Chidinma Dureke

Chidinma Dureke works in painting, sculpture, and production design. Born in Washington, DC, to parents of Igbo descent, Dureke was raised between America and Nigeria. Her cross-cultural perspective characterizes her large scale oil on canvas paintings and sculptural installations that examine the liminal moments between two worlds and psychological spaces. Dureke has exhibited her work at The Peale Museum, Howard Community College, Yale University, Dwight Hall: Center for Public Service & Social Justice, New Haven, CT, Asian Fusion Gallery; Washington, DC, Super Wonder Gallery; Toronto, Canada, among others. She is the recipient of the Liu Shiming Art Grant, 2023 Cohort, New York, NY; Maryland Institute College of the Art 2024 Graduate Research Development Grant, Baltimore, MD; and the ColorCreative 2023 Find Your People Program Fellowship in Los Angeles, California. Recently, her work was commissioned by Issa Rae and Denise Davis for the Sony Pictures film One of Them Days, directed by Lawrence Lamont, starring SZA and Keke Palmer. Dureke holds a BFA from Frostburg State University, and MFA from The LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. Dureke lives and works in Maryland, where she serves as faculty at Maryland Institute College of Art.