Victor Ekpuk
| Sex or gender | Dau  |
|---|---|
| Country of citizenship | Nigeria |
| Yu'ur Kane ka ba tis o | Victor |
| Du'am yuum | 1964 |
| Tuuma | painter, artist |
| Educated at | Obafemi Awolowo University |
| Copyright status as a creator | works protected by copyrights |
| Personal pronoun | L485 |
Victor Ekpuk (ka ba dʋꞌa o yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiwasi nɛ pisyuobʋ nɛ anaasi, 1964) anɛ onɛ ka ba dʋꞌa o Nigeria ka o lɛɛ an diꞌem-diꞌem bɛ Washington, DC. Ekpuk yʋꞌʋr da lalig hali ka di yinɛ on bɔɔn ka gʋlʋsʋd ka di paꞌan African gbanꞌakanɛ an Nsibidi nɛ Uli yaꞌabʋg suor la.[1]
Ekpuk's tʋʋma bɛdigʋ paꞌannɛ ninaal bɛllim an siꞌem sʋꞌʋlim nam ni.[2] Di paꞌannɛ siꞌelnam gbin gbanꞌar bɛdigʋ banɛ bɛ Africa nɛ dunia wʋsa nananna yaꞌabʋg nami an siꞌem.[3][4] Yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnii nɛ awai la ni, Victor da diꞌe o Bachelor of Fine Art degree (BFA), yi Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, Nigeria, zinꞌikanɛ ka o da zamis vɛnllim kanɛ bɛ Nsibidi gbanꞌar ni la.[5]
Di daꞌ dɔlisid siꞌem nɛ di gbinni an siꞌem la zug ka o da keŋ tuoni gɔs bʋʋsʋm ka di an sɔbʋg ka yʋꞌʋm maal Ekpuk's mɛŋ Glyphs. Yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ piinɛ ayɔpɔi (2017) la ni ka daʋŋ kanɛ an Diaspora Quarterly, Visual Collaborative sɔbi bɛ Ekpuk's tʋʋmkanɛ ka o da maal zaŋi ken Africa laꞌad yɛla la. [6] Yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ piswai nɛ yinne (1991) la ni, Ekpuk da naal Daily Times Nigeria (DTN), gɔmina labaya tʋʋma zinꞌig.[7] Ekpuk da naal DTN an onɛ nɛɛsid siꞌelnami paꞌan din yi yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ piswai nɛ yinne nwadisa ayuobʋ dabpiinɛ ayɔpɔi daar (June 17, 1991), nɛ yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ piswai nɛ ayɔpɔi nwadis piiga la dabpisi nɛ awai daar (October 29, 1997), bɛ Daily Times dinɛ bɛ Nigeria la, ka tʋʋma da an ye o bɔɔnd laꞌadi paꞌan babsieba bɛ Daily Times nɛ li tʋʋma kɔnꞌɔb-kɔnꞌɔb ni.[7] laꞌam nɛ pɔlitisi da dʋ paae li bɛn la, ka di yinɛ soogianami da zanl Nigeria la, Ekpuk da yaꞌab bʋnvɛlla banɛ da pianꞌadi paꞌan pɔlitisi an siꞌem teŋ la ni. O tʋʋma bɛɛ di kɔnꞌ la zug, o da mɔri o mɛŋ Nsibidi maan bʋʋnlim banɛ paꞌan pɔlitis yɛla.[7] Laꞌabanɛ ka Ekpuk's maal ka di paae nidib bɛdigʋ yaꞌam nɛ DTN anɛ dinɛ ka o sig ye The New Agenda: Behind Abacha's Game-Plan, gbaʋŋ kanɛ ka o da sɔbi paꞌan zabkanɛ ka soogianam da zabi kad Ibrahim Babangida yisi o kʋkin la.[7]
Footo nam
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]Tʋʋma sieba
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]O yaꞌabʋg la da bɛnɛ gɔmena nɛ asʋꞌʋm-mɛŋ ni. Ba sieba anɛ Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African Art,[8] Newark Museum, The World Bank, University of Maryland University College, Hood Museum, United States Art in Embassies Art Collection nɛ Fidelity Investment Art Collection.
Zinꞌibanɛ ka o paꞌali o tʋʋma
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]Ekpuk paꞌali o tʋʋma la bɛ zinꞌis bɛdigʋ, ba sieba anɛ: Krannert Art Museum,[9] Champaign, Illinois; The Fowler Museum, Los Angeles; Museum of Art and Design (MAD), New York City; Newark Museum, New Jersey; The World Bank, Washington DC; Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art, Washington DC; New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City; Johannesburg Biennial, South Africa.
2017: Treasures of Islam In Africa From Timbuktu to Zanzibar, Institut Du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
2017: These Moments", Morton Fine Art, Washington, DC
2016: "Drawing Memory", Sixfold Symmetry, Pattern in Art and Science, Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
2015: Portraits: A solo exhibition by Victor Ekpuk, Sulger-Buel Lovell Gallery, Surrey Row, London (29 September – 24 October)[10]
2014: Auto-Graphics: Recent Drawings by Victor Ekpuk, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (24 January – 27 July)
2013: Reminiscences and Current Musings, Morton Fine Art, Washington DC, USA (13 September – 8 October)
2013: Drawing Memories, Turchin Center for Art, Appalachian State University, North Carolina, USA
2011: Drawing Metaphors, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA
2009: Of Lines and Life, The Richard F. Brush Gallery, University of St. Lawrence, Canton, New York
2009: Victor Ekpuk, Long View Gallery, Washington DC, USA
2008: Open Studio, Thami Mnyele Foundation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands[11]
2006: Drawing From Within, Galerie 23, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2005: Storylines: Drawings of Victor Ekpuk, Montgomery College, College Park, Maryland, USA
2004: Trans/Script: The Art of Victor Ekpuk, Brandeis University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1998: Songs, 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, California, USA. (Sponsored by The Rockefeller Foundation, UNESCO-ASCHBERG Bursaries for Artists and 18th Street Arts Complex International Circle)
1995: Windsongs, French Cultural Center, Lagos, Nigeria
Gbanvɛɛnsa
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]- ↑ "NIGERIA. Nigerian artist Victor Ekpuk lands in Virginia", Artmap, 9 September 2011.
- ↑ "Victor Ekpuk: I am trying to create contemporary sacred objects", AfricaServer, 13 March 2008.
- ↑ Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi, "Memory is central to Victor Ekpuk's artistic practice. It encompasses the received, appropriated, lived, and imagined", Contemporary And, 2013.
- ↑ Jessica Bailey, "Victor Ekpuk", Akala, 2010.
- ↑ "Victor Ekpuk – artist", Seeds and Fruit, 24 September 2009.
- ↑ "Ade Olufeko/Visual Colabo Q&A". Diaspora Quarterly. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 Sytsma, Janine (2021). "Hidden Elements: Victor Ekpuk's Illustrations for the Daily Times of Nigeria". African Arts. 54 (4): 42. doi:10.1162/afar_a_00611 – via Project MUSE.
- ↑ "Victor Ekpuk". Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
- ↑ "Auto-Graphics: Recent Drawings by Victor Ekpuk", Krannert Art Gallery, 2014.
- ↑ "Portraits: A solo exhibition by Victor Ekpuk", Artslink
- ↑ Daphne Pappers, "Victor Ekpuk resident at the Thami Mnyele Foundation", The Power of Culture, February 2008.