News and Events

SKOTO GALLERY was voted BEST GALLERY IN CHELSEA by The VILLAGE VOICE reader's poll. (VILLAGE VOICE October 17- 23, 2007).

"Another Modernity: Works on Paper by Uche Okeke at The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, February 1st
- July 20th, 2006 is a historic exhibition that explores the development of modernism Nigerian art through the work of one of the country's foremost artist. The show offers an intimate look at the artist's creative development from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. Curated by Christa Clarke.

Chinua Achebe, Uche Okeke and Simon Ottenberg were among the honored guests at the reception for Obiora Udechukwu's solo show at the gallery, June 1st 2006. The artist also turned 60 on that day.

Uche Okeke and Chinua Achebe: Artist and Author in Conversation with Curator Christa Clarke at the Newark Museum on Friday, June 2nd, 2006.

Sokey Edorh, El Anatsui and Etiye Dimma Poulsen were included in a group show "Expanding Africa: New Art, New Directions", September 15th, 2006 - March 18th, 2007 at the Newark Museum. 

SoHyun Bae was awarded a 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship (Visual Art). Congratulations!

Fathi Hassan, Owusu-Ankomah and Wosene Kosrof are included in a group exhibition "Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems in African Art at the National Museum OF African Art, Washington DC (May 9th - August 26th, 2007) Curator: Christine Muller Kreamer. www.africa.si.edu/exhibits/inscribing/index2.html

Aime Mpane is included in a three-person solo exhibition at the Station Museum in Houston, TX
May 26th - September 16th, 2007 www.stationmuseum.com/MLS/mls.htm

Olu Amoda is included in a group show "Out of the Ordinary: Spectacular Craft" (November 13th, 2007 - February 17th, 2008) at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Owusu-Ankomah is included in a group show "Tapping Currents: Contemporary African Art and the Diaspora",
(November 17th, 2007 - April 13th, 2008), at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MI. Curator: Leesa Fanning