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Obinna Makata

Obinna Makata is a Nigerian artist and sculptor. He holds a Sculpture Degree from the
University of Nigeria Nsukka and currently works in Lagos as a full time studio artist. The Great Ones
Makata is mostly known for his collage works using African fabric, a style he calls
''African Test Style''. After noticing the scraps a tailor left behind in the trash, Makata
started using textile in most of his works on canvas and papers. He calls his collages 60 x 60 inches,
“broken pieces of African culture” in response to the foreign influence that still threatens Mixed media,
the traditional African value system. 2019
In fact, Makata uses fabric as a metaphor to explore cultural identity and evolving
social values in Nigeria. His collages, which incorporate waste objects, create narratives Evolution
that are associated with daily-life issues, as well as consumerism and materialism which
have eaten deep into the social fabric.
Makata has participated in tens of exhibitions, workshops, seminars, art talks, and 72 x 60 inches,
auctions over the course of his career. He also organized one solo exhibition in 2012 Mixed media,
dubbed “Meta History”. 2020

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