Bio
Born in Long Island, NY Christopher Udemezue has shown at a variety of galleries and museums, including the New Museum, Queens Museum of Art, PS1 MoMa, Bruce High Quality Foundation, Mercer Union, Recess Gallery, Anat Ebgi Gallery and Ryan Lee gallery in NYC. Udemezue utilizes his Jamaican heritage, the complexities of desire for connection, healing through personal mythology and ancestry as a primary source for his work. As the founder of the platforms RAGGA NYC & CONNEK JA, he completed a residency with the New Museum "All The Threatened and Delicious Things Joining One Another" in June 2017. In 2018 Udemezue was on show in the New Museum’s “Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon” 40 year anniversary show and a part of the chosen artists in The Shed's Open Call grant program/ group show in 2019. Udemezue served as Co-Chair of the board at Recess Gallery, Brooklyn NY from 2021 to 2022. Udemezue had a solo show at Anat Ebgi Gallery in Los Angeles, California in 2021. More recently in 2024 Udemezue was in a duo exhibition alongside the acclaimed sculptor Richmond Barthé at Ryan Lee gallery in NYC.
Press
Art in America Guide: Richmond Barthé and Christopher Udemezue… - artinamericaguide.com
New York: Closing Soon, 5 Gallery Shows Feature Works by Theaster Gates, Nathaniel Oliver (shown), Tuli Mekondjo, Richmond Barthé, Christopher Udemezue, and Gerald Lovell - culturetype.com
There Was More than the Pungent Smell of Blood and Sugar: A Conversation with Sara O’Keeffe and Christopher Udemezue - filthydreams.org
Christopher Udemezue on Ghost Towns and Goth Sensibilities - InterviewMagazine.com
Editor’s Picks: 5 Queer Art Shows to See in NYC: Richmond Barthe and Christopher Udemezueat Ryan Lee - news.artnet.com
Artforum magazine: Art guide: Must See show - artguide.artforum.com
Artnet.com: Valuations: Curator Anjuli Nanda Diamond Puts Stock in Relationships - artnet.com
Galerie Magazine: Designer Sean Leffers Revamps… - galeriemagazine.com
AUTOPOIESIS: Recognizing Kin Across Antipodal Topologies - amlatina.contemporaryand.com
Art of the Working Class - artsoftheworkingclass.org
Bpigs - bpigs.com
Gratis in Berlin - gratis-in-berlin.de
Jamaica Gleaner mentions the Jamaican queer community, Udemezue and his work with Connek Ja in Jamaica - Jamaica Gleaner
Amidst universal pain, Christopher Udemezue shares a message of optimism - Cultured Magazine
Marrying Two Missions: Support & Celebrate Queer Artists And Trans Women Living In Jamaica - Love Injection Magazine
From genetics to allyship: how queer culture changed the family portrait - The Guardian
Whitehot Recommends: September/October Exhibitions Around the World - Whitehot Magazine
Under the Palm Tree Leaves - Airmailnews
Review: It’s Much Louder Than Before at Anat Ebgi - California Art Review
The Bigger Picture RECESS - Gagosian.com
Recess Gallery Board member Christopher Udemezue announcement - Recess Gallery
Rx Studio: Christopher Udemezue - Topical Cream
Rasheedah Phillips: Duppy Space-Time X Yard Temporalities - Recess
As an artist and organizer, Christopher Udemezue connects queer and Caribbean communities - Art in America/ print
Haunting Histories at Recess - WNYC
Shenseea Talks Upbringing, Crossing Over, and Supporting LGBTQ Community & mentions CONNEK a project co founded by Udemezue - Teen Vogue
Art Reviews: New York Galleries: What to See Right Now: ‘Ebsploitation’ (group show) - New York Times
An Exploration of LGBTQ Jamaican Identity—and Lots of Food - Advocate Magazine
CONNEK Team in the Pride issue of Pride JA Magazine - Pride Magazine
CONNEK is redefining what it means to be queer and Caribbean - Topical Cream
Club Glow: Shadow of the Cat with Halloween prep - Garage Magazine
Flash Art International - RAGGA NYC Mercer Union / Toronto
Canadian Art - We Aren’t a “We”
Contemporary And - RAGGA NYC Congregating the Queer Caribbean Community
Filthy Dreams - I Put A Spell On You: RAGGA NYC’s ‘All The Threatened And Delicious Things Joining One Another’
Brooklyn Rail - All the Threatened and Delicious Things Joining One Another
The New Yorker - Playing Hoodoo: Renée Stout and “The Rootworker’s Table”
Art Net - The Story Behind RAGGA NYC, The Caribbean Queer Collective Seizing the Spotlight at the New Museum
Out100: House of Ladosha - Out Magazine
The Downward Spiral Steven Warwick On “Trigger: Gender As A Tool And A Weapon” At The New Museum, New York - Texte Zur Kunst
HOUSE OF LADOSHA with Laila Pedro - Brooklyn Rail
House of Ladosha - Artforum
This New Museum Exhibit Wants to Challenge Everything You Think You Know About Gender - New York Magazine: Vulture
How Contemporary Artists Are Embracing the Ambiguities of Gender - Hyperallergic
New Museum To Open Themed Show ‘Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon’ This Fall - ArtNews
Facing a Foggy Mirror - re:D (Regarding Design) magazine
Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon - Gayletter