Fahamu PECOU
Born in \ Né en 1975 à Brooklyn, New York
Lives and works in \ Vit et travaille à Atlanta, Georgia
www.fahamupecouart.com
passageofright.wordpress.com
NEWS \ ACTUALITÉS
We Didn’t Realize We Were Seeds, solo exhibition \ exposition personnelle, sept. 14 - nov. 2 - La galerie est ouverte vendredi 1er novembre ! The gallery is open on November 1st !
Backslash 29 rue Notre-Dame de Nazareth Paris 3
Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington DC, ongoing \ en cours
Alicia Henry + Fahamu Pecou, Huntsville Museum, AL, oct. 5 - feb. 23, 2025
EDUCATION \ FORMATION
Ph. D. Institute of Liberal Arts, Emory University, Atlanta, 2017
M.A. Institute of Liberal Arts, Emory University, Atlanta, 2017
B.F.A. Painting/Digital Art, Atlanta College of Art, 1997
Independent Study/Painting, Spelman College, Atlanta, 1996
SOLO EXHIBITIONS \ EXPOSITIONS PERSONNELLES
We Didn’t Realize We Were Seeds, Conduit Gallery, Dallas TX, 2024
Brand NewBeins, Tufenkian Fine Arts, Glendale CA, 2023
If Heaven Had Heights, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans LA, 2023
Return of the King, Pontone Gallery, London, 2022
People’s Instinctive Travels, Backslash, Paris, 2022
Behind the Seen : Process, Performance and Practice in the Work of Fahamu Pecou, The University of the South, Sewanee, 2022
Introducing Fahamu Pecou, Pantone Gallery, Augusta, GA, 2021
“THE SPACE BETWEEN”, Hambidge Cross-Pollination Art Lab, Fulton Public Art, 2021
TRAPADEMIA III: 7 African Powers, Conduit gallery, Dallas, TX, 2020
REAL NEGUS DON’T DIE, Lyons Wier Gallery, NY, 2020
Praise Songs, Montresso Fondation, Jardin Rouge, Marrakech, Morocco, 2020
Of Crowns And Kings, Backslash, Paris, 2019
MEMORY, Weeksville Heritage Center, Brooklyn, NY, 2019
Do or Die: Affect, Ritual, Resistance, The African American Museum in Philadelphia, PA, 2019
Real Negus Don’t Die, EYP/Gallery 100, Atlanta, GA, 2019
TRAPADEMIA™️, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2019
Do or Die, Emory University, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Atlanta, GA, 2019
Do or Die, University of New Hampshire's Museum of Art, Durham, NC, 2018
Memory, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY, 2018
Do or Die, Weber State University's Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery, Ogden, UT, 2018
BLACK MAGIC, Backslash, 2017
Miroirs de l'homme, Société Générale, La Défense - Paris, 2017
Music As A Weapon, SEATTLE ART FAIR, avec \ with Backslash, Seattle, WA, 2017
The People Could Fly, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, 2017
BLACK MATTER LIVES, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY, 2016
Do or Die, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Charleston, SC, 2016
Talking Drum, National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Atlanta, GA, 2016
Re-MEMBERING, Weil Gallery, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, TX, 2016
I Know Why The Caged Bird Blings, Backslash, Paris, 2015
Imagining New Worlds : José Parlá and Fahamu Pecou, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, 2015
GRAV • I • TY, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA, 2015
Pursuit of happiness, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY, 2014
WORD.SOUND.POWER, The Arts Company, Nashville, TN, 2014
How to eat your watermelon, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, 2013
All Dat Glitters Ain't Goals, BLUEorange Gallery, Houston, TX, 2013
All Dat Glitters Ain't Goals, presented by Salvador Castillo, Big Medium Gallery, Austin, TX, 2013
NEGUS in Paris, Backslash, Paris, 2013
Native Sun, Sumter County Gallery of Art, Altlanta, GA, USA, 2012
All Dat Glitters Ain't Goals, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY, 2012
Sophisticated Ignorance, Allen Priebe Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Osh Kosh, WI, 2012
Sophisticated Ignorance, Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, GA, 2011
Hard 2 Death, Backslash, Paris, 2011
Art History NeXt, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY, 2011
Hard 2 Death: Second Childhood, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, 2011
Fahamu Pecou, Rowan University Art Gallery, Glassboro, NJ, 2011
Passage of Right: Call & Response, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC, 2010
Something Like a Fahamenon: '90s Jam, Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, Charlotte, NC, 2010
Whirl Trade, Shooting Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2010
All Falls Down, Get This! Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2010
All Falls Down, Grambling State University, Dunbar Hall Gallery, Grambling, LA, 2010
2nd Annual FAHAMENON 80's Throwdown, Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC, 2010
Coming From Where I'm From, Bell-Roberts Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, 2009
Blak Presidential, Lyons Wier Gallery, Volta 5, Basel, Switzerland, 2009
Blak Presidential, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY, 2009
Fahamu Pecou: Whirl-Trade, Get This Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2009
Instant Art History Immediately: The Fak’try, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY, 2009
FAHAMENON: VIP, NEXT Chicago, Chicago, IL – Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, 2008
Bell Roberts Gallery, Vlaeberg, Cape Province, South Africa, 2008
Something Like a FAHAMENON, Vaknin Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2008
Sitting By The Front Door, MMGalleries, San Francisco, CA, 2008
Stunt’d Like My Daddy, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, 2008
Million Dolla Baby, Lyons Wier Ortt, New York, NY, 2007
Things Done Changed, Vaknin Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2007
Hustle & Show, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC, 2007
NEOPOP & Circumstance, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, 2006
Neopopular Demand, MMGalleries, San Francisco, CA, 2006
Michael Martin Galleries, San Francisco, CA, 2005
NEOPOP Goes the World, Ty Stokes Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2005
Sacred Spaces, Wood is Wonderful Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2004
Dar La Luz, The Rotunda at the Roosevelt, Atlanta, GA, 2003
Libations & Invocations, Wood is Wonderful Gallery, East Point, GA, 2002
Bible Stories: An Installation by Fahamu Pecou, The Gilbert House, Atlanta, GA, 2001
Muse, Apache Cafe, Atlanta, GA, 2001
Anges de Nuit, The Crescent Room, Atlanta, GA, 2000
Life After Death: An Installation by Fahamu Pecou, Gallery 100, Atlanta, GA, 1996
GROUP EXHIBITIONS \ EXPOSITIONS COLLECTIVES
Avant-Garde and Liberation : contemporary art and decolonial modernism, curated by \ commissariat Christian Kravagna & Matthias Michalka, Mumok, Vienna, 2024
Double ID, CCH Pounder collection, Wright Museum, Detroit, MI, 2024
DOPAMINE, Backslash, Paris, 2024
Black Writing, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2023
The Culture : Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, USA, 2023
Dads, curated by \ commissariat James Gortner, Westbeth gallery, NYC, 2023
AKAA - Also known as Africa, with \ avec Backslash, Carreau du Temple, Paris, 2023
The Culture : Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore MD, 2023
Picture This, LaGrange Art Museum, LaGrange GA, 2023
28 Million Dreams, Museum of Broken Window, NY, 2023
ART PARIS ART FAIR, with \ avec Backslash, Grand Palais Ephémère, 2023
1-54, with \ avec Montresso Foundation, Marrakech, Morroco, 2023
The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse, curated by \ commissariat Valerie Cassel Olivier, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver CO, 2022
FAMILY & FRIENDS 2 \ Ten Years After, Backslash, Paris, 2022
ArtMiami, with \ avec Arthur Roger Gallery, 2022
The Dirty South : Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse, commissariat \ curated by Valerie Cassel Oliver, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2022
In-Discipline Blackness, 1-54 avec \ with Foundation Montresso, New York NY, 2022
A rebrousse-temps, commissariat \ curated by Armelle Dakouo, AKAA x Manifesta, Lyon, 2022
Beyond the Frame : Celebrating 70 years of collecting, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanoogan, TN, 2022
Visible Man: Art and Black Masculinity, BGSU Fine Arts Center Galleries, Bowling Green, OH, 2021
Dress Up, Speak Up: Regalia and Resistance, 21C Hotel & Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2021
Renaissance: The Contemporary Expression of the Ancestral Spirit, commissariat \ curated by Michael Ewing, Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, 2021
Private Choice, 2021
Black Beauty, commissariat \ curated by Tim Francis, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, 2021
The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse, commissariat \ curated by Valerie Cassel Oliver, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 2021
The South Got Something to Say, commissariat \ curated by Karen Comer Lowe, Downtown Atlanta, 2021
The South Arts Southern Prize and State Fellowships, Bo Bartlett Center’s, Colombus, GA, 2020
Dis/placements : Revisitations of Home, présenté par \ presented by the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston School of the Arts in Charleston, South Carolina, 2020
Drawing the Ghost, commissariat \ curated by Robert Pruitt, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2020
SCOPE IMMERSIVE, online viewing room, 2020
+ COLORS, Backslash, Paris, 2020
Permanent and Natural, commissariat \ curated by Daniel Pfalzgraf, The Carnegie Center, New Albany, IN, 2020
Visible Man: Art and Black Masculinity, Bowling Green University, Bowling Green, OH
Fashion-Counscious, commissariat \ curated by Roman Stollenwerk, Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 2020
Pop Stars! Popular Culture and Contemporary Art, 21c Museum Hotel, Lexington, KY, 2019
Pop Stars! Popular Culture and Contemporary Art, 21c Museum Hotel, Oklahoma City, OK, 2018
FUTURE IS COLLECTIVE, Backslash, Paris, 2018
Pop Stars! Popular Culture and Contemporary Art, 21c Museum Hotel, Louisville, KY, 2018
Reclamation! Pan-African Works from the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA, 2018
RESPECT: Hip-Hop Style & Wisdom, Oakland Museum of California (OMCA), Oakland, CA, 2018
The Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art from the Univ. of Alabama, MocaGA, Atlanta, GA, 2018
High John the Conqueror Ain’t Got Nothing On Me: American Hoodoo and Southern Black American-Centric Spiritual Ways, curated by Danny Simmons and Shantrelle P. Lewis, Rush Arts Philly, Philadelphia, PA, 2017
Black Art Matters, Carnegie Center For The Arts, New Albany, Indiana, 2017
LUMINANCE, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, 2017
Southern Accent: Seeking the South in Contemporary Art, Nasher Museum of Art Duke University, Durham, NC, 2016
Dress Up, Speak Up: Costume and Confrontation, 21c Museum, Lexington, KY, 2016
Seattle Art Fair, avec \ with Backsash, Seattle, WA, 2016
Summer Sessions, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, 2016
State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now, Mineapolis Institute of Art, Mineapolis, MN, 2016
VOLTA 12, avec \ with Backslash, Basel, 2016
REMIX:Themes and Variations in African-American Art, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC, 5 feb. - 3 may 2016
Takashi Murakami's Superflat Collection, Yokohama Museum of Art, 2016
HAUTE HIP-HOP, projects+gallery, Saint Louis, MO, 2016
Pulse Miami, Lyons Wier Gallery, Miami, FL, 2015
RITES, commissariat \ curated by Fahamu Pecou, Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, USA, 2015
ELEVATE 2015 "Forever I Love Atlanta (F.I.L.A)", commissariat de \ curated by Fahamu Pecou, Atlanta, USA, 2015
The Mayfair Exhibition, Michael Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY, 2015
A corps perdus #2, commissariat \ curated by Marc Donnadieu, Galerie Gourvennec Ogor, Marseilles, France, 2015
Celebrating 40 years at the Gantt Center, Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts & Culture, Charlotte, NC, 2014
State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now, Crystal Bridges Museum, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2014
27.11, Backslash, Paris, 2014
Longitude/Latitude Part 1, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, 2014
Summer Sessions, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY, 2014
Downtown Art Fair, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY, 2014
Art Paris Art Fair, avec \ with Backslash, Grand Palais, Paris, 2014
MIA in MIA, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY, 2014
A CORPS PERDUS \ LOST BODIES, commissariat \ curated by Marc Donnadieu, Backslash, Paris, 2013
Drawing Inside the Perimeter, Lambert Fund, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, 2013
Aqua Miami, with Lyons Wier Gallery, Miami, FL, 2013
Pulse Miami, with Lyons Wier Gallery, Miami, FL, 2013
The Miami Project, Conduit Gallery, Miami, FL, 2013
Resourced, Group Exhibition, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY, 2012
Recent Acquisitions, Nasher Museum of Art Duke University, Durham, NC, 2012
Dallas Art Fair, with Lyons Wier Gallery, Dallas, TX, 2012
FAMILY & FRIENDS, Backslash, Paris, 2012
Pulse Miami, Lyons Wier Gallery, Miami, FL, 2011
Resourced, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY, 2011
Dallas Art Fair, with Lyons Wier Gallery, Dallas, TX, 2011
24/7, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY, 2011
LIVE & IN STEREO(TYPE), Fahamu Pecou & Marcia Jones, Harvey B. Gantt Center, Charlotte, NC, 2011
SLICK Art Fair, avec \ with Backslash, Paris, 2011
BACKSLASH presents, Backslash, Paris, 2010
The Reflected Gaze, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA, 2010
Pulse Miami, with Lyons Wier Gallery, Miami, FL, 2010
Pulse Miami, with Lyons Wier Gallery, Miami FL, 2009
Endless Summer Exhibition, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY, 2009
Bell-Roberts Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, 2008
I Am a Man, commissariat \ curated by Kevin Powell, Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, Brooklyn, NY, 2008
Bare Walls, No Boundaries, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum, Amistad Center, Hartford, CT, 2008
Spectrumed, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC, curated by Fahamu Pecou, 2008
Modern Art. Modern Lives. Then + Now, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX, 2008
Movers & Shakers, Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, Atlanta, GA, 2008
Taking Possession, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AK, 2007
Kindred Spirits; Arturo Lindsay & Fahamu Pecou, Blackburn Museum, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA, 2007
ACAC Talent Show: The 2007 Atlanta Biennial, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, GA, 2007
Pulse Art Fair, with Lyons Wier Gallery, Miami, FL, 2007
Pulse Art Fair, with Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY, 2007
Swab International Art Fair, Lyons Wier Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, 2007
What's Going Down, Taller Portobelo, Portobelo, Panama, 2006
Selections, Ty Stokes Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2005
Pool Art Fair, commissariat \ curated by Ingrid Lafleur, Solita Hotel, New York, NY, 2005
The One, NGC224 Brooklyn, NY, 2005
Altares: Encuentra Cultural. Taller Portobelo, Portobelo, Panama, 2005
Art, Beats + Lyrics, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, 2005
Como Se Cuenta El Cuento, Taller Portobelo UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 2005
Sacred Spaces, Broyles Art Center, Westminter School, Atlanta, GA, 2005
Como Se Cuenta El Cuento, Taller Portobelo, Hammonds House Galleries, Atlanta, GA, 2004
Art, Beats, Lyrics, The 5 Spot, Atlanta, GA, 2004
Studio Sweepings, 310 Haustudio, Atlanta, GA, 2004
Sneaker Pimps, More Dusty Than Digital, Atlanta, GA, 2004
Ferias de Portobelo, Las Orquedias, Portobelo, Panama, 2003
Changing Traditions, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA, 2002
Santuario de los Reyes, Festival Iberoamericana de Teatro de Cadiz Baluarte de Candelaria, Cadiz, Spain, 2001
Sankofa, Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 1999
Alumni Exhibition, Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 1998
Precise Significance, Hammonds House Galleries, Atlanta, GA, 1997
CURATING \ COMMISSARIATS D’EXPOSITION
You Don’t Got Dis : A Hip Hop Legacy, Science Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2023
Lyrics to go, VisArts Art Center, Rockville, MD, 2023
Limin/en, monumental installation by Cosmo Whyte, AKAA, Carreau du Temple, Paris, 2023
In-Discipline Blackness, Montresso Foundation, Marrakech, Morocco, 2023
Re:Focus, The Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta GA, 2022
Co-curator Congo Biennale, Kinshasa, RDC, 2021
Welcome to Atlanta : Charles H. Nelson, A Restrospective, Hammonds House Museum, Atlanta, GA 2018
ELEVATE 2015 “F.I.L.A. (Forever I Love Atlanta), Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta GA RITES, Zuckeman Museum of Art, Kennessaw, GA, 2015
Home: An Emerging Artist Exhibit, City Gallery at Chastain, Atlanta GA, 2011
Spectrumed, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC, 2007
PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
MUseum MOderner Kunst Stiftung
Ludwig Foundation de Vienne
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Roc Nation / JAY-Z
Seattle Art Museum, WA
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, DC
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
21c Museum Hotel
Museum of Contemporary Art, Atlanta, GA
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AK
Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Raleigh, NC
Société Générale, Paris
The West Collection, Philadelphia, PA
Tullman Art Collection, Chicago, IL
Clark Atlanta University Collections, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA
Paul R. Jones Collection, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Fulton County Arts Council, Atlanta, GA
National Museum of African American Music, Nashville, TN
Spencer Museum, Lawrence, KS
Google
Savannah College of Art and Design, GA
CBH Bank, Geneva
Beth Rudin DeWoody
Dimitris Gigourtakis
Takashi Murakami
Daniel Templon
Uri Vaknin
Bill Bounds
Ann Walton
Lena Waithe
CCH Pounder
HAPPENINGS AND LECTURES \ PERFORMANCES ET CONFÉRENCES
”Contemporary Voices”, Lecture, featuring Delphine Adama, Alexis Peskine, Elisabeth Colomba, Kambui Olujimi, Zanele Muholi, Quai Branly, Paris, 2023
HUE+MEN : A Performance Piece, featuring poet Jon Goode, violoncelliste \ cellist Okorie Johnson, 2020
TEDx Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, 2019
Creative Mornings Atlanta (Keynote), Atlanta, GA, 2019
Black Masculinities Panel, The James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference, Emory University, 2019
Black New England Conference: “Express Yourself: Identity, Style & Adornment”, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 2018
Building Brave Spaces: Mobilizing Teen Arts Education, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, 2018
The American Society for Aesthetics (Keynote), New Orleans, LA, 2017
“Visible Man: Re-Membering Black Male Identity”, Emory University Alumni Association, Paris France, 2017
“Visible Man: Re-Membering Black Male Identity”, Emory University Alumni Association, London, UK, 2017
“Visible Man: Re-Membering Black Male Identity” (Keynote), Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2017
interSessions: The Art X Hip-Hop Dialogues f/ Negarra Kudumu and Frank William Miller Jr, Seattle, WA, 2017
interSessions: The Art X Hip-Hop Dialogues featuring Monie Love and T Lang, The Gathering Spot, Atlanta GA, 2017
Kentucky College of Art and Design, Louisville, KY, 2017
Princeton University Center for African American Studies, Princeton, NJ, 2016
University of Texas Corpus Christie, Corpus Christie, TX, 2016
interSessions: The Art X Hip-Hop Dialogues featuring Killer Mike and Dr. Arturo Lindsay, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 2016
Basquiat Still Fly @55, “Feeling Gray: Music, Art, And Being the Only One in the Room”, New York University, New York, NY, 2016
“Behind the Canvas”, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC, 2016
Black Portraiture{s} II: Imaging the Black Body and Re-Staging Histories, lecture, organized by Deb Willis and Louis Gates, Florence, Italy, 2015
interSessions: The Art X Hip-Hop Dialogues, Center for Civil and Human Rights, Atlanta, GA, 2015
The 15 Project, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, 2015
Meet the Maker, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 2015
interSessions: The Art X Hip-Hop Dialogues, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, 2014
interSessions: The Art X Hip-Hop Dialogues, Burnaway, Atlanta, GA, 2014
InterSessions: The Art X Hip-Hop Dialogues, Emory Center for Ethics, Atlanta, GA, 2014
The Bruce Crane Show featuring Fahamu Pecou, The Westminster Schools, Atlanta, GA, 2014
SoundVision Miami, Lyons Wier Gallery, Miami, FL, 2013
All Dat Glitters Aint Goals, A3C Festival, Atlanta, GA, 2013
The 15 Project, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, 2012
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, WI, 2012
Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, 2012
Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA, 2012
The 15 Project, Southwest Arts Center, Atlanta GA, 2011
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne, 2011
Passage of Right, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA, 2011
The 15 Project, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA, 2010
The 15 Project, Harvey B Gantt Center for African American Art + Culture, Charlotte, NC, 2010
The 15 Project, McColl Center, Charlotte, NC
Passage of Right, The McColl Center, Charlotte, NC, 2010
Passage of Right, Hammonds House Museum, Atlanta, GA, 2010
Passage of Right, Get This Gallery, Atlanta, GA
The Champ is Here, San Francisco, CA, 2010
Bust a Move, Charlotte, NC, 2010
Clark Atlanta University Art Galleries, Atlanta, GA, 2010
Grambling State University, Grambling, LA, 2010
SCAD Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, 2009
Executive Order, Lyons Wier Gallery, Volta 5, Basel, Switzerland, 2009
Inaugural Ball, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY, 2009
University of Delaware, Newark, Del, 2009
Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art, Ft. Worth, TX, 2009
Visual Arts Network of South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa, 2009
The 15 Project, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA, 2009
Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art, Ft. Worth, TX, 2009
VANSA “20:20”, Visual Arts Network of South Africa, Cape Town, Afrique du Sud, 2009
Instant Art History Immediately: The Fak’try”, Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC, 2009
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 2008
The 15 Project, Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta, GA, 2008
Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, 2008
Amistad Center, Hartford, CT, 2008
NEXT Art Fair, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2008
Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA, 2007
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 2007
“It Might Blow up But it Won’t Go POP”, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, GA, 2007
“It Might Blow up But it Won’t Go POP”, African American Museum, Dallas, TX, 2007
The Kenny Burns Show, Vaknin Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2007
Entourage, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY, 2007
Fan Club, MM Galleries, San Francisco, CA, 2006
Art Star, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, 2006
Red Carpet, Ty Stokes Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2005
GRANTS \ BOURSES
Painters & Sculptors Grant, Joan Mitchell Fondation, 2016
Bourse du Musée d'art contemporain de Géorgie (MOCAGA) \ Award of Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, 2013
Emerging Artist Award, NBAF Interpretations Gala, 2011
Artadia Award of Atlanta, GA, 2009
Fulton County Arts Council Caversham Fellowship, 2008
AWARDS \ PRIX
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, 2024
Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, 2022
State Fellowship of South Arts visual arts, 2020
Robert A. Paul Award, Emory University, 2015
West Collects Prize, West Collection, 2012
Rising Sons Lounge, Atlanta GA, Public art commission, City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs, 2011
Emerging Artist Award, NBAF Interpretations Gala, 2011
Artadia Award, 2009
RESIDENCIES \ RÉSIDENCES
Jardin Rouge Montresso Foundation, Marrakech, 2022
Jardin Rouge, Montresso Foundation, Marrakech, 2020
Guest Editor, Art Papers Magazine “Art x Hip-Hop”, 2014
Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, Nellie Mae Rowe Fellowship, 2013
Working Artist Fellowship, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, 2013
Harvey B. Gantt Center, Charlotte, NC, 2010
The McColl Center, Charlotte, NC, 2010
The Caversham Center, Printmaking, Balgowan, South Africa, 2008
Taller Portobelo, Portobelo, Panama, 2004
PUBLISHED WORKS
"Muhammad Ali's Rope-A-Dope Rally for Truth Set Him Free", NBC News, 2016
“Birth of A Nation, Death of an Ideal”, NBCNews.com, October, 2016
“Are You Not Entertained? Kendrick Lamar and Black Resistance”, NBCnews.com, February, 2016
"Art Will Tell", ArtsATL, 2016
Art Papers Magazine, “Art x Hip-Hop”, Issue 38:01, Guest Editor, 2014
The Organic Globalizer: The Organic Globalizer: Readings In The Political Development of Hip Hop, “Whirl Trade”, Bloomsbury Press, New York, NY, 2014
Atlanta Journal Constitution, “Another Life Lesson From Our Favoritte T.V. Dad: Bill Cosby, Rape, 2014
Culture and the part We Play”, November 27, 2014
PUBLICATIONS
Cover of Rion Amilcar Scott, “The world doesn’t require you”, 2019 Visible Man, catalogue monographique \ monographic catalogue, with the support of the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Charleston, SC, 2017
Dawud Knuckles, Art on Deckz, 2014
Carlton Mackey, 50 Shades of Black: The Conversation, 2013
Stuart Horodner, The Art life: On Creativity and Career, Atlanta, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, 2012
Tina Dunkley, Jerry Cullum, In The Eyes of Muses: Selections from the Clark Atlanta University Art Collection, New York, Distributed Art Publishers, 2012
Jerry Cullum, Catherine Hicks, "NoPlaceness: Art In a post-urban Landscape", "We Are not Danes in Denmark: Displacement and the liquid self in Atlanta Art 1961-2011” , 2011
Franklin Sirmans, “Good Business is the Best Art”, 5 Cities/41 Artists Artadia 08/09, 2011
Cey Adams and Bull Adler, DEFinition: The Art and Design of Hip Hop, 2009
FAHAMENON, 2008
PRESS \ PRESSE
Noah Washington, “ADAMA celebrates 40th anniversary of Cape Town Peace March“, The Atlanta Voice, 2024
“Major contemporary artworks from Southern Africa visit the cultural capital of the U.S. South“, Artdaily.com, 2024
Niccolò Lucarelli, “Decolonizzazione e arte contemporanea. Se ne parla in una grande mostra a Vienna”, Artribune, 2024
Jerry Cullum, ”Cullum’s Notebook: Connections at Johnson Lowe and Hammonds House”, Arts ATL, 2024
”The success of Black Atlantans today is a testament to the power of Black visibility”, AtlantaMagazine, 2024
”Avant-Garde and Liberation, Zeitgenössische Kunst und dekoloniale Moderne”, Art-in.de, 2024
Alexandra Markl, “In the Studio Dr.Fahamu Pecou, Atlanta, GA”, CollectorAgenda, 2024
Stephen Henderson, ”’Double ID’exhibit at The Wright, Michigan Roundtable for Diversity & Inclusion | American Black Journal”, BridgeDetroit, 2024
Anne Cécile Sanchez, “La galerie Backslash se dédouble”, Le Journal des Arts, 2024
Angela Oliver, “Q&A: Fahamu Pecou, African Diaspora Art Museum founder, celebrates new home”, Arts Atl, 2024
”National Museum of African American History and Culture Celebrates Black History Month”, Smithsonian, 2024
”AKAA à Los Angeles en 2024”, Arts Magazine, 2023
Harold Smith, “Spencer Museum celebrates the 40th anniversary of History of Black Writing research center with ‘Black Writing’ exhibit”, KC Studio, 2023
Wabe, pocast, “If you build it…(featuring Karen Anderson, Dr. Fahamu Pecou, and Greg Mike)”, Wake Up and Create, 2023
Wanda Nicot, “AKAA 2023 Dr Fahamu Pecou”, Youtube, 2023
Sarah Motter, “Paintings by famous, contemporary Black artists acquired by Spencer Museum”, WIBW, 2023
Shantay Robinson, “Fred Zafran Photos, LYRICS TO GO, and More Best Bets for Oct. 26–Nov. 1”, Washigton Citypaper, 2023
Angela Olivier, “Atlanta Art Week reflected the city’s diverse, evolving art landscape”, Arts Atl, 2023
Marie-Anne Kleiber, “A AKAA, c’est tout l’art africain qui s’expose dans sa diversité”, Télérama, 2023
”Pour une approche interdisciplinaire”, Le Quotidien de l’Art, 2023
Stéphanie Pioda, ”Entretien avec Victoria Mann et Armelle Dakouo : AKAA, plateforme de business et curatoriale”, Le Quotidien de l’Art, 2023
Bénédicte Philippe, “Akaa - Also Known As Africa”, Télérama, 2023
Anne-Cécile Sanchez, “Asia Now et AKAA, des salons “off” très dépaysants”, Le Journal des Arts, 2023
”Late Professor Emeritus Barkley Hendricks gets solo show at the Frick”, Connecticut College, 2023
Chadd Scott, “Success Of ArtFields Spawns Fall Counterpart Exhibition In Lake City, South Carolina”, Forbes, 2023
Katharine Wilson, “‘Lyrics To Go’ Exhibit Celebrates 50 Years of Hip Hop”, Montgomery County Media, 2023
Wabe, podcast, “Failure, Rock Bottom, and Finding Your Way Out (featuring Dr. Fahamu Pecou and OK Cello)”, Wake Up and Create, 2023
”Exhibition explores connection between contemporary art and history of black writing”, the University of Kansas, 2023
Chadd Scott, “Black Women In Art And Black Writing In Art On View At Kansas Museums”, Forbes, 2023
Sarah Motter, “Spencer Museum commissions new piece honoring Black authors”, WIBW, 2023
“Spencer Museum of Art commissions new painting for KU Common Work of Art”, The University of Kansas, 2023
Doug Maccash, “Saggy pants style is a way of flipping off the establishment, artist says. Artist Fahamu Pecou’s ‘Sag God’ costume on display on Julia Street”, Nola, 2023
Sebastien Smee, “Has hip-hop changed art? This Baltimore show leaves no doubt.”, The Washington Post, 2023
Ayanna Dozier, “How Atlanta-Based Curator Karen Comer Lowe Built Her Accessible Collection of Black Art”, Artsy, 2023
Isadora Pennington, “Soul food art with Fahamu Pecou”, Rough Draft Atlanta, 2023
Stacy J. Platt, “The Dirty South Comes to Denver”, Hyperallergic, 2023
Vanina Tarnaud, “L’identité libérée par Fahamu Pecou”, Artravel, 2022
”The exhibit 'Re:Focus,' at Swan Coach House Gallery presents new perspectives on Black art, life, and culture”, Wabe, 2022
”Nathalia Palis / “Re:Focus” / The Buzzards of Fuzz”, Wave, 2022
Okla Jones, “CREATIVE ARTS: Wise words from Dr. Fahamu Pecou”, Original Atlanta, 2022
”A Kinshasa Deuxième édition de Congo Biennale”, Mediacongo, 2022
Monica Hooper, “Live! in NWA: Rap Royalty Big Boi, Run the Jewels Headline ‘Dity South’ Weekend”, The free weekly, 2022
Nii B. Andrews, “Fahamu Pecou : People’s instinctive travels”, Artcapital Ghana, 2022
Jordane de Faÿ, “Radio sans frontières”, Le Quotidien de l’Art, 2022
”One weekend only — Celebrate The Dirty South with live concerts, artist talks and more”, Fayette Flyer, 2022
”Panorama des expositions”, Point contemporain, 2022
Sophie De Santis, “Découvrir à la Backslash Gallery, dans le haut-Marais, les toiles inspirées du hip-hop de l’artiste afro-américain Fahamu Pecou”, Figaroscope, 2022
Becca Martin-Brown, “SoNA Beyond Plays Soundtrack For ‘The Dirty South’”, Northwest Arkansas, 2022
“Meet Fahamu Pecou | Artist, Scholar, Curator, Founding Director of the African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta (ADAMA)”, Shoutout Atlanta, 2022
Gail O’Neill, “Fahamu Pecou on his Paris show, cowrie shells and Nikes, and raising a Black son”, Arts ATL, 2022
Sophie De Santis, “Découvrir à la Backslash Gallery, dans le haut-Marais, les toiles inspirées du hip-hop de l’artiste afro-américain Fahamu Pecou”, Firgaroscope, 2022
Stephanie Smittle, “The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse’ up at Crystal Bridges, with July 16 show from Big Boi and Run the Jewels”, Arkansas Times, 2022
Laurence d’Ist, “Galeries : Marion Papillon fait l’état des lieux”, Art Absolument, 2022
Sylvie Rantrua, “Afrique : « Il ne faut pas oublier l’archive et l’histoire de l’art » ”, Le Point Afrique, 2022
“Public Seminar Speical Issue “Teaching While Black” Explores Challenges Faced by Leading Scholars at Colleges and Universities”, The New School News, 2022
April Wallace, “‘The Dirty South’: Crystal Bridges celebrates 100 years of Southern Black culture”, The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 2022
Dustin Bartholomew, “New ‘The Dirty South’ exhibit now on view at Crystal Bridges”, fayettevilleflyers, 2022
“Revisão: Segundo filme de dança do Projeto Permanente, hino ao amor negro, é um saco misto”, Dial News, 2022
Amelia Leaphart, “SEEN : University Art Gallery presents exhibition by Fahamu Pecou”, The Sewanee Purple, 2022
“Notícias: Ailey, “Dançando com as Estrelas” na Fox; Dançarinos de Atlanta reconhecidos”, Dial News, 2022
Adron McCann, “African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta showcases contributions of contemporary Black artists”, WABE, 2022
“Best of Atlanta 2021 : See”, Atlanta Magazine, 2021
Madeline Thigpen, “MARTA Dedicates Mural to Hamilton E. Holmes”, The Atlanta Voice, 2021
Rough Draft, ”My Top 5 Something: Sherri Daye Scott of WABE”, Reporter Newspapers, 2021
”Tim Francis Makes Curatorial Debut with Black Beauty", The New Orleans Tribune, 2021
Caroline Goldstein, “In Pictures: This Landmark Museum Show in Virginia Examines How Black Southern Art and Music Inspire One Another”, artnet, 2021
Jocelyn Murphy, ”Focused Forward: Museum celebrates past, envisions expanded future”, Freeweekly, 2021
Rtmadminadw, “Arts & Entertainment Atlanta To Launch Digital Exhibit”, Atlanta Daily Wolrd, 2021
”King Maker” by Fahamu Pecou, Google Arts & Culture, 2021
Victoria L. Valentine, “Karen Comer Lowe Named Executive Director of Hammonds House Museum, Atlanta Institution Known for Collection of African American Art”, Culture type, 2021
David Pendered, "Arts project aims to nurture relation between Black community, arts institutions”, Saporta report, 2021
Maïlys Celeux-Lanval, “Backslash, espace sublime à deux pas de République”, Beaux Arts, 2021
“Arts & Entertainment Atlanta Brings Second Digital Exhibit to Downtown Atlanta”, Saporta report, 2021
Lia Picard, “Atlanta’s Cross-Pollination Art Lab encourages collaboration and experimentation”, Atlanta magazine, 2021
Rodney Ho, Scott Trubey, “How music, television and the arts are shaping Atlanta”, AJC Atlanta. News. Now. , 2020
Adam Parker, ”Do or Die”, The Post and Courier, 2020
”For the culture : acclaimed artist Fahamu Pecou unveils first soul-feeding collection of 2020”, Bossip, 2020
Natalie Weis, “Carnegie Center’s “permanent and natural” is a diverse and spirited exploration of hair”, WFPL, 2020
”Leadership Breakfast: Dr. Fahamu Pecou”, Civicatlanta, 2020
Gustavus Betts, “Fahamu Pecou disrupts current ideas surrounding (male) blackness”, Thy Black Man, 2020
Stacy M. Brown, “‘Black Art Rising,’ to immortalize the legacy of Black Protest Art”, Atlanta Daily World, 2020
Luann Gibbs, “Things to do in Cincinnati this week”, Cincinnati, 2020
Danielle Avram, “Artist Fahamu Pecou merges African spirituality with modern urban culture”, The Dallas Morning News, 2020
Amber McKynzie, “Meet The Renowned Artist Behind the Artwork of Netflix’s New Teen Drama, 'Grand Army'“, Complex, 2020
Biba Adams, “Virtual art exhibit helps Black creatives inspire racial justice”, The Grio, 2020
Charley Zaragoza, “Un Dimanche à la Galerie” 2020 : Plus de 150 galeries gratuites ce dimanche 13 septembre !”, Paris Secret, 2020
Rafael Pic, “Entretien avec Marion Papillon”, Le Quotidien de l’Art, 2020
Adam Parker, “How artists and arts institutions lead the conversation on race in America”, The Post and Courier, 2020
“ Studio Visit: Atlanta Artist Charly Palmer on Painting John Legend’s Portraits and What He “Has To” Listen to While He Works”, Artnet News, 2020
Jamie Clarckson, “Artist and scholar Fahamu Pecou to discuss Black masculinity, art, language”, The Chautauquan Daily, 2020
Couverture de \ cover of Creative Loafing (Vol. 49. No. 12), 2020
Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, “Winning With Purpose- PepsiCo Getting Beyond Words.”, Forbes, 2020
Sophie De Santis, “Un weekend à la galerie”, Figaroscope, 2020
Therese Powell, “Trapademia III Explores Contemporary Blackness At Conduit Gallery”, Artandseek, 2020
Sarah Rose Sharp, “The Expressive Potential of Clothes in an Era of Stay-at-Home Wardrobes”, Hyperallergic, 2020
Natalie Weis, “Carnegie Center’s ‘Permanent and Natural’ is a diverse and spirited exploration of hair, 89.3 WFPL, 2020
“Fahamu Pecou disrupts current ideas surrounding (male) blackness”, Thy Black Man, 2020
“For the culture: Acclaimed artist Fahamu Pecou unveils first Soul-Feeding Collection of 2020”, Bossip, 2020
Ernie Suggs, Najja Parker, “How Atlanta’s black music, TV and movies are shaping global culture”, AJC Atlanta. News. Now., 2020
“Martin Luther King Jr. 2020 day”, Doodle, 2020
Seren Morris, “Martin Luther King Jr. Day Google Doodle Honors MLK With Illustration By Dr. Fahamu Pecou”, Newsweek, 2020
Lydvina, “Le point créativité: L’artiste peintre Américain Fahamu Pecou”, Le club des Cotonettes, 2019
Sophie De Santis, “Fahamu Pecou, l’âme noire passée au peigne fin”, Le Figaro, 2019
Kathy Henriksen, “Kuaf arts beat : Embracing the superpowers of painting”, Kuaf, 2019
Kiplyn Primus, “Bank black history month arts honorees include Fahamu Pecou, Sheila Pree Bright, Dr. Doris Derby”, Jazz WCLK, 2019
Rosalind Bentley, “Reclamation and veneration in Fahamu Pecou’s new exhibit “Do or Die””, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2019
Kathy Janich, “Year in review : Art + Design scene benefits from Bunnen, Gay, Mann, Pecou + more”, Arts ATL, 2019
Arianna Rebolini, “The 44 most stunning book covers of 2019”, BuzzFeed News, 2019
Sharon Mizota, "A Painter Probes Hip Hop stereotypes and what it means to be Black and Male", LA Times, 2019
Shana Nys Dembrot, "Dr. Fahamu Pecou at Kopeikin Gallery", Art and Cake LA, 2019
Héra, “Un artiste contemporain qui renoue avec les traditions”, Art Africain Info, 2019
Lydvina, “Le point créativité: L’artiste peintre Américain Fahamu Pecou”, Le club des Cotonettes, 2019
Stephanie Cash, “Fahamu Pecou’s Spiritually Charged Pop Painting About Black Identity Finds a Powerful Setting in Brooklyn”, ArtnetNews, 2019
Victoria L. Valentine, “Latest News in African American Art: Kehinde Wiley’s First Public Monument Unveiled, Darren Walker Joins National Gallery of Art Board & More”, Culture type, 2019
Sophie De Santis, “Fahamu Pecou, au peigne fin”, Figaroscope, 2019 TK Smith, “In small but mighty “Real Negus”, Fahamu Pecou honors new ancestors”, ArtsATL, 2019
Maddie Ellis, “Stone Center exhibit aims to reframe Black existence”, The Daily tar heel, 2019
C. Perrin, “Fahamu Pecou, du hip hop au musée”, Collection d’Art Société Générale, 2019
Amanda Magnus & Franck Stasio, “Do or Die: Using Art To Resist Stereotypes of Black Masculinity”, North Carolina Public Radio, 2019
Emmanuelle Dreyfus, “3 raisons de participer à… “ Un dimanche á la galerie”, Version Femina, 2019 “Un dimanche à la galerie ! 15 septembre (5ème édition)”, Fomo-Vox, 2019
Aurélie Laurièr, “Tournée de rentrée des galeries en compagnie de nos artistes”, Collection d’Art, 2018
Buck Wargo, “High-rise developer remodels historical Vegas home into art gallery— VIDEO”, Las Vegas Review-Journal, 2018
“The ROOT100" 2018”, The Root, 2018
Mara Shalhoup, “After a fire destroyed his studio, Atlanta artist Fahamu Pecou prepares to start over”, Atlanta, 2018
Andrew Alexander, "Artist Fahamu Pecou curates Charles H. Nelson retrospective at Hammonds House", ArtsATL, 2018
Raphaël Morata, "Art Paris Art Fair. 20 ans, le bel âge !", Point de vue, 2018
"National Black Arts Festival Pegs Fahamu Pecou For Its Visual Artist Award", Burnaway, 2018
”Who is fahamu”, Adidas, 2017
Inès Boittiaux, “Pecou, héritier pop de la négritude”, Beaux Arts Magazine, 2017
”Fahamu Pecou “this is Fahamous”, Air France Outremer, 2017
Diamond Rodrigue, “Conduit Gallery Takes on Politics: 'An Artist's Task Is to Visualize to the World What Is Going On'“, Dallas Observer, 2017
Valérie Toubas, Daniel Guionnet, Fahamu Pecou - Entretien, Point Contemporain, 2017
"L'âme noire de Fahamu Pecou", Figaroscope, 2017
"Fahamu Pecou, Etre noir en Amérique", Connaissance des Arts, 2017
Christian Charrieyre, "Les entreprises sont les mécènes du XXè siècle", Arts Magazine, 2017
"Exposition Miroirs de l'Homme - Fahamu Pecou", Paris La Défense, 2017
"Les peintures riches en messages de Fahamu Pecou à la Société Générale", Kingz, 2017
"Rencontre avec Fahamu Pecou pour l'exposition "Miroirs de l'Homme : une rétrospective" à la Société Générale", Connaissance des Arts, 2017
"Votre photo du jour : Fahamu Pecou dans son exposition à la Société Générale à la Défense par Guy Boyer", Connaissance des Arts, 2017
Guillaume Morel, "Première exposition solo de Fahamu Pecou par la Société Générale", Connaissance des Arts, 2017
"Société Générale accueille pour la première fois une exposition monographique dédiée à l'artiste américain Fahamu Pecou", Zone Bourse, 2017
"Exposition Fahamu Pecou - Miroirs de l'Homme : une rétrospective, Wherevent, 2017
"Fahamu Pecou, Miroirs de l'Homme : une rétrospective, Tours Société Générale Paris", Point Contemporain, 2017
"Miroirs de l'Homme : une rétrospective", It Art Bag, 2017
"Hip Hop au plus haut des tours", Exponaute, 2017
"Exposition Fahamu Pecou - Miroirs de l'Homme : une rétrospective", Carpe Diem, 2017
"Fahamu Pecou, Miroirs de l'Homme", Arts Hebdo Medias, 2017
"Seattle Art Fair 2017 is built for confort, not for speed, and it's splendid", Vanguard, 2017
"Seattle Art Fair 2017 : Much to see and buy !", Comics Grinder, 2017
"Fahamu Pecou's "interSessions" @ Gathering Spot", Burnaway, 2017
Shantay Robinson, "Review : with "RSVP", Atlanta's artists reserve a seat in the spiritual realm", Arts Atl, 2017
Yvette Caslin, "Janelle Monaé, Fahamu Pecou inspire at "I'm not your negro" Atlanta screening", Rolling Out, 2017
Maya Martin, "The High Museum : A break from Normalcy", Vox ATL, 2017
Jacinta Howard, "Beyonce's West African Influences Shouldn't Be Ignored or Downplayed", The Boombox, 2017
Philippe Régnier, “Une riche été pour les amateurs d’art”, Le Quotidien de l’Art, 2016
Miss Rosen, “How this artist’s powerful paintings challenge stereotypes of black men”, Dazed, 2016
“Southern Accent at the Nasher Musuem demands your time”, Clairion Content, 2016
Fahamu Pecou, “Review: A Birth of A Nation... The Death of an Ideal?”, NBC News, 2016
Bryan Meltz, “Fahamu Pecou’s art grapples with cutural representations of African Americans”, Charleston city paper, 2016
“Fahamu Pecou”, Africanah, 2016
David Hall, Killer Like coming to Charleston for Fahamu Pecou’s interSessions, Charleston City Paper, 2016
Killer Mike, Fahamu Pecou & Arturo Lindsay Open Discussion (09/09/16), The College Dropouts, 2016
”Artist’s work offers life line”, The College Today, 2016
Jack Barnes, "Fahamu Pecou", Get My Buzz Up, 2016
Angelica McKinley, Giovanni Russonello, "Fifty years later, Black Panters' art still resonates" New-York Times, 2016
Erin Wright, "Fahamu Pecou uses art to re-define black masculinity", Wabe, 2016
"Southern Accent Artist : Fahamu Pecou", New Black Man, 2016
Fahamu Pecou, "Essay: Muhammad Ali's Rope-A-Dope Rally for Truth Set Him Free", NBC News, 2016
Nedra Rhone, "MARTA mural by artist Fahamu Pecou revealed at king Memorial Station", MyAJC, 2016
Fahamu Pecou, "Opinion: Art Will Tell", ArtsATL, 2016
Ray Cornelius, "Upfront talk to Lamman Rucker, Anthony Faulkner and Fahamu Pecou", Jazz WCLK, 2016
Jack Barnes, "Fahamu Pecou, Do or die", Getmybuzzup, 2016
Erin Wright, "Artist Fahamu Pecou on the intersection of art and activism", Wabe, 2016
Fahamu Pecou, "Are You Not Entertained? Kendrick Lamar & Black Resistance", NBC, 2016
Erin Shaw, "Artists take, recreate in 'Remix' exhibition", The State, 2016
Alyssa Klein, "Inside Ms. Lauryn Hill's 'Diaspora Calling!' Art Exhibition", Okayafrica, 2016
"Fahamu Pecou REMIX Conversations", BlackArtNews, 2016
"African-American artists explore history, identity, and the image at the CMA", TheTandD, 2016
"BET News: 29 People You Should Know: Fahamu Pecou", BlackHistoryMonth, 2016
Timothy Sanders, "Fahamu Pecou - The waddi christmas", Chalant Magazine, 2016
Jacinta Howard, "Because of Basquiat", Creative Loafing, 2016
Jacinta Howard, "Talking Drum puts social justice on blast", Creative Loafing, 2016
Bryan Granger, "Remix at the Columbia Museum of Art", DAILYSERVING, 2016
"FAAC Presents: Fahamu Pecou- Behind The Canvas", BlackArtNews, 2016
Matthew Jones, "Fahamu Pecou: Furthering Black Consciousness", ODYSSEY, 2016
Ray Cornelius, "Race star Stephan James meets visual artist Fahamu Pecou", RayCornelius, 2016
"En Route: Art installations coming to MARTA transit stations", Atlanta INtown, 2015
Mike Ewing, "Fahamu Pecou. He's the shit!", Tafmag, 2015
"Fahamu Pecou: Hip Hop, Art & Black Masculinity", SweetCandor, 2015
"Fahamu Pecou Opens Brand New Exhibit 'Talking Drum'", SweetCandor, 2015
Melissa Hunter Davis, "Black and Basel: Fahamu Pecou", Sugarcane Magazine, 2015
"Contemporary Artist Fahamu Pecou Brings The Blackness To Art Basel", Black & Sexy Hollywood, 2015
"Rue Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth", The Good Life, 2015
Faith McClure, "Fahamu Pecou explores black male identity in art, performance, hip-hop scholarship" FAITHMCCLURE, 2015
"Interview", EBONY/Entertainment & Culture, 2015
Ray Cornelius, "RC talks arts, atl & 'empire" with Fahamu Pecou" RayCornelius, 2015
"Empire's Fahamu Pecou to headline 'Elevate 2015' festival", Common Ground News, 2015
"Art militant", Pluris, 2015
Armelle Malvoisin, "Première en France : une foire d'art contemporain dédiée à l'Afrique", Beaux-Arts Magazine, 2015
Yvette Caslin, "Artists Fahamu Pecou, Organized Noize team for Elevate, 'Forever I love Atlanta', Rollingout, 2015
Robin Lori, "Organize Noize and city of Atlanta announce plans for Elevate 2015 and curator Fahamu Pecou!", It's RobinLori!, 2015
Terry Shropshire, "City of Atlanta to 'Elevate' culture with the help of legendary Organized Noize", ADW, 2015
Gavin Godfrey, "WonderRoot's bringing art to MARTA", Fresh Loaf, 2015
Gavin Godfrey, "Fahamu Pecou talks curating Elevate and MARTA", Creative Loafing, 2015
Kim Bingham, "'I Know Why The Caged Bird BLINGS': L'évolution d'un peintre dans le mythe du rap", Le Huffington Post, 2015
"Let's Fahamu it up...", Curator Love, 2015
"Summer Event: Fahamu Pecou's I Know Why The Caged Bird Blings takes over Paris", RedD, 2015
Rodney Carmichael, "Fahamu Pecou, on embracing Yoruba in 'The Messenger'", Creative Loafing, 2015
Sophie Peyrard, "L'art du marché", Lui, 2015
Marie Maertens, "Fahamu Pecou, le militant", Connaissances des Arts, juin 2015
Sophie de Santis, Fahamu Pecou : Trop de bling tue, Figaroscope, juin 2015
Laurent Boudier, Fahamu Pecou, Télérama sortir, juin 2015
M Felix, "Backslash Gallery presents: Fahamu Pecou", Widewalls, 2015
James Wagner, "Fahamu Pecou is Killing it !", Hip Hop Enquirer, 2015
Ray Cornelius, "WORD UP! Artist Fahamu Pecou’s work enters Smithsonian’s NMAAHC", Ray Cornelius, 2015
"Catch Fahamu Pecou at the high", Trap Hippie, 2015
Rodney Carmichael, "Fahamu Pecou and José Parlá in a parallel universe", Creative Loafing Atlanta, 2015
Sara Khaled, "Moving Weighted", Threshold Magazine, 2015
"Imaging New Worlds: Wilfredo Lam, José Parlá, Fahamu Pecou", PWORTHY, 2015
Howard Pousner, "High Museum exhibit a dream come true for Fahamu Pecou; museum acquires four works at Collectors Evening", The Atlanta Journal Constitution, 2015
Becca Thomas, "Fahamu Pecou: Challenging Masculinity in the Media", ROOMS, 2015
"Fahamu Pecou: la masculinidad negra", Joia Magazine, 2015
"Imagining new worlds: José Parlá and Fahamu Pecou", LIFEINDEF, 2015
Phoebe Wahl, “Life in Atlanta : State of the arts”, Mensbook, 2015
Kimber Williams, "Artist and scholar: Fahamu Pecou challenges concepts of Black Masculinity", EMORY News Center, 2015
Kimber Williams, "Emory doctoral student's painting acquired by new Smythsonian museum", EMORY News Center, 2015
Jennifer Jefferson, "Art Review: Fahamu Pecou Exalts the Black Male at MOCA GA", BurnAway, 2015
"The 15 Project By 'Fahamu Pecou' at the 'High Museum of Art'", JayForce, 2015
"Dans les galeries...", Arts Magazine, 2015
"A moment with Fahamu Pecou", The Ultimate Pleasure Through Words, 2015
Faith McClure, "Review: Fahamu Pecou soars in striking, smart, timely "Grav•i•ty", at MOCA GA", Arts Atl, 2014
"Renaissance Man", The Atlantan, 2014
Felicia Feaster, "Tenderness and angst define Pecou's impressive show", The Atlanta Journal Constitution, 2014
Jean Dykstra, "Review: Fahamu Pecou at Lyons Wier in NYC", BurnAway, 2014
Featured Artist, Transition, #113, 2014
Rodney Carmichael, "Could a Living Walls x Dungeon Family Collaboration be in the works?", Creative Loafing Atlanta, 2014
Christopher A. Daniel, "T.I., Fahamu Pecou and Michael Rooks Talk Art, Hip-Hop, and Culture", The Burton Wire, 2014
Rosalind Bentley, "Rapper T.I., artist Fahamu Pecou and High Museum curator talk about hip-hop, art", The Atlanta Journal Constitution, 2014
Rodney Carmichael, "Fahamu Pecou takes Art Papers on a Heady Hip-Hop trip", Creative Loafing Atlanta, 2014
Floyd Hall, "Fahamu Pecou-The Doctor of Hip-Hop" (podcast), Burnaway.org, 2014
Rédacteur en chef invité de l'édition de janvier d'Art Papers Magazine \ Guest-Editor of Art Papers Magazine's January Issue
Howard Pousner, "Art this weekend: Fahamu Pecou expresses gravity at MOCA GA; Indie Crafts at High; Atlanta Photography Group", The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2014
Laura Hutson, "An exhibit of paintings by Fahamu Pecou is Culture Fest's crowning jewel", Nashville Scene, 2014
Marie C. Aubert, "Art Paris Art Fair", Gazette de l'hôtel drouot, 2013
Todd Camplin, "At Conduit Gallery through August 17", moderndallas.net, 2013
"Art and Food Pairing: NEGUS in Paris and Le Dogon", Entrée to Black Paris, 2013
Stephanie Cash, "Fahamu Pecou Guest Edits Art Papers", Burnaway.org, 2013
A corps perdus, expositionphoto.fr, 2013
Ayara Pommells, "Q and A: Fahamu Pecou", SoulTrain, 2013
Lilly Lampe, "Fahamu Pecou-Fahamuisms", Burnaway.org, 2013
Darryl Ratcliff, "Fahamu Pecou: How to Eat Your Watermelon", Glasstire.com, 2013
Rosalind Bentley, "Personal Journeys : Art of survival", Atlanta Journal Constitution, 2013
"Fahamu Pecou - All Dat Glitters Ain't Goals (Clip)", Ozarts etc., 2013
"Fahamu Pecou: ALL DAT GLITTERS AIN'T GOALS", 'Bout What I Sees, 2013
Nicole Smythe Johnson, "The Reservations of Blackness and the Politics of Medium - Interrogating Fahamu Pecou", ARC Art. Recognition Culture, 2013
Laurent Boudier, "Fahamu Pecou-Negus in Paris", Télérama, 2013
Alain Quemin, "Jeunes artistes dans le Haut Marais", Le Journal des Arts, 2013
Ozoux Joelle, "Negus in Paris", www.myafroweek.com, 2013
"Fahamu Pecou is the Shit!", Young Gifted and Black, 2013
Sophie de Santis, "Fahamu Pecou, Negus in Paris", Le Figaroscope, 2013
Eric Simon, "NEGUS in Paris", www.actuart.org, 2013
Epée Hervé Dingong "Interview de l'Artist Fahamu Pecou" Lady Caprice Magazine, 2013
"Arte': Negus in Paris at the Backslash Gallery", Sugaproane Magazine, 2013
"Fahamu Pecou: NEGUS in Paris du 10 janvier au 23 février 2013", myfactory.net, 2013
"Fahamu Pecou, Negus in Paris", val-dan, 2012
"Configured: An exhibition featuring works of self-portraiture opens at Benrimon Contemporary", Artdaily, 2012
"League of EXTRAordinary Black Men: Fahamu Pecou", TheBlackManCan, 2012
"Fahamu Pecou Million Dollar Profile", Golem 13, 2011
"Fahamu Pecou, le Warhol Hip-Hop", APAR, 2011
Guy Boyer, "La Slick fait des progrès", Connaissance des Arts, 2011
Arturo Lindsay, "Fahamu Pecou", Art Papers, 2011
Howard Pousner, "Visual arts dominate NBAF's opening weekend", The Atlanta Journal Constitution, 2011
"Fahamu Pecou is the Shit!", www.from-paris, 2011
Raphaël Turcat, "Fahamu Pecou est-il le fils caché de Warhol?", Technikart, 2011
Sophie de Santis, "Fahamu Pecou", Le Figaroscope, 2011
Laurent Boudier, "Fahamu Pecou", Télérama, 2011
"Hard 2 Death", jeanglob.com, 2011
"Fahamu Pecou @ galerie Backslash", www.pento.fr, 2011
Fabienne Saqué, «Rencontre : Fahamu Pecou, «an american painter in Paris»», www.artilt.fr, 2011
"Fahamu Pecou @ Backslash Gallery", www.clarkmagazine.com, 2011
"Fahamu Pecou", paris.lecool.com, 2011
"Expo Fahamu Pecou : Hard 2 Death", 90bpm, 2011
"Fahamu Pecou Million Dollar Profile", Golem13.fr, 2011
"Fahamu Pecou is the Shit!", www.happyfamousartist.com, 2011
Hélène Sergent, "Un artiste réalise une oeuvre multimédia sur Facebook", www.minutebuzz.com, 2011
"Fahamu Pecou is the Shit!", USA Today, 2011
"Million Dollar Profile by Fahamu Pecou", www.viacomit.net, 2011
Rodney Carmichael, "Fahamu Pecou is the sh!t... on the mic", Creative Loafing, ctatl.com, 2011
Kendrick Daye, "Fahamu Pecou Goes Hard In The Paint", www.an-mag.com, 2011
Debbie Michaud, "Neda Abghari, Fahamu Pecou, Bethany Marchman are JUNG at Heart", Creative Loafing, ctatl.com, 2011
Sophie de Santis, "Ils font bouger Paris", Le Figaroscope, 2011
Sam McKinniss, "Fahamu Pecou & the Portrait: A Q&A with Sam McKinniss", New American Paintings, 2011
Katie, "Interview with artist Fahamu Pecou", www.lifelounge.com.au, 2011
Sophie de Santis, "BACKSLASH presents…", Le Figaroscope, 2010
"Inauguration @ BACKSLASH", www.clarkmagazine.com, 2010
Joël Riff, "Nouvel horizon sur la scène parisienne", www.artnet.fr, 2010
"BACKSLASH Gallery", www.tribeca75.com, 2010
"Backslash Gallery", paris.lecool.com, 2010
"BACKSLASH Gallery", www.artistikrezo.com, 2010
"Backslash Gallery : bienvenue dans le troisième!", blog.paris3e.fr, 2010
Olufunke moses, "Artist Fahamu Pecou brings creativity and controversy to the Harvey Gantt Center", charlotte.creativeloafing.com, 2010
Dexter Wimberly, "Clark Atlanta University Acquires Fahamu Pecou Painting for its Permanent Collection of African American Art", afrostoshelltoes.com, 2010
Shannon Barbour, "Work of Fahamu Pecou challenges stereotypes", www.examiner.com, 2010
Susannah Darrow et Laura Hennighausen, "Fahamu Pecou takes his shirt off, new one-night show this Saturday", burnaway.org, 2010
Rebecca Dimling Cochran, "Get This", Art in America, 2010
"A Night at The Gallery", Essence Magazine, 2010
Ed Garnes, "Aint No Future in your Frontin", afrostoshelltoes.com, 2010
Kendrick Daye, "New Paintings by Fahamu Pecou", www.an-mag.com, 2010
Catherine Fox, "Slick meets street in Pecou's paintings", Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2009
Catherine Fox, "Atlanta’s Fahamu Pecou, at Get This! Gallery and beyond", www.artscriticatl.com, 2009
Meghan Norman, "Fahamu Pecou’s Whirl Trade: Hip-hop vanity or vanitas?", burnaway.org, 2009
Catherine Fox, "Identity and media messages meet in Pecou’s ‘Whirl Trade’", blogs.ajc.com, 2009
Wyatt Williams, "A few questions with Fahamu Pecou", blogs.creativeloafing.com, 2009
"Blak Presidential: The Inauguration", ill-literacy.com, 2009
Victoria Lichtendorf, "Interview : Fahamu Pecou", blog.art21.org, 2009
Martin Newman, "Art: Fahamu Pecou's Black Presidential at the Lyons Wier Gallery", blogs.mirror.co.uk/the-ticket, 2009
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Raquel Wilson, "Passage of Right: A Black Man’s Journey", theculturalist.org, 2009
Tamika, "You are SO fine: Fahamu Pecou…", www.vimby.com, 2009
Dominick, "Analogue Atlanta #015: Bringing It", www.vimby.com, 2009
Ben Davis, "The Twitter Esthetic", www.artnet.com, 2009
Toya Northington, "Will the real artist stand up?" The International Review of African American Art Vo 22 No 2, 2008
Lucia Simek, "Fahamou Pecou: Stund't Like My Daddy", THE, 2008
Claire Ruud, "Fahamou Pecou: Stunt'd Like My Daddy", might be good, n°110, 2008
"Meet Atlanta's New Art Stars!", The Atlantan, 2008
Clint Zeagler, "Faham who? Fahamu Pecou", www.pecanpiegazette.com, 2008
"This Shit has Style", Art Nouveau Magazine, 2008
"Fahamu Pecou : Born in Famous", Art Price Corée, vol. 48, n°10, 2007
Melissa Stern, "Babe Magnet", New York Press, vol. 20, n°39, 2007
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"Critics' Pick - Best Emerging Visual Artist: Fahamu Pecou", Creative Loafing Arts & Entertainment Guide, Best of Issue, 2007
"Immaculate Percep'shun", Pimp Magazine, n°11, 2007
Jordan Chalifoux, "Fahamu Pecou", www.formatmag.com, nov. 2007
Phil Oppenheim, "Talent Show : Atlanta Biennal Review", Art Papers, 2007
Annmarie Donnegan, "Original Flavour : Fahamu Pecou", Mass Appeal Magazine, n°44, 2007
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Steven Psyllos, "Fahamu Pecou is The Shit", NY Arts Magazine, 2006
Jonathan Lerner, "Instant Art History Immediately", Atlanta Peach, 2006
Charissa Terranova, "Electric Avenue: Erwin Redl's lights installation sits quietly next to Fahamu's Pecou's in-you-face painting", Dallas Morning News, 2006
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RADIO & TV
Donuts with Doug, spreaker.com, Oakland, 2021
Whose America Is It, Anyway?, WABE, 2021
"In New Installation, Artist Fahamu Pecou Explores Vulnerability, Love Within Black Male Community », WABE, 2021
Lois Reitzes, Celebrating Dave Brubeck, Wabe, 2020
Black-ish series, ABC TV, USA, 2015
Empire series, FOX TV, USA, 2015
Guy Boyer, "Vos idées de sortie: la négritude selon Fahamu Pecou à la galerie Backslash", Radio Classique, 1 feb. 2013