"For an artist, there's really only one pursuit: Dopeness. If my only goal is to make the most fire work possible, with no monetary motivation, no desire for recognition, everything else falls into place."
"Growing up in Texas with Nigerian immigrant parents, I was not fully accepted by the Black community ... it created a feeling of displacement. And that feeling is everywhere in my practice."
"His practice has always orbited the tension of what happens to an object when you strip away its function, or burden it with one it was never meant to carry."
Dozie Kanu emphasizes the importance of 'dopeness' in his artistic pursuit, focusing on creating impactful work without monetary motivations. His first commercial furniture line with Knoll features pieces that reflect his Nigerian and Texan heritage. Kanu's background of feeling displaced influences his practice, as he questions the categorization and function of objects. He uses collected materials to create new configurations, exploring the tension between an object's intended use and its artistic reinterpretation, as demonstrated in his past works, including a marble electric chair exhibited in London.
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