Ebele Okoye

**Ebele Okoye**  bɛ lahi mi o mi ni "Omenka Ulonka," o nyɛla ŋun nyɛ Berlin-based Nigerian/German independent Animation ŋun tuma nim nyɛ ; producer/director, designer, n ti pahi multi-media artist. Bɛ daa dɔɣi o la silimiingoli October dabaayɔbu dali , yuuni 1969 tiŋyuli booni Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria. O nyɛla salo pam ni mi so ka o nyɛ pioneers of African animation ka niribi too mi o ni gbansabila tingban ni ma,  ka silimiingi boli ni "mother of African Animation." 

## O pilli mini shikuru chandi
Okoye nyɛla ŋun bɔhim bɔhimbu yaɣishɛŋa din nyɛ Fine and Applied Arts (Graphic Design/Illustration) ka deegi shɛhira gbaŋ din nyɛ Higher National Diploma shikuru yuli booni Institute of Management and Technology n be Enugu binshɛɣu din gbaagi yuuni 1985 mali ni yuuni 1989. Binshɛɣu din gbaai yuuni 1990 mini yuuni 1995, o daa nyɛla ŋun nyɛ Graphic designer, Copywriter, n ti pahi  Branding specialist n ti lan pahi  cartoonist n zaŋti daabiligu nim pam , ni  Tabloids, n ti lahi pahi  newspapers din be  Nigeria din shɛŋa nyɛ defunct posh "Classique magazine" ran by May Ellen Mofe-Damijo n ti pahi Richard Mofe-Damijo.

## Career

## O kpaŋmaŋ pina

## O Initiative nima
Animation Club Africa - 2010

Shrinkfish Media Lab (smedLAB) - 2013

Open Toonz Animation Lab - 2015

Motion to the Sound  - 2021

## O Brands
Ebele is also involved in branding, design, and art. She founded the art and ethnic fusion labels "Kalodei Berlin ®" and "Olomenka ®."

## O Filmography nima

* 2023 Spunky TALES | The Lion, the elephant and the Giraffe [03 min | Director, Voice over]
* 2022 Jurassic World Dinos De Facto _ Trainhopper [A promo animation commissioned by Universal Pictures]
* 2021 The world in my head [A compilation of several VR animation projects]
* 2020 Martha and the Vandellas, Dancing in the Street [A Motown Hit music video | Commissioned by Universal Music | Scriptwriter, Director | Animator]
* 2020 Oil Promises [120 min, DW Documentary | Co-director, Animator, Voice over]
* 2019 Summer trance [Immersive VR Animation]
* 2017 Marcas de amor [2D Short, Germany, Spain | Writer, Animator, Director, Producer]
* 2016 The Man who fell up [2D Short, Germany | Writer, Animator, Director, Producer]
* 2016 Three Wise Women [2D Short, Germany | Writer, Animator, Director, Producer]
* 2015 Red Fruits [Music Video | Germany, Austria | Scriptwriter, Animator, Director, Producer]
* 2015 The Legacy of Rubies [2D Mid length, Germany, Nigeria, USA | Writer, Animator, Director, Producer]
* 2014 Die Liebe in den Zeiten der EU [2D Short, Germany | Writer, Animator, Director, Co-Producer]
* 2013 Closer N' Closer [Music video, Nigeria, Germany | Scriptwriter, Director, Animator, Co-producer]
* 2012 Meine Heimat [2D Short, Nigeria, Germany | Writer, Animator, Director, Co-Producer]
* 2011 Footy My Love [An abstract on Chi-Chi Igbo, the Nigerian female football player]
* 2010 The Essence [2D Short, Nigeria, Germany | Animator, Director, Co-Producer]
* 2009 Anna Blume [2D Short, Germany, Bulgaria | Co-Writer, Animator, Co-Director, Producer]
* 2009 Patterns [2D Short, Nigeria, Germany | Writer, Animator, Director, Producer]
* 2008 Papermouse [2D Short, Nigeria, Germany | Writer, Animator, Director, Producer]
* 2007 The Lunatic [2D Short, Nigeria, Germany | Writer, Animator, Director, Co-Producer]
* 2004 Tag Attack - 05.00 mins. 2D animation. Ifs Cologne (co-director/animator)
* 2002 Once upon a dance - 04.00 mins. digital collage (director/animator)

## O Selected solo exhibitions

* 2012 Tears of the Invisible  - Organ kritischer Kunst, Berlin, Germany
* 2008 Nomadic Diaries  - Zimt & Koriander Frankfurt am Main, Germany
* 2003 Between Territories - Galerie Haus 23 Cottbus, Germany
* 2002 Nomadic Diaries (A travelling pictorial storytelling) - Munich, Cologne, Halle; Germany & Neulengbach, Austria
* 2001 Woman about Women - Cologne Germany
* 1999 New Culture - Didi Museum, Lagos Nigeria
* 1998 Selected Paintings and Portraits in Oil - Lagos. Nigeria
* 1996 Realities - Didi Museum Lagos. Nigeria
* 1995 Storms of the Heart - National Museum, Lagos Nigeria

## O Selected group exhibitions
* 1995 Mirrors of Society - National Museum, Lagos (Nigeria)
* 1996 Nigeria/China Co-operative exhibition, Lagos (Nigeria)
* 1996 Selected Nigerian artists as chosen by the National Gallery of Modern Art, Nigeria (South Korea)
* 1997 Small-Small Things - National Museum, Lagos (Nigeria)
* 1998 The Rape of Nature - Brazilian Embassy, Lagos (Nigeria)
* 2000 Threshold of Peace - African First-ladies' Peace-Summit exhibition, Abuja (Nigeria)
* 2001 Women about Women - Goethe Institut, Lagos (Nigeria)
* 2003 Ipade Begegnung - Afroasian Institute Gallery Vienna (Austria)
* 2004 Globalia - Frauenmuseum (Women's Museum), Bonn (Germany)

## Kundivihira

## External links

* Ebele Okoye's website
* Jolly Squid Media (Ebele Okoye's remote work based Studio)
* Spunky Toonz (Ebele Okoye's EdTech for preschoolers and young children)
* Motion to the Sound (Ebele's training Initiative for freelance animators)
* AniJolly Girls (Ebele's Special Animation training for women and girls aged 18 – 25)
* smedLAB2013 (Nigeria's pioneer Animation Course)
* Ebele on LinkedIn
* Ebele on Instagram
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