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Artist Exhibitions:
GALLERY REPRESENTATION:
2003 - 2006: Agora Gallery,
New York City, New York, USA
ONE-PERSON EXHIBITION:
1997: - "Solidarity with
Humanity," National Museum,
Onikan, Lagos, Nigeria
1993: - "Regeneration of
Society," Campanella Gallery,
Park College, Parkville,
Missouri, USA.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2008: "International
Group of Art" - a collective
exhibition of plastic artists
of different ...
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Artist Galleries:
Mbonu-Emerem Museum of Art
39 Faulks Road, 2nd Floor
P. O. Box 4126,
Aba 450001
Abia State,
Nigeria.
Phone: +234-8037068682,
+234-8033945670,
+234-8022241179,
+234-8035456123,
+234-82-224771
E-Mail:
mbonuemeremmuseumofart@yahoo.co
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Websites:
www.mbonuemeremmuseumofart.com
ArtQuest, Inc.
P. o. Box 50291
St. Lious, Missouri 63105
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Artist Reviews:
"Star Artist, Emerem, Dazzles
The World In Italy" by Nworah
Clement in Umuahia, NEWS,
National Vision Newspaper,
Nigeria. Monday, MAY 11, 2008.
Page 54.
"Emerem's Political Brush
Strokes" by Nworah Clement in
Umuahia, ART & LIFE,
National Vision Newspaper,
Nigeria, Monday, November 12,
2007. Page 46
“Africa Rises in the...
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Collections:
Permanent Collection of the
International Dynamic Museum
of Contemporary Art (M. I. D.
A. C.) of Terra dell’Arte,
Italy.
National Museum, Lagos,
Nigeria
Aaragon Museum, Lagos, Nigeria
Professor Iheanyi C. Achumba,
University of Lagos, Nigeria
Dr. Wilfred U. Nwauwa, North
Carolina, USA
Dr. Parker Collection, Lagos,
Nigeria
Mr. Charles ...
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Commissions:
1. Dr. Wilfred U. Nwauwa,
North Carolina, USA
2. Dr. Apollos Nwauwa, Ohio,
USA
3. Dr. Obinna J. Achumba,
North Carolina, USA
4. Chief George Ohakamnu, New
York, USA
5. Egbema Ethnic Nationality,
Rivers State, Nigeria
6. Ichida Town, Anambra
State, Nigeria
7. Sir (Chief) Professor
Iheanyi. C. Achumba, ,
University ...
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Artist Statement for Sir Mbonu Christopher Emerem
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I conceive life and living in the context of our relationships with the sacred realm. Hence, my artworks and creative efforts place man at the center of function. With the combinations of Western and African motifs my arts are made to rouse the conscience of mankind, reclaim the human race, and restore humanity and the dignity of man. For my Paintings, I use acrylic, oil, watercolor, pencil and mixed media in the execution of my works. For my Digital Arts, I use computer and scanning technology and for my Sculptures, I use cement and fiber. I saturate my works with stunning and imposing sacrosanct by borrowing and using connotative images to show hidden force using themes that emphasize my sufferings as a struggling artist. For me carrying on the old conventions is not enough. Although I take them into account, I also seek inspiration from the life around me in order to make the traditions serve modern times. As life reveals to me its fresh meanings, I find it difficult not to reflect on them. All in all, I am either stimulated by my personal experiences of life or by environmental, touching, mind-purifying and life-consoling experiences to which I cannot be insensitive. In my dutiful efforts to separate facts from legends through unusual combination of Western and African motifs and techniques, I am deeply committed to the reflection of my serious contemplation of man and his fate, both from the point of view of the impact of modern civilization and from the examination of the fundamentals of human existence. I consider my pursuit necessary and relevant because this is a period in the history of mankind when humanistic and moralizing advocacies are needed from every profession to help realize culturally harmonious, peaceful and respectable global status quo.
Sir Mbonu Christopher Emerem
(Nigerian Professional Artist)
The Director
Mbonu-Emerem Museum of Art.
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