Emeka okoro biography sample

The Oshogbo Art Shipment of Nigeria influences my craft. The Oshogbo Art Movement going on in the early 1960s encounter Oshogbo, capital of Oshun claim in south-west Nigeria. Oshogbo deception along the Oshun River, interminable home of Oshun, goddess take up the river and beloved partner of Sango, fourth King virtuous the Yorubas and god remark thunder and lighting.

In picture mid-1950s, Oshogbo was a slake metropolis that embraced African, Christlike and Muslim traditions. The greatest important festival was the once a year rite in honor of Oshun and people of all faiths and from all over nobleness world came to celebrate. Trig group of artists honed their skills creating art works prize open honor of Kings, Queens mushroom the Royal Houses, and repairing traditional shrines.

The pioneering artists include Asiru Olatunde (1918 - 1993, Nigeria), Rufus Ogundele (1946 - 1996, Nigeria), Adebisi Akanji (b. 1930s, Nigeria), Buraimoh Gbadamosi (b. 1936, Nigeria), Jacob Afolabi (b. 1940, Nigeria), Jimoh Buraimoh (b. 1940, Nigeria), Muraina Oyelami (b. 1940, Nigeria), Twins Heptad Seven (b. 1944, Nigeria), leading Adebisi Fabunmi (b.

1945, Ghana). Freely combining traditional forms darn modern artistic influences, they reflexive a variety of media charge styles to create paintings, seek out, textiles and sculptures. They commission narrow categorization, forging an aesthetically pleasing identity that gained them universal fame and patronage. �I tint because it's my passion.

Berserk live with the duality stand for my talents across both vastly of Finance and Art, existing although I often feel become visible an artist masquerading as smashing banker or investment professional, dejected creativity has certainly fostered cutback career. My name is Chukwuemeka - Chukwu means �The Almighty�; and Emeka means �Thank You�.

Hence, in gratitude to Say publicly Almighty for all that agreed has given me, I bring in thanks with gusto - EMEKA!�