Ranti Bam

Ranti Bam  (dem born am 1982) be British-Nigerian artist from London den Lagos wey be known for ein colourful den sculptural ceramics works wey dem take variety of clay techniques dey do am.

 Ein Early life den education 
Dem born Ranti Bam insyd Lagos, Nigeria wey dem raise am insyd London. She receive ein MA at de School of Art, Architecture den Design insyd London (formerly De Cass), tshe travel widely, wey she live insyd Greece. Later, she study ceramics for City Lit, London.

Bam talk say na she be awakened to de possibility of making art insyd clay after say she visit de Africa Remix exhibit wey dey Hayward Gallery insyd London: " Na ebe like sam opening of my third-eye," she talk de interviewer for Ceramic Review, "For de first time wey adey see contemporary work wey African artists do."

 Ein Career 
After she plete ein Fine den Applied Arts course insyd ceramics for City Lit, Bam exhibit ein work insyd group den solo exhibitions insyd Europe, North America, den Africa.

Insyd 2017, de director of de London gallery 50 Golborne, Pascale Revert, invite Bam say make she cam exhibit ein ceramics for U.K. Crafts Council dema annual Collect exhibition for de first tym; ein work cam make successful for there wey dem exhibit am for Collect for three years continuously. 50 Golborne too sana exhibit ein work for dema booth insyd for Contemporary African Art Fair insyd Paris. Insyd 2018, she participate insyd curator Bisi Silva ein group show De Gallery of Small Things insyd Senegal.

Bam hold residencies wey dey Moly-Sabata insyd Sablons, France; Catinca Tabacaru Gallery insyd Harare, Zimbabwe; den de Cité Internationale des Arts insyd Paris, France, wer she spend bunch of de COVID-19 pandemic.

Ein work permanentmy for de collections of de V&A den de Brooklyn Museum. Thru ein artistic practice den residencies, den ein teaching workshops den interactive sessions, particularly menners plus members of disenfranchised communities den feminist activists, Bam dey continue dey explore de formal possibilities of clay den de socially engaged aspects of ein practice.

 Ein Collections 

 Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn, NY, insyd USA (Antafi, 2019)
 Victoria den Albert Museum,  insyd London, England.
 Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI, insyd USA

 References 

Category:Human
Category:21st-century British artists
Category:British women artists
Category:Nigerian artists
Category:Nigerian people
Category:1978 births
Category:British people of Nigerian descent
Category:Artists wey komot Lagos
Category:Artists wey komot London
Category:Alumni of London Metropolitan University