Vernon Burwell

**Vernon Burwell** (1916–1990) bụ onye ọkpụ America-Afrika mara maka ihe ọkpụkpụ simenti ya esere nke anụmanụ na ihe ndị mere eme dịka Abraham Lincoln, Sojourner Truth, na Martin Luther King Jr. 

## Ndụ na ọrụ
A mụrụ Burwell na Eprel 28, 1916, na North Carolina n'ime ezinụlọ na-ekere òkè.  Nne na nna ya nwụrụ mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na atọ ma ezinụlọ asaa ndị ọzọ na-arụ ọrụ ugbo lekọtara ya.  Mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na isii, ọ banyere n’ọgbakọ Baptist Missionary, bụ́ ebe o mesịrị ghọọ dikọn. Mgbe ọ dị afọ 26, na 1942, ọ lụrụ ma malite ịrụ ọrụ maka ụgbọ okporo ígwè Atlantic Coast Line . Ebuliri ya ka ọ bụrụ onye ọrụ mekaniki ma rụzie ụgbọ ala mmanụ dizel maka oge ọrụ ya niile.  Ya na nwunye ya zụrụ ụmụ ise, ụmụ nwanyị atọ na ụmụ nwoke abụọ, ọnụ na Rocky Mount.  

Mgbe afọ 33 nke ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ ụgbọ oloko gasịrị, Burwell lara ezumike nká na 1975 na nkwarụ n'ihi mmebi anya anya metụtara ọrịa shuga . Ọ malitere ịrụ ciment ọkpụkpụ n'ime otu afọ ezumike nká. Mgbe mbụ ọ malitere ịkpụ ihe, ọ na-eji agba ụgbọ ala na-ese ihe oyiyi ya nke ọma. Ka ọhụhụ anya ya na-akawanye njọ, o ji agba ịgba ọla edo monochrome kpuchie ihe ọkpụkpụ ya. Ịwa ahụ cataract mechara mee ka ọhụụ ya dịghachi.  Ọ rụrụ ọrụ n'ime ebe a na-adọba ụgbọala ya na mpaghara Black Bottom nke Rocky Mount, North Carolina .

### Isi mmalite nke mkpali
Ihe ngosi Burwell sitere na gburugburu ya dị nso, ihe ọhụrụ ndị Africa-America rụzuru na narị afọ nke 20, na anụmanụ ndị e chepụtara echepụta. O kwuru ụfọdụ isi mmalite nke mkpali dị ka "ndị dị iche iche - ndị enyi, ndị odide Akwụkwọ Nsọ, na ndị m na-ahụ na akwụkwọ akụkọ kwa ụbọchị." 

### Akụrụngwa na usoro
Burwell malitere site n'ịrụ ọkpụkpụ maka ihe ọkpụkpụ ya nke ejiri ihe ọla achọtara dị ka mkpanaka ígwè, ọkpọkọ, na akwa akwa. Mgbe ahụ, ọ ga-etinye kọnkịrị (ngwakọta lime, gravel, ájá, simenti, na mmiri) na ogwe aka ahụ, na-akpụ ihe oyiyi ahụ ka ọ na-aga. Burwell adịchaghị emezigharị elu ihe ọkpụkpụ ya. Kama, ọ hapụrụ ha na-esi ike ma na-ese n'elu ha na-enye agbakwunyere udidi elu. Ọ bụ ezie na ihe ka ọtụtụ n'ime ọrụ ya dị ihe na-erughị ụkwụ atọ n'ogologo, ọ dekọrọ na-eme otu ihe ọkpụkpụ ma ọ bụ abụọ nke ndụ. Burwell mere atụmatụ ime ihe dị ka 200 ihe n'oge ọrụ ya. 

## Ihe ngosi
E gosila ọrụ Burwell na ihe ngosi ndị a:

* *Ebe a na ebe ahụ: Njem, Nkebi 1: N'èzí Nghọta.* 27 Ọktoba – 11 Disemba 1988, MoMA PS1, New York City, New York. 
* *Ihe ịrịba ama na ihe ịtụnanya: Art Outsider Inside North Carolina.* 1989, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC . 
* *Mmụọ: Nhọrọ site na mkpokọta Geoffrey Holder na Carmen De Lavallade*, 24 February - 5 May 1991, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY.
* *Ndị Africa-American Art Art: Site na mkpokọta Dr. A. Everett James*, 18 October - 31 December 1991, Van Vechten Gallery, Mahadum Fisk, Nashville, TN.
* *Akụkọ ihe mere eme ojii na nka: Ọrụ nke ndị na-ese ihe na ndị na-ese ihe na-akụzi onwe ha sitere na mkpokọta Blanchard-Hill.* 5 Febụwarị – 4 Maachị 1993, Sidney Mishkin Gallery, kọleji Baruch, New York City, New York.
* *Ọhụụ Ọhụụ nke South America: Ndị nka na-akụzi onwe ha, 1940 ruo ugbu a.* 23 Ọktoba – 30 Jenụwarị 1994, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA.
* *Art Outsider: Nchọgharị nke mkpokọta Chicago.* 9 Disemba 1996 – 23 Febrụwarị 1997, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL.
* *Ngọzi Ọlaedo nke Ịka nká* na *Si n'Ọnụ Ụmụ ọhụrụ* . 10 October 2003 - 4 Septemba 2004, American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD.
* *Ebe obibi na ejiri aka mee II: Ụwa eke - Ọrụ ahọpụtara site na mkpokọta Huffman nke Southern Contemporary Folk na Outsider Art*, 18 Maachị - 1 October 2006, Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC.
* *Nrịgo nke Abụọ: Ihe nketa nke Ndị Omenkà Africa America Kuziri Onwe Onye nke North Carolina,* 12 Jenụarị – 22 Maachị 2008, Diggs Gallery, Winston-Salem State University .
* *Akụkọ America.* 21 June – 30 Disemba 2009, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI.
* *Ụzọ si ebe ahụ: Art nke Southern Backroads.* 2 Maachị – 19 Mee 2019, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA.

## Nchịkọta na-adịgide adịgide
Ọrụ Burwell dị na mkpokọta na-adịgide adịgide nke ụlọ ngosi ihe mgbe ochie ndị a:

* St. James Place Folk Art Museum
* Gregg Museum of Art and Design 
* Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka dị elu 
* John Michael Kohler Arts Center
* Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka Milwaukee 

## Ntụaka
ezumike nká na 1975 na nkwarụ n'ihi mmebi anya anya metụtara ọrịa shuga . Ọ malitere ịrụ ciment ọkpụkpụ n'ime otu afọ ezumike nká. Mgbe mbụ ọ malitere ịkpụ ihe, ọ na-eji agba ụgbọ ala na-ese ihe oyiyi