Vicki Meek

**Vicki Meek** ( née **Victoria Susan Meek** ; amụrụ 1950)  bụ onye na-ese ihe nkiri America, na onye isi obodo ojii na Dallas.   

## Akụkọ ndụ
Victoria Susan Meek mụrụ na 1950 na Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.   O nwetara akara ugo BFA ya site na Tyler School of Art (ugbu a Tyler School of Art and Architecture ) na Philadelphia; na ogo MFA ya na ihe ọkpụkpụ si na Mahadum Wisconsin na 1973. 

E gosila ọrụ ya n'ọtụtụ ihe ngosi na ebe ngosi nka na United States, gụnyere na: World Expo '74, Spokane, Washington; ihe ngosi njem ahụ *ruo mgbe ebighị ebi n'efu: Art nke ụmụ nwanyị Africa-American 1862-1980* ; Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka nke Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, na Nasher Sculpture Center (2013-14). Meek bụ otu n'ime ndị nka iri gụnyere na Nasher XChange, ihe ngosi nka ọha na-eme mmemme ncheta afọ iri nke Nasher Sculpture Center. Houston Museum of African American Art mere ihe ngosi nlegharị anya nke ọrụ ya na 2019-20, nke akpọrọ *Vicki Meek: 3 Decades of Social Commentary*, nke gara Dallas African American Museum (2020-2021). Na 2022, ahọpụtara ya ka ọ bụrụ onye mmeghe Nasher Fellow na Mkpesa na nnabata obodo yana dịka onye ndụmọdụ na ndị otu na-esote. 

Meek nwetara ọtụtụ ọrụ nka ọhaneze na Dallas, Texas ebe ọ bi ma na-arụ ọrụ, gụnyere kọmishọna atọ nwere Mmemme Ntugharị Ọsọ nke Dallas Area. Ahọpụtakwara ya dị ka onye na-ese ihe na nnukwu ọrụ nka ọha na Dallas, ya bụ Dallas Convention Center Public Art Project. 

Meek anatala onyinye na ihe nrite gụnyere mana ọnweghị oke na: Onyinye National Endowment for Arts NFRIG Grant; Texas Black Filmmakers Mission Award; Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka nke African American na Dallas A. Maceo Smith Award for Cultural Achievement.  Njikọ Art nke Houston nyere ya aha nke 2021 Texas Artist of the Year.  Na 2023, Meek nwetara ihe nrite nka nka Moss/Chumley. 

Meek bụkwa onye so na National Conference of Artists ma kụziere ihe ọkpụkpụ, 3D Design, na Art History na Kentucky State University, Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Ọchịchị Black na University (HBCU).  Na mgbakwunye, onye na-ese ihe bụ onye nkatọ omenala na Dallas Weekly ma chịkọtala ihe ngosi nka 125. 

Ọrụ ya bụ akụkụ nke ọtụtụ mkpokọta ọha na-adịgide adịgide gụnyere ụlọ ihe ngosi nka nke African American, Dallas, Texas; Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka nke Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka nke Fort Wayne na Fort Wayne, Indiana; Serie Art Project na Austin, Texas; ụlọ akwụkwọ kọleji Norwalk Community, Norwalk, Connecticut; na Paul Quinn College.   

## Ọrụ mbụ
Ọrụ ya, mgbe ụfọdụ a na-emepụta site na ihe dị iche iche dị iche iche gụnyere oghere kpụrụ plastik, acrylic, latex, plexiglas, enamel na ndị ọzọ, na-ekwu maka nchegbu ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na ime ihe ike na ọha mmadụ. Site n'inyocha usoro mgbasa ozi dịgasị iche iche, onye na-ese ihe, dị ka ọ na-akọwa na katalọgụ ngosi nke *Forever Free: Art by African-American Women 1862-1980,* "Echere m na m na-ebelata ihe ize ndụ nke inwe ọrụ m na-adaba na monotony, ọnọdụ. nke nwere ike ime n'ụzọ dị mfe n'ihi usoro ndị siri ike nke m debere maka onwe m gbasara okwu a ga-atụgharị." Ọ na-ejikarị ihe oyiyi mgbidi zie ozi kpọmkwem nke jupụtara na ihe nnọchianya ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị e bu n'obi kụziere ndị mmadụ ihe. "Ọrụ m," Meek na-ekwusi ike, "ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ enweghị isi na-akpali ya site na ọnọdụ ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na-achịkwa nke dị na gburugburu ebe obibi m." 

Tọọ n'ime osisi osisi, mgbakọ mgbasa ozi ọtụtụ sitere na 1980 *...* *Na Lynching nke 70's na-abịa n'ụdị ịnyịnya dị ike,* otu n'ime mkpokọta ọrụ abụọ gụnyere n'ime ihe ngosi ahụ a kpọtụrụ aha n'elu, na-egosipụta njiri mara nke Meek nke mbụ na nchegbu isiokwu. Nchegbu ya na ime ihe ike na njikọ dị n'etiti ihe ndị mmadụ ji eme ihe na nsogbu ndị mmadụ kpatara, a pụkwara ịhụ na ọrụ nke abụọ bụ *Black On Black Crime: Ime ihe ike yiri enweghị njedebe* ... , Ọrụ mgbasa ozi agwakọta sitere na 1979.  

Kemgbe mmalite 1980s, ọrụ Meek esitela na ihe osise mgbasa ozi agwakọta na iberibe mgbidi n'ime ntinye dịka omume ọha. Ọrụ ndị a na-abụkarị saịtị nke na-agụnyekarị ụda-ihe, na-adọta mmụọ nsọ site na akara ngosi West-African na omume ime mmụọ iji zụlite asụsụ a na-ahụ anya nke na-ejikọta ihe nketa Africa ndị nna ochie na ihe omume ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị ugbu a na United States. 

N'iji ihe dị iche iche na ihe dị iche iche mepụta nrụnye ya, Meek na-akpalite isiokwu dị ka ịkpa ókè agbụrụ, ịgba ohu, na obi ọjọọ ndị uwe ojii mgbe ọ na-enye n'otu oge ohere ọha na eze maka izute, mkparịta ụka na ọgwụgwọ. Dị ka ụdị nkọwa nke ọha mmadụ na ịkwado maka omenala ndị ojii, ihe osise ya na-emesi mkpa omenala ndị Africa dị mkpa, ala ha, ohere, na ike ime mmụọ dị ka ihe ncheta nke omenala omenala furu efu. 

*Ụlọ akwa: Ncheta nke Ndị Nna nna* bụ ihe nrụnye nke saịtị na ebe ncheta ọha na eze na-enye ebe nchekwa nke ọtụtụ nde ndị nna ochie ndị tụfuru ndụ ha n'ihi ịgba ohu. Dị ka akụkụ nke mkpokọta nke Museum of Fine Arts na Houston na Texas, a tụpụtara ọrụ a sitere na 1992 dị ka ebe a ga-ezukọta, cheta, na iru uju. Nrụnye a na-akpalite akụkọ obi ọjọọ nke Middle Passage site na ndekọ nke ụgbọ mmiri ndị ohu Europe nakwa ngụkọ mgbakọ na mwepụ nke ihe ndị na-ejide ohu chere na ọ bụ mfu ndị a na-anakwere ná ndụ mmadụ. Ọtụtụ ihe ndị ọzọ na-ekwu okwu n'aka nke ọzọ ebe nchekwa omenala na-ebu site na abụ egwu n'ime ụwa ọhụrụ. Echiche dị n’asụsụ Yoruba na-anọchi anya “Ebuli Efere” ma ọ bụ nrịgo n’ime mmụọ nke ndị nna nna dịka ihe atụ maka ịdị elu, olileanya, na mgbapụta. 

## Onyinye, onyinye, na nsọpụrụ
Meek bụ onye nnata nke 2021 Texas Artist of the Year, nsọpụrụ nke Art League nke Houston nyere, nke mechara gosipụta ihe ngosi nke ọrụ Meeks.   N'afọ 2022, e mere Meek dị iche na Mmekọrịta Nasher Sculpture Center iji mepụta ọrụ nka ọhaneze akọwapụtara saịtị. N'oge ọrụ ya, onye na-ese ihe tụụrụ ime ma na-eduzi *Urban Historical Reclamation & Recognition Project (UHRR)*, iji nyochaa, akwụkwọ, na ìhè akụkọ ihe mere eme nke Tenth Street Freedman's Town na Oak Cliff, agbata obi ojii na-emekọ ihe na-atụgharị na mpaghara Historic na Southwest Dallas. Ahọpụtala Meek ka ọ bụrụ onye ndụmọdụ maka ndị otu na-esote na mmemme a.    

## Pịa

* Fuentes, Jessica. "Aha ihe ngosi ihe ngosi Meadows Vicki Meek 2023 Moss/Chumley Artist Awardee.", Eprel 26, 2023. 
* Yancey, Robyn. "Black Chamber of Commerce Quest for Success honoree Vicki Meek na-ekerịta ihe osise ya na akụkọ ya.", June 10, 2022. 
* Fuentes, Jessica. "Akwụkwọ nka kacha amasị anyị nke afọ.", Disemba 30, 2021. 
* Hallock, Jeremy. "Mgbe ọtụtụ iri afọ nke ikwusa okwu ịkpa ókè agbụrụ na akụkọ ihe mere eme ojii gasịrị, onye na-ese ihe Dallas Vicki Meek nwetara echiche mbụ ya.", Febụwarị 16, 2021. 
* Ọkachamara, Lauren. "Onye na-ese ihe Vicki Meek na-ewetara ndị Nasher akwụkwọ ozi ịhụnanya dị jụụ na nke na-ewuli elu.", Febụwarị 3, 2021. 
* Glentzer, Molly. "Onye na-eme ihe nkiri Vicki Meek's Houston na-egosi na-enyocha akụkọ ịkpa ókè agbụrụ na-enweghị mgbaghara.", Jenụwarị 16, 2020. 
* "Editorial: Obodo ji nke ukwuu na South Dallas Cultural Center's Vicki Meek.", Maachị 4, 2016. 

## Ntụaka
m na m na-ebelata ihe ize ndụ nke inwe ọrụ m na-adaba na monotony, ọnọdụ. nke nwere ike ime n'ụzọ dị mfe n'ihi usoro ndị siri ike nke m debere maka onwe m gbasara okwu a ga-atụgharị." Ọ na-ejikarị ihe oyiyi mgbidi zie ozi kpọmkwem nke jupụtara na ihe nnọchianya ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị e bu n'obi kụziere ndị mmadụ ihe. "Ọrụ m,"m na m na-ebelata ihe ize ndụ nke inwe ọrụ m na-adaba na monotony, ọnọdụ. nke nwere ike ime n'ụzọ dị mfe n'ihi usoro ndị siri ike nke m debere maka onwe m gbasara okwu a ga-atụgharị." Ọ na-ejikarị ihe oyiyi mgbidi zie ozi kpọmkwem nke jupụtara na ihe nnọchianya ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị e bu n'obi kụziere ndị mmadụ ihe. "Ọrụ m," 
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