Bruce Onobrakpeya
Bruce Onobrakpeya | |
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Onobrakpeya signing one of his art pieces Emetore, in his Ovuomaroro Studio | |
| Born | 30 August 1932 Agbara-Otor, Delta State, Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Alma mater | Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria |
| Known for | Printmaker, painter and sculptor |
| Movement | Modern Nigerian art and The Harmattan Workshop Group |
| Awards | Honorable Mention at 44th Venice Biennale, 2006 Human Living Treasure Award by UNESCO and 2010 National Creativity award by Federal Government of Nigeria. Honorary D.Litt from University of Ibadan 1989 |
Bruce Obomeyoma Onobrakpeya (born 30 August 1932) is a Nigerian printmaker, painter and sculptor. He has exhibited at the Tate Modern in London, the National Museum of African Art of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and the Malmö Konsthall in Malmö, Sweden. The National Gallery of Modern Art, Lagos, has an exhibit of colourful abstract canvases by Onobrakpeya, and his works were found at the Virtual Museum of Modern Nigerian Art.