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First African Regional Summit and Exhibition
On Visual Arts (ARESUVA) Sub-Committees
On Exhibition and Conference
The National Gallery of Art is organizing the First African Regional Summit & Exhibition on Visual Arts with the central theme Promoting the Visual Arts for Sustainable Economic Growth and Development in Africa. The set Objective of the event is the promotion of visual Arts as a strategy for achieving rapid economic development in the African region as envisioned in the New Partnership for African Development. (NEPAD). The event has been scheduled for September 7-13, 2008 at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, Nigeria.
Among others, the event is designed to bring together about 1,500 leaders in business, politics, media, Government and the creative industry from Africa to discuss the key issues shaping the sector.
About 52 African countries have been invited to participate.
The event will feature exhibition, invited paper presentation, business meetings, art networking, study tour of the Federal Capital Territory (Abuja) and its environs and summit state banquet.
Exhibition
The exhibition has been designed to be in two folds, that is, the Main and the Off. Artists have been invited from different African countries through their embassies in Nigeria and others directly through facilitators to participate in the main exhibition. The off exhibitions are to be organized by the private galleries within and outside Abuja.
| Classification of Exhibition |
Venue |
| Main Exhibition, Abuja |
International Conference Centre, Abuja |
Off Exhibition (Major I) art works from
Art Galleries Association of Nigeria (AGAN) |
Cyprian Ekwensi Cultural Centre,
Abuja |
Off Exhibition (Major II) art works of artists
whose studios are there. |
Arts & Crafts Village, Abuja |
| Special Off (Art works from the Collection of NGA) |
Transcorp Hilton Foyer, Abuja |
| Other Offs |
Some private Galleries in Abuja have been communicated to mount works in their spaces for visitors to view during the period. |
For the main exhibition, a jury will select art works from artists in Nigeria spread across generations of artists in the country and Nigerian artists in the Diaspora. These will be in addition to works from other African Countries.
ARTISTS IN NIGERIA
Locations (Geopolitically)
North West 17 art Works - 8 Artists - Some two & some three art works
North East 17 art Works - 8 Artists ,,
North Central 17 art Works - 8 Artists ,,
South South 17 art Works - 8 Artists ,,
South East 17 art Works - 8 Artists ,,
South West 17 art Works - 8 Artists ,,
Artists shortlisted from North West
1) Abbas Ahuwan - Ceramist
2) Kefas Danjuma - Painter
3) Ayo Ayina - Installation Artist
4) Lami Nuhu - Painter
5) Tonie Okpe - Sculptor
6) Tayo Quaye - Print Maker
7) Sani Sango - Painter
8) Mohammed Hussaini - Painter
9) Jacob Jari - Painter
10) Lasisi Lamidi - Painter
Artists shortlisted from North East
1) Blaise Gbadem Gundu - Painter
2) Asiedu Peter Ogboli - Textile Artist
3) Mohammed Bello - Textile Artist
4) Joy Salami - Ceramist
5) Jide Olise - Sculptor
6) David Ploycarp - Painter
7) Anogwu Jude H.S - Painter
8) Abubakar Moh’s Jaji -
9) George Uso Eriye - Painter
10)
Artists shortlisted from North Central
1) John Oyedemi - Painter
2) Joe Musa - Painter
3) Zimbe Sabo - Painter
4) Levi Yakubu - Ceramist
5) John Adeleye - Painter
6) Sussan Omagu - Painter
7) Ben Ugo Anamah - Sculptor
8) Ajene Isegbe - Sculptor
9) Adeka Akochi - Sculptor
Artists shortlisted from South South
1) Uwa Usen - Sculptor
2) Ben Ekanem - Sculptor
3) Best Ochigbo - Painter
4) Chris Echeta - Ceramist
5) El-Dragg - Painter
6) Efe Ononeme - Sculptor
7) Waritimi…….. - Installation
8) Etido Inyang - Print Maker
9) Oladapo Afolanya - Sculptor (Stone)
10) Mathew Ehizale - Sculptor
11) Ruben Ugbile - Sculptor
Artists shortlisted from South East
1) Chris Afuba - Sculptor
2) Obiora Anidi - Sculptor
3) El Anatsui - Sculptor
4) Ozioma Onuzulike - Ceramist
5) Tony Ode - Textile
6) Tayo Adenike - Painter
7) Ever Obodo - Textile/Installation artist
8) Ayo Adewumi - Graphic/Photography
Artists selected from South West
1) Kolade Oshinowo - Painter
2) Bisi Fakeye - Sculptor
3) Olu Ajayi - Painter
4) Ndidi Dike - Sculptor
5) Bruce Onobrakpoya - Print Maker
6) Babatunde Lawal - Painter
7) Chinwe Uwaste - Painter
8) Stephen Folaromi - Painter
9) George Oshodi - Photographer
10) Edosa Oguigo - Painter
11) Tola Wewe - Painter
12) Ibe Ananaba (DG) - Painter
NIGERIAN ARTISTS IN DIASPORA SHORTLISTED FOR THE JURY
- Victor Ekpuk - Painter
- Chris Ofili - Painter
- Sokari Douglas Camp - Sculptor
- Yinka Shonibare - Sculptor
- Obiora Udechukwu - Painter
- Olu Amoda - Sculpture
- Osaritin Ighile - Sculptor
- Onyeka Ibe - Painter
- Okonkwo (DG) - Sculptor
- David Amaechi Dibiah - Painter
- Emmanuel Eni - Performance
- Ray Soko - Mixed Media
SELECTED AFRICAN COUNTRIES
North Africa
- Algeria
- Tunisia
- Libya
- Morocco
- Egypt
East Africa
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Tanzania
Central Africa
- Gabon
- Congo (DRC)
West Africa
- Benin
- Togo
- Senegal
- Burkina Faso
- Gambia
- Senegal
- Mali
- Cameroon
- Mauritania
- Cote d’Ivoire
- Liberia
- S. Leon
Southern Africa
- Angola
- Zambia
- Namibia
- Botswana
- Zimbabwe
- South Africa
ARTISTS IDENTIFIED AND SHORTLISTED FROM SOME OF THESE COUNTRIES
Ghana
- Kofi Setordji
- Ablade Glover
- Atta Kwami
- Ator Delaguis
Senegal
- Kane Si
- Jean Marie-Claude Bruce
- Solly Cisse´
- Niang Babacar
- Aliovne Badara Diop
- Piniang Ibrahim Niang
Cameroon
- Goddy Leye
- Etoundi Essamba Angela
- Sane Wadu
Kenya
- Kyoko Mutuyki
- Sharonjambi Kahara
South Africa
- Tracey Rose
- Mutamba Nandipha
- Penny Siopis
- Moshekwa Langa
- Odoli Odita
Burkina Faso
- Suzanne Quidraogo
- Kabre Justin “Kelly”
Morroco
- Raamtani Zakaria
Cote’d Ivoire
- Jems Robert Kokobi
Tunisia
- Gharrach Mourad
Togo
- Sokey Edorh
Congo Kingshasha (DRC)
- Bodys Isek
- Kingelez
Mali
- Souleyman Kaita
Zimbabwe
- Raphael chukuka
- Clarence Albert
Zambia
- William Miko
- Agnes Buya Yombwe
- Chanda Mwenya
- Jerry Kadungwe Miko
- Nick chendela Sangale
- Ringo Brian Chileshe
Botswana
- Monica Mosawa
Egypt
- Hazem Mestikawey
Ethiopia
- Wose Kosrof
Benin Republic
- Charley a “ALMEIDA”
Morocco
- Hamid Kachmar
Central African Republic
- Ernest Neangai
Mozambique
- Goncalo Armawdo Mabunda
Nigeria
- Reuben Ugbine
Note that, for the Off Exhibitions, private galleries, both within and outside Abuja will exhibit works of many other Nigerian artists in their collections.
Paper Presentation
The three – paper presentation is aimed at exposing the various business opportunities in the visual arts sub-sector. It will feature case studies from across the world by international speakers and panelists. The speakers are selected from practitioners to commentators and writers from different parts of Africa.
They include:
- Professor Agbo Folarin
Department of Fine Arts
Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU)
Ile-Ife
Osun State
- Okwui Enwezor
Dean of Academic Affairs
San Francisco ArtInstitutre (Main Campus)
800 Chesnut Street
San Francisco, 94133
USA
- Dr. Olu Oguibe
Department of Art and Art History
University of Connecticut
School of Fine Arts
830 Bolton Road, Unit 1099 Storrs,
Connecticut, 06269-1099
USA
- Professor Dele Jegede
Department of Art
124 Art Building
Miami University
Oxford OH 45056
USA
- Professor Ola Oloidi
Professor of Art History & Criticism
Department of Fine & Applied Arts
University of Nigeria
Nsukka
- Yacouba Konate
Professor of Philosophy and Aesthetics
University of Abidjan – Cocody
Ivory Coast
- Professor Nkiru Nzegwu
Department of African Studies
Binghamton University
Binghamton, NY 13902-6000
USA
- Professor Anitra Nettleton
Division of Visual Arts
University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg
South Africa
- Awam Amkpa Ph.D
Associate Professor of Drama
Department of Drama
Tisch School of the Arts
721 Broad Way
New York, NY 1003
- Professor Ikem Okoye
Department of Art History
Old College
University of Delaware
Newark DE 19716
- Professor Salah Hassan
Director, Africana Studies and Art History
Africana Studies & Research Centre
Cornell University
310 Triphammer Rd.
Ithacha, NY 14850
- Professor Manthia Diawara
Director, Institute of African American Affairs
New York University
41-51 East 11th Street
New York, NY 10003
- Professor Edward Sullivan
Dean of Humanities
New York University
5 Washington Square Village
New York, NY 100212
Other Scholars invited to chair the sessions are:
- Dr. Kunle Filani
Provost
College of Education
Osiele, Abeokuta
Ogun State,
Nigeria
- Professor Osa Egonwa
Department of Fine Arts
Delta State University
Abraka
Delta State,
Nigeria
- Professor Rom Kalilu
Department of Fine Arts
Ladoke Akintola University
Ogbomosho
Oyo State,
Nigeria
- Dr. Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie
Department of the History of Art and Architecture
1234 Arts Building
University of California
Santa Barbara CA 93106
The audience will cover delegates from the visual Arts, African Government Agencies, international trusts and communities in over fifty African countries who will provide inspirational examples of transformation of places and peoples’ lives through the visual Arts.
They are to identify relevant topic of their choice based on the content of the letter written to them as well as the attached ARESUVA marketing brochure that will address the challenges of professional artists and other stakeholders in the aforementioned areas and deliberate extensively on the importance and centrality of the visual Arts sub-sector in African countries’ economies. Their paper will stimulate audience for meaningful contributions from which materials will be available for a standard publication.
For more details, reach out to General or Head of Secretariat Sub - Committee on ARESUVA by filling this form.
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