Below are the Works of NAC 2014 Winners: Mr Eramus Onyishi, Miss Modupeola Fadugba and Mr Paul Mbah.
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Saturday 29 November 2014
Overall Winner, 2014 National Art Competition Announced...
And so, Mr Erasmus Onyishi took home the 2million naira grand prize + a solo exhibition, emerging as the overall winner for the 2014 NAC. Modupeola Fadugba emerged as the winner Outstanding Production and Paul Mbah, took the place of the winner Outstanding Concept. Surprises awaited two of the finalists, Amarachi Okafor and Nkechi Ebubedike who walked away with the Jurors’ prize of 500 thousand naira each; a contribution by the judging panel, led by Professor El Anatsui, in appreciation of the talents they believed merited prizes as well.
In his work, Mr Eramus's Lines, Patches and Pathos is an incentive-orientated project which involves active participation by the natives/dwellers of Lafia, Nasarawa State, to address plastic waste which exists in abundance, causing visual noise, negative environmental implications and a health menace.
Miss Modupeola's The People’s Algorithm and The Butterfly Effect aims to show that everyone- teachers, students, parents and policy makers can contribute to the nation’s problem-solving efforts. It's an interactive game that presents the current state of affairs in Nigeria, as it pertains to education, using the Rubik’s Cube to symbolize the multifaceted problems that exist.
Follow my next post to see the works of the NAC 2014 Winners
Credits: African Artists Foundation , sabinews and NAC 2014
In his work, Mr Eramus's Lines, Patches and Pathos is an incentive-orientated project which involves active participation by the natives/dwellers of Lafia, Nasarawa State, to address plastic waste which exists in abundance, causing visual noise, negative environmental implications and a health menace.
Miss Modupeola's The People’s Algorithm and The Butterfly Effect aims to show that everyone- teachers, students, parents and policy makers can contribute to the nation’s problem-solving efforts. It's an interactive game that presents the current state of affairs in Nigeria, as it pertains to education, using the Rubik’s Cube to symbolize the multifaceted problems that exist.
Paul Mbah's work The T‘Eye’meline, aims to serve as a potent reminder that we Nigerians have the power to spark revolutions and be the pioneers of the changes that our country needs by harnessing the rudiments of interventions as exhibited through a series of sketches and mixed media
installation. These works incorporate elements featuring interventions as expressed through five different themes: Emulation, Empowerment, Time and Resource Management, Awareness, and Positivity.
Credits: African Artists Foundation , sabinews and NAC 2014
Art Works Displayed at the NAC 2014 Grand Finale
Credits: sabinews.com and National Art Competition
The Grand Finale of the National Art Competition, which held at the banquet hall of the civic centre, Victoria Island was a success, as art lovers came from all over to witness to exhibition. The event which was hosted by Miss Wana Udobang, kick started with the display of the 12 finalists art works, ranging from Sculptures to Video Arts to Installations to Drawings to Photography to Creations using recycled materials. The guest at the exhibition were treated to a dance presentation by the Deliver Crew, who Choreographed Timi Dakolo's 'Great Nation. A lot of dignitaries In attendance with the likes of the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Breweries Plc, Mr. Nicolaas Vervelde (left); the Director, African Artists’ Foundation, Mr. Azu Nwagbogu; and Competition Judge, Mrs Therese Belisle-Nweke.
The 12 Art works displayed were: “WASTE” of Time by Priscilla Nwanah; Chief Ngurigon Kada Mathias by Pwavidon Mathias; Paper Dolls by Jacqueline Suowari; V Stall by Ada Umeofia; Line, Patches and Pathos by Erasmus Onyishi; Ask Yourself by Amarachi Okafor to view arts works-sabinews.com or follow finalist overview to see more art works.
MD of Nigerian Breweries, Mr. Nicholas Vervelde in his address said NCA was just one of several platforms through which the company seeks to identify and develop Nigerian talent. “This year we had more than a hundred proposals, and out of these hundred proposals, our twelve finalists were selected. These twelve finalists were sent for a retreat during which they were trained in artistic creation. The works we see here today were executed over the last twelve weeks.”
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The Grand Finale of the National Art Competition, which held at the banquet hall of the civic centre, Victoria Island was a success, as art lovers came from all over to witness to exhibition. The event which was hosted by Miss Wana Udobang, kick started with the display of the 12 finalists art works, ranging from Sculptures to Video Arts to Installations to Drawings to Photography to Creations using recycled materials. The guest at the exhibition were treated to a dance presentation by the Deliver Crew, who Choreographed Timi Dakolo's 'Great Nation. A lot of dignitaries In attendance with the likes of the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Breweries Plc, Mr. Nicolaas Vervelde (left); the Director, African Artists’ Foundation, Mr. Azu Nwagbogu; and Competition Judge, Mrs Therese Belisle-Nweke.
The 12 Art works displayed were: “WASTE” of Time by Priscilla Nwanah; Chief Ngurigon Kada Mathias by Pwavidon Mathias; Paper Dolls by Jacqueline Suowari; V Stall by Ada Umeofia; Line, Patches and Pathos by Erasmus Onyishi; Ask Yourself by Amarachi Okafor to view arts works-sabinews.com or follow finalist overview to see more art works.
MD of Nigerian Breweries, Mr. Nicholas Vervelde in his address said NCA was just one of several platforms through which the company seeks to identify and develop Nigerian talent. “This year we had more than a hundred proposals, and out of these hundred proposals, our twelve finalists were selected. These twelve finalists were sent for a retreat during which they were trained in artistic creation. The works we see here today were executed over the last twelve weeks.”
Wednesday 26 November 2014
Friday 21 November 2014
Awesomeness of Arts: Hyperrealistic Sculptures by Ron Mueck
I came across a post and was caught by its title. Clicking on it, I was then redirected to blog link and on opening, I saw an awesomeness of arts that's just too awesome!!! Hyperrealistic Sculptures of an Australian Artist, Ron Mueck - who has taken time to go out of proportion, doing sculptures that's are gigantic and lilliputians - are beautifully mind blowing. The details were so forged out rightly and barely can one say it isn't real, they are so mind blowing that we can assume them to be real humans. We get to see works of art everyday, but never have I come by this kind. To see what i'm taking about, go here: Out of This World Hyperrealist Scuptures of Ron Mueck
2014 Grand Finale of the National Art Competition
The 2014 GRAND FINALE of the National Art Competition is scheduled to hold on the 26th of November, 2014 by 6pm at the Grand Banquet Hall, Civic Center, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The Grand Prize to be won is N2,000,000 cash prize, plus A solo show at AAF. The Winner for Outstanding Concept would also get a N1,000,000 cash prize, likewise the Winner for Outstanding Production, who would also bag a N1,000,000 cash prize.
Since its inception, the National Art Competition has sought to unite artists and society through the interpretation of crucial themes proposed in each year's call for entries.
A 4Day retreat, which ran through August 18th to 21st, was held at the African Artists Foundation, nn where the selected finalists did a presentation and discussion on their projects. They had excursion to the Art Gallery at Nike Lake Resort, Enugu and at the 4th day, a conference was held at NB Plc.
This year's Grand Finale will showcase the completed works of the 12 finalists culminating in the announcement of the Grand Prize Winner and Winners for Outstanding Concept and Outstanding Production, at the Grand Banquet Hall, Civic Center, Victoria Island, Lagos by 6 PM.
To register on EventBrite, please click here
The selected finalists are:
Ada Umeofia
Emmanuel Dudu
Erasmus Onyishi
Ike Francis
Jacqueline Suowari
Modupeola Fadugba
Nkechi Ebubedike
Okafor Amarachi
Paul Mbah
Priscilla Nwanah
Pwavidon Mathias
Tyna Adebowale
The National Art Competition is :
Organised By:
African Artists Foundation
Sponsored By:
Nigerian Breweries Plc
Life In My City Arts and Festival’s 2015 Theme: Beyond All Odds.
Are you an artist? Do you love arts so much? If you felt you missed an opportunity to showcase your skills as an artist, Life In City Arts and Festival has announced its 2015 theme, which is "Beyond All Odds". Can your work really portray beyond all odds? Get set to apply, make your work count and stand a chance to win N500,000.
I want you to Stay tuned and come back next year for the release of its application date.. be prepared.
See ya..
Winner and Runner Ups for 2014 LIMCAF Awards
If you missed the event, read through my previous post of the grand finale. Here is the official list published and the work of the winner.
Thursday 20 November 2014
LIfe in My City Arts and Festival: Tour the Exhibition...
Over 111 top art works from young Nigerian Artist were showcased at the opening ceremony yesterday. Right here are a view photos taken
Festival of Arts: LIMCAF.. The Grand Finale
Content: Japhet Alakam, Vanguard News and http : //www.thisdaylive.com
The Life in my City Arts and Festival has wormed its way for 8th years now, bringing back arts into the Nigerian society, whose aim is to promote art pan-Nigeria through an annual competition that offers opportunity for young people to showcase and commercialise their productions, to win handsome prizes and interact with the larger art community on a national platform. The 2014 Life in My City Arts and Festival awards went through successfully, with a lot of dignitaries on board, with the likes of the art loving monarch and patron of LIMCAF, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, the Obi of Onitsha, with other art patrons like the founder of LIMCAF, Robert Orji, Elder Kalu Uka, chairman of the board, French Ambassador to Nigeria represented by the Cultural Attache, Monsieur Jacques Montourcy, Nkeoma Nmazili, who represented Diamond Bank, the major sponsor and others, Besides attracting eminent art personalities to its jury, the event had also garnered increasing nationwide support from notable organisations and individuals like Senator Ayogu Eze, the Justice Anthony Aniagolu family in Enugu, the Alliance Française network, the French Embassy, Diamond Bank, Olabisi Silva’s Centre for Contemporary Art in Lagos and Mrs Mfon Usoro , among others, who had endowed special prizes for the festival cum competition. In addition, its recent foray into the Lagos exhibition circuit had elicited the interest of the notable art collector, Omo’oba Yemisi Shyllon.
The 2014 festival started with the opening of the Limcaf 2014 grand finale featuring top 100 artworks selected from a total of 138 works that qualified for the 8 zones at the National Gallery of Art, Enugu on October 20. The winning work, Intriguing the illusion that this contrivance of clay beads, suspended on iron frames by transparent strings, was encased in glass, a young mother of two Ngozi Appolonia Omeje received a cheque of Five hundred thousand Naira (N500,000) as the overall winner, who titled her art work “Placenta”. Placenta? Could the artist, Ngozi Appolonia Omeje, be sharing some distant ante-natal experience with her audience? If this was how the scanned image of her foetus looked in her womb, why take the trouble to contrive it with so many clay beads? Among these other prizes were the Best Painting/Mixed-media/Drawing Prize won by Brenda Emmanuel Chinonso, the Best Photography/ Multimedia/Video won by Chiemela Peter Mgbeahuru, the Best Graphics/Textile won by Onyedika Peter Okonkwo, the Justice Aniagolu Prize for Originality won by Onyinye M. Ezennia, the CCA Lagos Prize for Best Lagos Entry won by Afegbua Ibrahim, the Mfon Usoro Prize for the Best Entry Uyo/Calabar Entry won by Essang Etim Effiong, the Enugu State Council for Art and Culture Prize won by Candidus Onyishi , the Art Is Everywhere Prize won by Olumide Luke Onadipe and the Vin Martin Ilo Prize for the Best Enugu Entry won by Nzubechi Ideyi. There were also consolation prizes for others whose works were shortlisted for the finals.
The three leading prizes — the Best Painting/Mixed-media/Drawing , Best Photography/Multimedia/Video and Best Graphics/Textile — each worth N250,000 , were tailed by the other prizes were worth N100,000 each and a couple of prizes —Art Is Everywhere Prize and Vin Martin Ilo Prize for the Best Enugu Entry worth N50,000.
The sifting of the best works were given to A five-man jury consisting of Dr George Odoh, Dr Helen Uhunmwagho, Jacques Montourcy, Dr Ken Okoli and Dr Kunle Filani, who were described as “five experienced artists, scholars and culture experts”.
The Life in my City Arts and Festival has wormed its way for 8th years now, bringing back arts into the Nigerian society, whose aim is to promote art pan-Nigeria through an annual competition that offers opportunity for young people to showcase and commercialise their productions, to win handsome prizes and interact with the larger art community on a national platform. The 2014 Life in My City Arts and Festival awards went through successfully, with a lot of dignitaries on board, with the likes of the art loving monarch and patron of LIMCAF, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, the Obi of Onitsha, with other art patrons like the founder of LIMCAF, Robert Orji, Elder Kalu Uka, chairman of the board, French Ambassador to Nigeria represented by the Cultural Attache, Monsieur Jacques Montourcy, Nkeoma Nmazili, who represented Diamond Bank, the major sponsor and others, Besides attracting eminent art personalities to its jury, the event had also garnered increasing nationwide support from notable organisations and individuals like Senator Ayogu Eze, the Justice Anthony Aniagolu family in Enugu, the Alliance Française network, the French Embassy, Diamond Bank, Olabisi Silva’s Centre for Contemporary Art in Lagos and Mrs Mfon Usoro , among others, who had endowed special prizes for the festival cum competition. In addition, its recent foray into the Lagos exhibition circuit had elicited the interest of the notable art collector, Omo’oba Yemisi Shyllon.
The 2014 festival started with the opening of the Limcaf 2014 grand finale featuring top 100 artworks selected from a total of 138 works that qualified for the 8 zones at the National Gallery of Art, Enugu on October 20. The winning work, Intriguing the illusion that this contrivance of clay beads, suspended on iron frames by transparent strings, was encased in glass, a young mother of two Ngozi Appolonia Omeje received a cheque of Five hundred thousand Naira (N500,000) as the overall winner, who titled her art work “Placenta”. Placenta? Could the artist, Ngozi Appolonia Omeje, be sharing some distant ante-natal experience with her audience? If this was how the scanned image of her foetus looked in her womb, why take the trouble to contrive it with so many clay beads? Among these other prizes were the Best Painting/Mixed-media/Drawing Prize won by Brenda Emmanuel Chinonso, the Best Photography/ Multimedia/Video won by Chiemela Peter Mgbeahuru, the Best Graphics/Textile won by Onyedika Peter Okonkwo, the Justice Aniagolu Prize for Originality won by Onyinye M. Ezennia, the CCA Lagos Prize for Best Lagos Entry won by Afegbua Ibrahim, the Mfon Usoro Prize for the Best Entry Uyo/Calabar Entry won by Essang Etim Effiong, the Enugu State Council for Art and Culture Prize won by Candidus Onyishi , the Art Is Everywhere Prize won by Olumide Luke Onadipe and the Vin Martin Ilo Prize for the Best Enugu Entry won by Nzubechi Ideyi. There were also consolation prizes for others whose works were shortlisted for the finals.
The three leading prizes — the Best Painting/Mixed-media/Drawing , Best Photography/Multimedia/Video and Best Graphics/Textile — each worth N250,000 , were tailed by the other prizes were worth N100,000 each and a couple of prizes —Art Is Everywhere Prize and Vin Martin Ilo Prize for the Best Enugu Entry worth N50,000.
The sifting of the best works were given to A five-man jury consisting of Dr George Odoh, Dr Helen Uhunmwagho, Jacques Montourcy, Dr Ken Okoli and Dr Kunle Filani, who were described as “five experienced artists, scholars and culture experts”.
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