Edward Tyler Nahem

Edward Tyler Nahem is an art dealer, theater and film producer and entrepreneur. His gallery, Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, on 57th Street in New York City specializes in Modern, Post-War and Contemporary art.

He is a producer of the multiple Tony Award-winning Broadway show and Royal National Theatre hit, Fela!, about the life of the singer Fela Kuti. Nahem is the executive producer of the award-winning documentary I Bring What I Love, about the Senegalese singer and social activist Youssou Ndour. As well, he is executive producer of the forthcoming film Incorruptible, about the highly charged 2012 presidential election in Senegal, resulting in the end of a long, corrupt regime and new hope for democracy there. The documentary has received funding from the prestigious Sundance Institute.

Nahem is currently producing an independent feature film titled Monster with Tonya Lewis Lee that is based on the novel of the same name by Walter Dean Myers.

He is a partner in OkayAfrica, a web site devoted to Africa’s New Wave. OkayAfrica is a multi-faceted hub – part guide, part community - focusing on Africa’s emerging music, fashion, art, culture and politics, through its youth culture on a continent with half of its population under age 25. It is a sister site to DJ and producer Questlove’s sister site, Okayplayer. Nahem is the co-founder of the fashion boutique Beedagel, with the Ghanian supermodel Belinda Baidoo, in Accra, Ghana.

A board member of the New Africa Center, Nahem has been instrumental in helping the center progress from its former incarnation as the Museum for African Art, into a multi-dimensional entity, which is slated to open in 2013. The ambition for the center is that it will become the North American hub for dialogue on critical issues of the day facing development, understanding and advancement for the African continent, its citizens and culture. In addition to policy, the center focuses on performance, education, collaboration, as well as houses a world-class art museum.

As an art dealer, Nahem represents works by such artists as Jean Hans Arp, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Andreas Gursky, Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Joan Mitchell, Claes Oldenburg, Pablo Picasso, Richard Prince, Robert Rauschenberg, Gerhard Richter, Mark Rothko, Frank Stella, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol and Tom Wesselmann, among others. He represents a handful of living artists, including Andres Serrano, Erik Benson and iona rozeal brown. His clients include top international collectors and museums and Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art exhibits at fairs around the world including Art Basel, Art Basel Miami, Frieze London, the Armory Show and others.

Out of the office, Nahem is constantly deepening his connection to African culture, music and social issues. In addition to the New Africa Center, Nahem sits on the board of Bomb magazine, and is a longtime supporter of the Fresh Air Fund.