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Bruce Onobrapkeya

A living legend, Bruce Onobrapkeya is one of the most
documented and most decorated contemporary Nigerian artists.
Talented and dynamic, he experimented with materials that have
resulted in methods of printmaking, such as plastography,
Untitled plastocast and bronzed lino relief.

40 x 40 inches A celebrated printmaker, Bruce Onobrapkeya hails from Agbara-
Oil on canvas Otor in the Delta State of Nigeria. A graduate of the famous Zaria
2006 Art School, he was one of the members of the Zaria Art Society
who redefined the theoretical framework of Western teaching.
He has consistently used the Urhobo forms and motifs alongside
other Nigerian indigenous art forms to promote an African
identity in a globalised world.

Bruce Onobrapkeya has won both recognition and numerous
awards from virtually all over the world, including the recent
Untitled Nigerian National Order of Merit Award (NNOM) conferred on
him by President Mohammad Buhari of Nigeria in 2017.
23.5 x 33 inches

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