About
Agapornis Fischeri, better known by the artist name Kakaduu, is originally from Central Africa and now based in Berlin, Germany. They established themselves as artists in London, UK, where they lived from 2009 till 2015.
They have been active in the visual arts since 2010 and first gained recognition with the wood veneer and cardboard sculpture “Me and My Home”. Other well-known works include “My Cage” and “My Nightmares About the Cat”.
Kakaduu has one of the most unique contemporary practices of environmental art in Europe, choosing to use mostly recycled material in creating artworks. They favour figurative wood sculpture, and often paint on a wide variety of materials. Favourite media include wood, wood veneer, cardboard, and coconut shell; for painting they use recycled food.
Better known paintings from the mature period include “Kakaduu Shit on Canvas”, “Kakaduu Shit on Glass”, “Kakaduu Shit on Veneer”, “Kakaduu Shit on Cupboard Door”, “Kakaduu Shit on Porcelain”, “Kakaduu Shit on A4” and “Kakaduu Shit on DVD”. “London”, “The Dwarf’s House on the Hill”, “We Went to See the Elephant”, and “The Squirrel, the Cat and the Hare” are among their best-known wood veneer works.
Kakaduu’s works have been shown at The First and Second International World Exhibition of Artist Birds.
In 2017/18 they became the producers of free improvisation trio WIG’s debut album Music for Birds (2018, CRAM Records) and in 2022 they appeared on the album Music with Birds (2022, Creative Sources) together with three human musicians.
Kakaduu is represented by Gallery Zebra&Tiger.
New website in progress at www.kakaduu.art. Watch this space!
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