October 19, 2020
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From UTA:
“Dr. Fahamu Pecou is an interdisciplinary artist and scholar whose works combine observations on hip-hop, fine art and popular culture. Pecou’s paintings, performance art, and academic work address concerns around contemporary representations of Black men and how these images impact both the reading and performance of Black masculinity.
Dr. Pecou received his BFA at the Atlanta College of Art in 1997 and a Ph.D. from Emory University in 2018. He exhibits his art worldwide in addition to lectures and speaking engagements at colleges and universities. As an educator, Dr. Pecou has developed (ad)Vantage Point, a narrative-based arts curriculum focused on Black male youth. He is also the founding Director of the African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta (ADAMA).
Fahamu Pecou’s work is featured in noted private and public national and international collections including; Smithsonian National Museum of African American Art and Culture, Societe Generale (Paris), Nasher Museum at Duke University, The High Museum of Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Seattle Art Museum, Paul R. Jones Collection, Clark Atlanta University Art Collection and Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia. In 2020 Dr. Pecou was a recipient of the South Arts Prize (GA). In 2017 he was the subject of a retrospective exhibition “Miroirs de l’Homme” in Paris, France. His work also appears in several films and television shows including; Black-ish, The Chi, and Lifetime’s The 10th Date. He is also a recipient of the 2016 Joan Mitchell Foundation “Painters and Sculptors” Award.”
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