes Dawn Chan, Aria Dean, and Alec Mapes-Frances as its editors.[15]
- ^ "Emmanuel Olunkwa". The Poetry Project. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
- ^ Nast, Condé (2021-06-11). "Emmanuel Olunkwa Designs Functional Furniture With His Intuition". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
- ^ "Emmanuel Olunkwa". Interview Magazine. 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
- ^ "pioneer works olunkwa - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
- ^ a b "About - November". About - November. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
- ^ "Emmanuel Olunkwa". Interview Magazine. 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
- ^ "This Artist Found His Voice By Digging Past The Surface". UPROXX. 2018-03-05. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
- ^ Nast, Condé (2021-06-11). "Emmanuel Olunkwa Designs Functional Furniture With His Intuition". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
- ^ "November". www.novembermag.com. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
- ^ "Natasha Stagg is Ready". Cultured Magazine. 2019-12-27. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
- ^ "Aria Dean: Production for a Circle / Hannah Weinberger: we didn't want to leave / Giovanni Cioni: Short films - Announcements - e-flux". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
- ^ Nast, Condé (2021-06-11). "Emmanuel Olunkwa Designs Functional Furniture With His Intuition". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
- ^ "A Designer on the Up: Emmanuel Olunkwa, at Home in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn". Remodelista. 2021-05-24. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
- ^ Nast, Condé (2021-06-11). "Emmanuel Olunkwa Designs Functional Furniture With His Intuition". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
- ^ "About - November". About - November. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
