$1 (I DON’T WANT TO GO TO AMERICA AGAIN, OOO!), 2018, Packing tape, confetti, hospital garment bag, Glo Mobile instruction manual, 5 x 10 x 20 in.
Born in Lagos, Nigeria and raised in Prince George’s County, Maryland, chukwumaa makes soft sculptures, surreal performances and other media experiments about liminal characters, Igbo trickster myths and non-linear narratives. He has performed and exhibited at MoMA PS1, The Corcoran Museum, Yale Union, ICA London, Various Small Fires and The Kitchen. chukwumaa received a BA in Studio Art from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2012 and an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania in 2016, where he received the Charles Addams Memorial Prize.