Victor Ekpuk

Victor Ekpuk

ninsaal

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 dʋ’a o yʋʋm tusir, kᴐbiwasi nɛ pisyuobʋ nɛ anaasi, 1964) anɛ onɛ ka ba dʋ’a o Nigeria ka o lɛɛ an di’em-di’em bɛ Washington, DC. Ekpuk yʋ’ʋr da lalig hali ka di yinɛ on bᴐᴐn ka gʋlʋsʋd ka di pa’an African gban’akanɛ an Nsibidi nɛ Uli ya’abʋg suor la.

Tʋʋma

Ekpuk's tʋʋma bɛdigʋ pa’annɛ ninaal bɛllim an si’em sʋ’ʋlim nam ni. Di pa’annɛ si’elnam gbin gban’ar bɛdigʋ banɛ bɛ Africa nɛ dunia wʋsa nananna ya’abʋg nami an si’em. Yʋʋm tusir, kᴐbiswai nɛ pisnii nɛ awai la ni, Victor da di’e o Bachelor of Fine Art degree (BFA), yi Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, Nigeria, zin’ikanɛ ka o da zamis vɛnllim kanɛ bɛ Nsibidi gban’ar ni la.

Di da’ dᴐlisid si’em nɛ di gbinni an si’em la zug ka o da keŋ tuoni gᴐs bʋʋsʋm ka di an sᴐbʋg ka yʋ’ʋm maal Ekpuk's mɛŋ Glyphs. Yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ piinɛ ayᴐpᴐi (2017) la ni ka daʋŋ kanɛ an Diaspora Quarterly, Visual Collaborative sᴐbi bɛ Ekpuk's tʋʋmkanɛ ka o da maal zaŋi ken Africa la’ad yɛla la. Yʋʋm tusir, kᴐbiswai nɛ piswai nɛ yinne (1991) la ni, Ekpuk da naal Daily Times Nigeria (DTN), gᴐmina labaya tʋʋma zin’ig. Ekpuk da naal DTN an onɛ nɛɛsid si’elnami pa’an din yi yʋʋm tusir, kᴐbiswai nɛ piswai nɛ yinne nwadisa ayuobʋ dabpiinɛ ayᴐpᴐi daar (June 17, 1991), nɛ yʋʋm tusir, kᴐbiswai nɛ piswai nɛ ayᴐpᴐi nwadis piiga la dabpisi nɛ awai daar (October 29, 1997), bɛ Daily Times dinɛ bɛ Nigeria la, ka tʋʋma da an ye o bᴐᴐnd la’adi pa’an babsieba bɛ Daily Times nɛ li tʋʋma kᴐn’ᴐb-kᴐn’ᴐb ni. la’am nɛ pᴐlitisi da dʋ paae li bɛn la, ka di yinɛ soogianami da zanl Nigeria la, Ekpuk da ya’ab bʋnvɛlla banɛ da pian’adi pa’an pᴐlitisi an si’em teŋ la ni. O tʋʋma bɛɛ di kᴐn’ la zug, o da mᴐri o mɛŋ Nsibidi maan bʋʋnlim banɛ pa’an pᴐlitis yɛla. La’abanɛ ka  Ekpuk's maal ka di paae nidib bɛdigʋ ya’am nɛ DTN anɛ dinɛ ka o sig ye The New Agenda: Behind Abacha’s Game-Plan, gbaʋŋ kanɛ ka o da sᴐbi pa’an zabkanɛ ka soogianam da zabi kad Ibrahim Babangida yisi o kʋkin la.

Tʋʋma sieba

O ya’abʋg la da bɛnɛ gᴐmena nɛ asʋ’ʋm-mɛŋ ni. Ba sieba anɛ Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African Art, Newark Museum, The World Bank, University of Maryland University College, Hood Museum, United States Art in Embassies Art Collection nɛ Fidelity Investment Art Collection.

Zin’ibanɛ ka o pa’ali o tʋʋma

Ekpuk pa’ali o tʋʋma la bɛ zin’is bɛdigʋ, ba sieba anɛ: Krannert Art Museum, 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)

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

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