Writer and curator Osei Bonsu reflects on Everlyn Nicodemus' work as an artist and a leading historian of African Modern Art.
Credits: Boy+Brother+Friend magazine, photographer Nick Hadfield
Biography
Osei Bonsu is a British-Ghanaian curator and writer based in London and Paris. He is currently a curator of International Art at Tate Modern, where he is responsible for organising exhibitions, developing the museum’s collection and broadening the representation of artists from Africa and the African diaspora. As a leading curator of contemporary art, he has advised museums, art fairs and private collections internationally and mentored emerging artists through his digital platform, Creative Africa Network. Bonsu has worked as a contributing editor for Frieze magazine and has contributed to numerous exhibition catalogs and arts publications, including ArtReview, Numero Art, and Vogue. Through his writing, Bonsu focuses on the relationship between art and issues of migration, race and identity in contemporary society. He has lectured widely on these subjects at various institutions, including the University of Cambridge, the Courtauld Institute of Art, and the Royal College of Art, among others. Bonsu holds a Master's in History of Art from University College London and a BA in Curatorial Studies from Central Saint Martins. In 2020, he was named as one of Apollo Magazine’s ‘40 under 40’ leading African voices.