Wilfred Ukpong

**Wilfred Ukpong** bụ onye France na-ese ihe na onye na-eme nchọpụta nke omume mmekọrịta ọha na eze pụrụ iche na-eji ọtụtụ ihe eji eme ihe, gụnyere foto, ihe nkiri, ihe ọkpụkpụ, arụmọrụ, ihe owuwu na ụlọ ọrụ mmepụta ihe, iji gboo mkpa mmekọrịta ọha na eze na nsonye obodo.  Ọrụ ya na-emetụtakarị nsonaazụ mmekọrịta ọha na eze nke nsogbu gburugburu ebe obibi na Niger Delta n'ihi ụlọ ọrụ mmanụ ala ya. 

## Ndụ na ọrụ
Wilfred Ukpong mụrụ na ndịda Naijiria .  Ọ na-ebi ugbu a ma na-arụ ọrụ n'etiti Oxford (UK), Clermont-Ferrand (France), na Eket (Nigeria).   Ọrụ ya na-ekwu maka nsonaazụ mmekọrịta ọha na eze nke nsogbu gburugburu ebe obibi na Niger Delta n'ihi ụlọ ọrụ mmanụ ala ya.  Ọ na-eji akụkụ nke Afrofuturism na mysticism na ọrụ ya.   Ukpong nwetara BA/MA ya na Fine Arts site na Ecole Supérieure d'Art Lorient, France, na PhD ya na Mahadum Oxford Brookes, UK. Ọ bụ onye nchoputa na onye nduzi nke Blazing Century Studios (Nigeria, France & USA).

Ọrụ kachasị ukwuu nke Upkong ruo ugbu a bụ Blazing Century-1: "N'agbata afọ 2011 na 2017, Blazing Century-1 bụ nkeji mbụ n'ime akụkụ 10 nwere ọtụtụ akụkụ nke ọrụ. A na-edobe akụkụ nke ọ bụla n'ime mpaghara mpaghara na-emekarị na mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya. na mbibi gburugburu ebe obibi ma mepụta ya n'ọtụtụ nyiwe," gụnyere ihe ọkpụkpụ, foto, ụda, arụmọrụ, ihe nkiri, egwu, ụlọ ọrụ na okwu. 

Kemgbe afọ 2020, egosiri ihe nkiri nka na ihe onyonyo Ukpong na Alliance Française/Mike Adenuga Center (Nigeria), FotoFest, Houston (USA), Institut Français du Nigeria Abuja (Nigeria), MARKK Museum Hamburg (Germany), Pipe Factory Glasgow ( UK), Royal Society of Arts, London (UK), Welt Museum Vienna (Austria) n'etiti ndị ọzọ. Ọrụ ya ogologo oge *Blazing Century 1* nwetara onyinye pụrụ iche site na Prince Claus Fund Amsterdam (2010); ihe nkiri ya *Future World* (2017) meriri Golden City Gates Excellence Award na ITB Berlin (2018) ma gosi ya na Senate Nigeria iji kwalite mgbanwe gburugburu ebe obibi na Niger Delta. Ihe ngosi solo nke mbụ ya nke ihe nkiri nka na usoro foto - BC1: NIGER-DELTA/FUTURE-COSMOS, nke Dr Mark Sealy (OBE) kwadoro, meghere na Autograph-ABP London site na 16th Feb ruo 1st Jun 2024. 

### Ihe ngosi Otu ahọpụtara

* *Africa Rising: Foto Africa nke narị afọ nke 21*, Fitchburg Art Museum, Massachusetts, 2024 
* *Akụkọ gbasara sayensị (s) - Ọ bụrụ na e nwere echi*, Welt Museum Wien (World Museum Vienna), 2023 
* *Wasser Botschaften/Mhịa mmiri*, Museum am Rothenbaum – Omenala ụwa na nka (MARKK), 2023 
* *Agba nke nsogbu ihu igwe*, ụlọ ọrụ Pipe, Glasgow, Scotland, Ọktọba 31 - 2 Nọvemba 2021. Haziri site na Do The Green Thing. 
* *Cosmologies Africa — Foto, Oge na nke ọzọ*, FotoFest Biennial 2020, Houston, USA. Mark Sealy chepụtara ya. E yigharịrị n'ihi ọrịa COVID-19.   
* Ihe ngosi Diana Ejaita na Wilfred Ukpong na Omenka Gallery Lagos, 2019 

## Mbipụta nwere ntinye aka nke Ukpong

* *Cosmologies Africa: Foto, Oge na nke ọzọ* . Schilt, 2020. Mark Sealy na Steven Evans deziri ya. Katalọgụ ngosi.  . 

## Ihe nkiri

* *Ọdịnihu - Ụwa - EXV* (2019) - nke Ukpong duziri  

## Ihe nrite

* 2024: Edepụtara aha maka onyinye nnabata Saltzman sitere na Lisa Saltzman  

## Agụmakwụkwọ

* PhD, Fine/Studio Arts, Mahadum Oxford Brookes, UK 
* MFA, Fine/Studio Arts, Ecole Supérieure d'Art Lorient, France 

## Ntụaka

Òtù:Mmadụ ndi di ndụ