Gani Odutokun
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Gani Odutokun (August 9, 1946 - February 16, 1995) bụ onye na-ese ihe n'oge ọgbara ọhụrụ a na Naijiria nke a maara maka onyinye ya na ịzụlite ndị na-ese ihe na Zaria art society. Ọrụ ya gụnyere mgbidi murals, eserese na eserese mkpuchi akwụkwọ.

Mmalite ndụ na agụmakwụkwọ 
A mụrụ Odutokun na Nsawan, Ghana site na nne na nna Naijiria nke agbụrụ Yoruba bụ ndị sitere na Offa, Kwara Steeti na ndị na-azụ ahịa koko. Ọ nọrọ n'oge ọ bụ nwata na-etolite na mpaghara Ashanti mana nna ya mechara kwaga Naịjirịa mgbe ọ dara mbà n'ahịa koko. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ sekọndrị, ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye odeakwụkwọ na Nigerian Breweries mana site n'aka ndị enyi ya hụrụ talent ya, o tinyere akwụkwọ ma nweta nnabata na Mahadum Ahmadu Bello, Zaria na 1972. Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na kọleji ebe o nwetara nzere bachelọ na nzere masta na Fine Arts na 1975 na 1979. Mgbe ọ nwetasịrị nzere bachelọ ya, ọ sonyeere ngalaba Fine Arts nke ABU dị ka onye enyemaka gụsịrị akwụkwọ.

Ọrụ 
A maara ihe osise Odutokun maka inyocha ọdịdị ndụ. Ihe osise ya na-enyocha echiche nkà ihe ọmụma banyere "ihe mberede na imewe," iberibe na "ịdị n'otu na-adabaghị adaba", ụfọdụ n'ime ọrụ ya na-agbalịkwa ịma atụmanya ọdịda anyanwụ nke nka Afrịka aka. Mgbe ụfọdụ, Odutokun gụnyere nkọwa ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na ọrụ ya. N'afọ 1988, eserese ya, The King Shares a Joke with his Generals, na-earutu aka n'echiche efu nke nnwere onwe Babangida

Ọnwụ 
Odutokun nwụrụ mgbe ọ na-alọta n'ihe ngosi nke sochiri nzukọ ọmụmụ ihe emere na Goethe Institute na Lagos. O so na ndị omenkà anọ nwụrụ n'ihe mberede ụgbọala. N'ọnwa Febụwarị afọ 1995, Time No Boundaries, ihe ngosi e mere nke nwere ihe osise sitere n'aka ọtụtụ ndị na-ese ihe site na mpaghara ugwu Naịjirịa na Maison de France, Alfred Rewane road na nsọpụrụ Odutokun. N'afọ 2008, e mere ihe ngosi nka ncheta nke Nigerian Gallery of Art iji kwanyere ihe osise Odutokun ùgwù na Aina Onabolu complex nke National Arts Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos.

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