VisArts’ 2023 Mentoring Curator: Fahamu Pecou

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VisArts’ 2023 Mentoring Curator: Dr. Fahamu Pecou

August 30 -October 29, 2023

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Dr. Fahamu Pecou received his BFA at the Atlanta College of Art in 1997 and a Ph.D. from Emory University in 2018. Dr. Pecou 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. Dr. Pecou is also the founding Director of the African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta (ADAMA). 

Pecou’s work is featured in noted private and public national and international collections including; Smithsonian National Museum of African American Art and CultureSociete Generale (Paris), Nasher Museum at Duke UniversityThe High Museum of ArtCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Seattle Art MuseumPaul R. Jones CollectionROC NationClark Atlanta University Art Collection and Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia. 

In 2020, Pecou was one of 6 artists selected for Emory University’s groundbreaking Arts & Social Justice Fellowship. Additionally, Pecou was the Georgia awardee for the 2020 South Arts Prize. In 2017 he was the subject of a retrospective exhibition “Miroirs de l’Homme” in Paris, France. A recipient of the 2016 Joan Mitchell Foundation “Painters and Sculptors” Award, his work also appears in several films and television shows including; HBO’s Between the World and MeBlackish, and The Chi. Pecou’s work has also been featured on numerous publications including Atlanta Magazine, Hanif Abdurraqib’s poetry collection, A Fortune for Your Disaster and the award-winning collection of short stories by Rion Amilcar Scott, The World Doesn’t Require You. 

www.fahamupecouart.com

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