Victor Ehikhamenor
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Victor Ehikhamenor bụ onye Naijiria na-ese ihe, onye edemede, na onye na-ese foto nke a maara maka ọrụ ya sara mbara nke na-etinye aka na ọdịbendị ọdịbendị mba dị iche iche na postcolonial socioeconomics nke ndụ ndị isi ojii nke oge a. N'afọ 2017, a họpụtara ya (ya na ndị omenkà abụọ ndị ọzọ) ka ọ nọchite anya Naịjirịa na Venice Biennale, nke bụ nke mbụ Naịjirịa ga-anọchite anya ya na mmemme ahụ. A kọwara ọrụ ya dị ka onye na-anọchite anya "ihe nnọchianya nke iguzogide" na colonialism.

Mmalite ndụ na agụmakwụkwọ 
A mụrụ Ehikhamenor na Udomi-Uwessan, Edo State, Nigeria, akụkụ nke alaeze Benin oge ochie, nke a maara maka akụkọ ihe mere eme ya. Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na Nigeria na United States. O si United States lọta n'afọ 2008 iji rụọ ọrụ na Lagos.

Nne nne ya bụ onye na-akpa ákwà, nwanne nna ya bụ onye na-ese foto, nna nna nne ya bụ onye na-akpụ ọla, nne ya bụ onye na-ese ihe n'obodo.

Nkà na edemede 
Ọrụ ya na-emetụta ọrụ nke ukwuu site na ọrụ ndị obodo karịsịa nne nne ya. O kwuru na nkuzi ọdịnala a bụ ntọala nke ya; site na nne nne ya na-eji eriri a na-acha ọcha wee na-akpa ákwà n'ime obodo ya na-ahụ eserese nne ya iji hụ eserese nne ya na ụrọ a na-eme n'ụlọ na icheku ọkụ, na-ekiri ndị obodo ndị ọzọ na-eme akara na mgbidi ụlọ nsọ oge ochie na ebe ịchụàjà. Nke a abụrụla akụkụ na-adịgide adịgide nke ọrụ ya, nke bụ ihe na-enweghị isi, ihe atụ na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị; ma nwee mmetụta site na ọnụọgụ abụọ nke okpukpe ọdịnala Afrịka na ntinye nke nkwenkwe ọdịda anyanwụ, ncheta na nostalgia.

Ehikhamenor emeela ọtụtụ ihe ngosi nka n'ụwa niile. N'afọ 2016, ọ bụ otu n'ime ndị omenkà iri na otu a kpọrọ ka ha sonyere ndị omenkà iri abụọ na atọ nke Indonesia na nnukwu ngosi na Biennale. Na Jogja National Museum, o gosipụtara ntinye akpọrọ "The Wealth of Nations". A kpọrọ Ehikhamenor na Art Dubai na Maachị 2018. N'ọnwa Julaị afọ 2018, ọ bụkwa otu n'ime ndị na-ese ihe na Naijiria ahọpụtara izute ma gosipụta ọrụ maka ileta onye isi ala France bụ Emmanuel Macron. Ihe ngosi a, nke ART X Lagos haziri mere na Afrika Shrine, ụlọ oriri na nkwari abalị nke Femi Kuti. E gosipụtala ọrụ ya n'ihe ngosi nke naanị ya na nke otu ya na ụlọ ngosi ihe mgbe ochie na ụlọ ngosi ihe ngosi n'ụwa niile, nke gụnyere Tyburn Gallery (London), Rele Gallery (Lagos, Nigeria), Jennings Gallery (Washington, DC), 5th Meditationa Biennale (Poznan, Poland), 12th Dak'art Biennale (Dakar, Senegal), Biennale Jogja XIII (Yogyakarta, Indonesia).

Ejirila nka na foto Ehikhamenor mee ihe maka nchịkọta akụkọ yana ihe osise mkpuchi na akwụkwọ ndị edemede dịka Chimamanda Adichie, Helon Habila, Toni Kan, Chude Jideonwo, na Chika Unigwe. E gosipụtala ha na ákwà ma gosipụta ha na ngagharị ejiji mba ụwa.

E bipụtara nchịkọta uri mbụ ya, Sordid Rituals, n'afọ 2002. Akwụkwọ ya nke abụọ, Excuse Me! (2012), bu akwụkwọ na-akpa ọchị nke na-abụghị akụkọ ifo, banyere ndụ dị ka onye Africa ma n'ụlọ na ná mba ọzọ, bụ ihe akwadoro na mahadum abụọ Nigeria.

O bipụtala ọtụtụ akụkọ ifo na edemede dị egwu na akwụkwọ akụkọ agụmakwụkwọ, magazin na akwụkwọ akụkọ sitere na gburugburu ụwa nke gụnyere The New York Times, CNN Online, Washington Post, Farafina, AGNI Magazine na Wasafiri . Akụkọ ya dị mkpirikpi, "The Supreme Command", meriri ihe nrite nke Association of Commonwealth Broadcasters Award na 2003.

E nwere mgbe a kọwara ya dị ka "otu n'ime ndị na-ese ihe n'oge a n'Africa" na otu n'ime "42 African Innovators to Watch".

Okwu o kwụrụ gbasara ọrụ Damien Hirst 

Na Mee 8, 2017, mgbe ọ na-ekere òkè na Venice Biennale, Ehikhamenor bu ụzọ kpọkuo uche na ihe ọ kọwara dị ka Damien Hirst omenala nke nka Yoruba nke Naijiria. Ihe ngosi nke onye Britain na-ese ihe, nke a na-akpọ Treasures From the Wreck of the Unbelievable, gosipụtara ihe ọkpụkpụ dị iche iche a ga-ele anya dị ka ihe mkpofu a napụtara site na ụgbọ mmiri. Mana otu n'ime ihe ndị e gosipụtara bụ mbipụta nke "Ori Olokun", ihe osise ọla nchara Ife a ma ama site na narị afọ nke iri na anọ nke a kọwara ugbu a dị ka "isi ọla edo".

N'ihe banyere ego ahụ, Ehikhamenor dere na Instagram "Maka ọtụtụ puku ndị mmadụ ọ bu izizi ha na-ekiri nke a, ha agaghị eche Ife, ha agaghị eche Nigeria. Ndị na-eto eto ha ga-etolite mara ọrụ a dị ka nke Damien Hirst. Ka oge na-aga, ọ ga-agafe maka Damien Hirst n'agbanyeghị obere edemede ya. Akụkọ ahụ ga-agbanwe ma onye Ife na-eto eto ma ọ bụ onye na-ese ihe n'oge a na Naijiria ga-agwa otu ụbọchị site n'aka onye nkatọ ogologo imi "Ọrụ gị na-echetara m Damien Hirst's Golden Head. Anyị chọrọ ndị ọzọ na-ede akụkọ ndụ maka anyị echefuru echefu. "

Okwu ya mere ka okwu a pụta ìhè na mgbasa ozi obodo na nke mba ụwa.

Angela and Muse 
N'ọnwa Febụwarị afọ 2018, Ehikhamenor meghere Angels and Muse, nke a kọwara dị ka "ebe a na-arụkọ ọrụ ọnụ dị iche iche na Lagos nke nwere ihe osise esere na ahụ aja, iko ndị nwere ntụpọ, na ọkụ mara mma, na-eme ka ọ bụrụ ahụmahụ dị egwu na nke mikpuru onwe ya. "  Oghere ahụ, nke a na-ejikwa maka ebe obibi ndị na-ese ihe, dị na mpaghara Ikoyi nke Lagos steeti ma nwee 'ọnụ ụlọ dị iche iche,' nke a na-eji maka "ụlọ ọrụ, ọzụzụ, ịgụ akwụkwọ, nnwale ma ọ bụ ihe ngosi nka, n'etiti ojiji ndị ọzọ. " E gosipụtara ọrụ ahụ na ihe omume nke iri nke usoro Netflix 'Amazing Interiors' na July 2018.

Atụmatụ mkpuchi akwụkwọ 

 2003: Feeding Frenzy nke Jonathan Luckett dere
 2004: Purple Hibiscus nke Chimamanda Adichie dere
 2005: Sky High Flame nke Unoma Azuah dere
 2005: English In Africa Journal of the English Department, Rhodes University, South Africa
 2007: Measuring Times nke Helon Habila dere
 2008: Jambula Tree and Other Stories Anthology of Caine Prize winners and shortlisted writer by Cassava Republic, Abuja Nigeria
 2008: Nrọ, Ọrụ Ebube na Jazz nke Helon Habila na Khadija Sesay dere
 2008: One World Anthology of short stories by New Internationalist Publishers, UK
 2008: Of Friends, Money and Greed Anthology of three stories and a play by Hodders Publishers, UK
 2009: Songs of Absence and Despair collection of poems by Toni Kan
 2009: Salutes without Guns collection of poems by Ikeogu Oke
 2010: Christopher Okigbo: Thirsting for Sunlight nke Obi Nwakanma dere
 2010: Shahid Reads His Own Palm Poems nke Reginald Dwayne Betts dere
 2011: Ahịa nke Ncheta; N'etiti Postcolonial na Transnational nke Malik Nwosu dere
 2012: A Splash of Glory nke Angela Nwosu dere
 2013: Oil on Water nke Helon Habila dere
 2014: Africa in Fragments: Essays on Nigeria, Africa and Africanity nke Moses Ochonu dere
 2014: Half of a Yellow Sun- (Movie Edition) nke Chimamanda Adichie dere
 2014: Americanah nke Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie dere
 2015: Akwụkwọ na nka na Dispora Afrịka
 2015: Nchịkọta Akụkọ maka Caine Prize for African Writing 2015
 2016: New Generation African poets: A chapbook box set (TATU); edited by Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani
 2016: The Sound of Things to Come nke Emmanuel Iduma dere
 2017: N'okpuru Osisi Udala nke Chinelo Okparanta dere (English na French Version)
 2018: Reshapig Cultural Policies: Advancing Creativity for Development 2018 UNESCO
 2018: The Rape of Shavi nke Buchi Emecheta dere
 2018: The Bride Price nke Buchi Emecheta dere
 2018: Double Yoke nke Buchi Emecheta dere
 2018: In the Ditch nke Buchi Emecheta dere
 2018: Isi n'elu mmiri nke Buchi Emecheta dere
 2018: The Slave Girl nke Buchi Emecheta dere

Ihe nrite 

 2015: Casa Zia Lina, Elba Italy
 2016: Nirox Foundation Residency, Johannesburg, South Africa
 2016: Greatmore Residency, Cape Town, South Africa
 2016: Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Fellow, Italy
 2018: Civitella Ranieri Fellow, Italy
 2018: Art Dubai Residency
 2020: National Artist in Residence, Neon Museum, Las Vegas

Ihe ngosi

Ngosipụta o mere naanị ya 

 2000: Spirits In Dialogue The Brazilian-American Cultural Institute Gallery, Washington, D.C.
 2000: Beyond The Surface Utopia Art/Grill, Washington, DC
 2001: Ịchọpụta chi Monroe Gallery, Arts Club nke Washington, Washington, DC
 2004: Abụ na Akụkọ: Moonlight Delight Utopia Gallery, Washington, DC
 2005: Talking Walls BB&T Bank, NW Washington, DC
 2005: Divine Intervention Howard University A J Blackburn Center Gallery, Washington, DC
 2005: Body Language Utopia Art/Grill, Washington, DC
 2006: Beyond The River Grenada Embassy, Washington, DC
 2007: Labyrinth of Memories Didi Museum, Lagos, Nigeria.
 2007: Rocks & Roses Victoria Crown Plaza, Lagos, Nigeria.
 2008: Mwakpo nke Nzuzo Jennings Gallery, Washington, D.C.
 2009: Mirrors and Mirages Terra Kulture Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria
 2010: Roforofo Fight: Painting to Fela's Music Bloom Gallery, Lagos Nigeria
 2011: Artist Experience Whitespace, Ikoyi Lagos
 2011: Entrances & Exits: In search of not forget, CCA, Lagos Nigeria
 2012: "Crossing the Line" Bloom Gallery, Lagos
 2013: Amusing The Muse Temple Muse, Lagos
 2014: In The Lion's Lair: Photographing Wole Soyinka Ake Arts and Books Festival, Abeokuta, Nigeria.
 2014: Chronicles Of The Enchanted World Gallery of African Art, London
 2015: Paperwork: Works on paper Constant Capital Gallery, Lagos
 2016 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair
 2017 Na Alaeze nke Ụwa a, Tyburn Gallery, London
 2019: Daydream Esoterica Rele Gallery, Lagos
 2021: "Facebook HQ Open Art" na Dubai UAE.
 2021 “_Do This In Memory of Us’ Lehman Maupin gallery, New York
 2021: The Royal Academy Summer Show nke Yinka Shonibare haziri
 2022: "Still Standing" na Katidral St. Paul, London, England.

Ihe ngosi otu 

 2007: Rhythms & Blues Sarah Silberman Gallery, Montgomery College, MD, USA
 2008: Black Creativity Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL, USA
 2012: Post colonial photo studio Action Field Kodra, Thessaloniki, Greece
 2013: Nigeria Now Ake Arts & Book Festival World Bank Exhibition, Nigeria
 2014: ARENA Center of Contemporary Art, Torun, Poland
 2015: Akụkọ ifo na eserese na mmekorita ya na Toby Zielony maka Pavilion German, 56th Venice Biennale, Italy
 2015: Biennale Jogja XIII, Equator #3 2015, Indonesia
 2016: A Place In Time Nirox Foundation Sculpture Park na mmekorita ya na Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Johannesburg, South Africa
 2016: Dakart Biennale Curated by Simon Njami
 2017 A Biography of the Forgotten, Nigerian Pavilion, 57th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy na Peju Alatise na Qudus Onikeku
 2018: 2018 ReSignifications: The Black Mediterranean
 2018: International Contemporary Art Exhibition; Armenia
 2019: Filam(a)nt - N'etiti akwa; Apt , France
 2020: Echi, a ga-enwekwu anyị, Stellenbosch Triennale, Stellenbosch, South Africa
 2021: Ntinye "BHA' DO GHE" na Pinakothek der Moderne
 2021: "Looted History" MUSEUM AM ROTHENBAUM, Hamburg Germany.

Ebensidee

Njikọ mpụga 

 Official website
 The Art of Victor Ehikhamenor Essay by Emmanuel Iduma
 Onye na-ese ihe na Naijiria bụ Victor Ehikhamenor's canvas sculptures Feature on the BBC
 Victor Ehikhamenor: Na-eche ihe mkpuchi efu ihu. Ajụjụ ọnụ nke Sola Osofisan
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