Victor Ekpuk

**Victor Ekpuk** (ka ba dʋa o yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiwasi nɛ pisyuobʋ nɛ anaasi, 1964) anɛ onɛ ka ba dʋa o Nigeria ka o lɛɛ an diem-diem bɛ Washington, DC. Ekpuk yʋʋr da lalig hali ka di yinɛ on bɔɔn ka gʋlʋsʋd ka di paan African gbanakanɛ an Nsibidi nɛ Uli yaabʋg suor la.

## Tʋʋma
Ekpuk's tʋʋma bɛdigʋ paannɛ ninaal bɛllim an siem sʋʋlim nam ni. Di paannɛ sielnam gbin gbanar bɛdigʋ banɛ bɛ Africa nɛ dunia wʋsa nananna yaabʋg nami an siem. Yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnii nɛ awai la ni, Victor da die o Bachelor of Fine Art degree (BFA), yi Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, Nigeria, zinikanɛ ka o da zamis vɛnllim kanɛ bɛ Nsibidi gbanar ni la. 

Di da dɔlisid siem nɛ di gbinni an siem la zug ka o da keŋ tuoni gɔs bʋʋsʋm ka di an sɔbʋg ka yʋʋm maal Ekpuk's mɛŋ Glyphs. Yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ piinɛ ayɔpɔi (2017) la ni ka daʋŋ kanɛ an Diaspora Quarterly, Visual Collaborative sɔbi bɛ Ekpuk's tʋʋmkanɛ ka o da maal zaŋi ken Africa laad yɛla la.  Yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ piswai nɛ yinne (1991) la ni, Ekpuk da naal Daily Times Nigeria (DTN), gɔmina labaya tʋʋma zinig. Ekpuk da naal DTN an onɛ nɛɛsid sielnami paan din yi yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ piswai nɛ yinne nwadisa ayuobʋ dabpiinɛ ayɔpɔi daar (June 17, 1991), nɛ yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ piswai nɛ ayɔpɔi nwadis piiga la dabpisi nɛ awai daar (October 29, 1997), bɛ Daily Times dinɛ bɛ Nigeria la, ka tʋʋma da an ye o bɔɔnd laadi paan babsieba bɛ Daily Times nɛ li tʋʋma kɔnɔb-kɔnɔb ni. laam nɛ pɔlitisi da dʋ paae li bɛn la, ka di yinɛ soogianami da zanl Nigeria la, Ekpuk da yaab bʋnvɛlla banɛ da pianadi paan pɔlitisi an siem teŋ la ni. O tʋʋma bɛɛ di kɔn la zug, o da mɔri o mɛŋ Nsibidi maan bʋʋnlim banɛ paan pɔlitis yɛla. Laabanɛ ka  Ekpuk's maal ka di paae nidib bɛdigʋ yaam nɛ DTN anɛ dinɛ ka o sig ye The New Agenda: Behind Abacha's Game-Plan, gbaʋŋ kanɛ ka o da sɔbi paan zabkanɛ ka soogianam da zabi kad Ibrahim Babangida yisi o kʋkin la.

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## Tʋʋma sieba
O yaabʋg la da bɛnɛ gɔmena nɛ asʋʋm-mɛŋ ni. Ba sieba anɛ Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African Art, Newark Museum, The World Bank, University of Maryland University College, Hood Museum, United States Art in Embassies Art Collection nɛ Fidelity Investment Art Collection.

## Zinibanɛ ka o paali o tʋʋma
Ekpuk paali o tʋʋma la bɛ zinis bɛdigʋ, ba sieba anɛ: Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, Illinois; The Fowler Museum, Los Angeles; Museum of Art and Design (MAD), New York City; Newark Museum, New Jersey; The World Bank, Washington DC; Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art, Washington DC; New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City; Johannesburg Biennial, South Africa.

2017: Treasures of Islam In Africa From Timbuktu to Zanzibar, Institut Du Monde Arabe, Paris, France

2017: These Moments", Morton Fine Art, Washington, DC

2016: "Drawing Memory", Sixfold Symmetry, Pattern in Art and Science, Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York

2015: Portraits: A solo exhibition by Victor Ekpuk, Sulger-Buel Lovell Gallery, Surrey Row, London (29 September – 24 October)

2014: Auto-Graphics: Recent Drawings by Victor Ekpuk, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (24 January – 27 July)

2013: Reminiscences and Current Musings, Morton Fine Art, Washington DC, USA (13 September – 8 October)

2013: Drawing Memories, Turchin Center for Art, Appalachian State University, North Carolina, USA

2011: Drawing Metaphors, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA

2009: Of Lines and Life, The Richard F. Brush Gallery, University of St. Lawrence, Canton, New York

2009: Victor Ekpuk, Long View Gallery, Washington DC, USA

2008: Open Studio, Thami Mnyele Foundation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2006: Drawing From Within, Galerie 23, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2005: Storylines: Drawings of Victor Ekpuk, Montgomery College, College Park, Maryland, USA

2004: Trans/Script: The Art of Victor Ekpuk, Brandeis University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

1998: Songs, 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, California, USA. (Sponsored by The Rockefeller Foundation, UNESCO-ASCHBERG Bursaries for Artists and 18th Street Arts Complex International Circle)

1995: Windsongs, French Cultural Center, Lagos, Nigeria

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