Ayobola Kekere-Ekun yar Najeriya ce kuma yar wasan gani ne na zamani.

Ayobola Kekere-Ekun
Rayuwa
Haihuwa Lagos,, 1993 (30/31 shekaru)
ƙasa Najeriya
Sana'a
Sana'a masu kirkira

An haifi Ayobola Kekere-Ekun a shekarar 1993 a Legas, Najeriya. Ta kasance mai sha'awar fasaha tun tana ƙarami, wanda aka reno ta hanyar azuzuwan da tallafi daga iyayenta. Kekere-Ekun ta kammala digiri a fannin zane-zane a Jami’ar Legas (UNILAG), Akoka a shekarar 2009, sannan ta samu digiri na biyu a wannan fanni a shekarar 2016. Ita ce Mataimakiyar Malami a Sashen Fasahar kere-kere a Jami’ar Legas.[1]

Tun daga shekarar 2022, Kekere-Ekun ta kammala karatun digirinta na uku wato Ph.D, wanda ta fara a shekarar 2018, a fannin fasaha da kere-kere a Jami'ar Johannesburg, Afirka ta Kudu.[2][3]

Ayyukan Fasaha

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Kekere-Ekun ta haɗu da sha'awarta da layi tare da hanyar da ake kira takarda quilling, don samar da kyan gani don aikinta. Ayyukanta sun bayyana jigogin macen Najeriya da tarihinta, tatsuniyoyi, karfin iko da daidaito da kuma tasirinsu a cikin wuraren zamantakewar Najeriya wanda zai iya zama kyama ga mata. Mawaƙin na bincikar macen Najeriya a cikin tarihi da na zamani tare da wasu jigogi na musamman game da yanayin zamantakewa da yanayin ƙasa.[4]

Kekere-Ekun ta baje kolin aikinta a Rele Art Gallery da ke Legas, Najeriya (2019);[5] Bindigogi & Ruwa, Johannesburg, Afirka ta Kudu (2019) da Babu Ƙarshen Fasahar Fasaha (2019) a Johannesburg, Afirka ta Kudu da The Koppel Project Hive (2018) a London, Ingila.[6]

Zaɓi nune-nunen

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• 2020: Nunin Rukunin Tsoffin Daliban Matasa na Zamani (Janairu ), Gidan Gallery, Legas

• 2019: Layukan dagewa, Rele Gallery, Legas, Afrilu (Solo)

• 2019: Suffrage, Bindigogi da Ruwan sama , Johannesburg, Yuli

• 2019: Ka yi tunanin Kishiyar, Babu Ƙarshen Zamani , Johannesburg, Mayu

• 2018: Cu-alture da Al'ada: Kwarewa ɗaya, Daban-daban na gida, Koppel Project Hive, London, Oktoba

• 2017: Labarinta, Rele Gallery, Legas, Fabrairu [6]

  • 2017: Her Story, Rele Gallery, Lagos, February[7]

Aikin art fairs

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• 2018: Kekere-Ekun ya shiga ArtX Lagos

• 2019: Baje kolin zane-zane na farko na yammacin Afirka, an nuna ayyukanta a baje kolin fasahar Latitude da Turbine Art Fair a Johannesburg, Afirka ta Kudu.[8]

Mujallu na fasaha

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2021: An nuna ta a cikin mujallar "Artafrica"[9]

Baje kolin Kekere-Ekun mai suna "Layukan Dagewa" 2019 an bayyana shi a matsayin nunin da ya dace wanda ke tattauna siyasar mace a Najeriya.[10] A halin yanzu dai mawakin yana aiki ne a wani lokaci da ke neman rubuta tarihi, abubuwan da suka gada daga mawakan mata a Najeriya da aka yi watsi da su a baya.[11] Gabaɗaya, ana kallon aikinta a matsayin mai mahimmanci, wajen ba da gudummawa ga al'ummar Najeriya masu fasaha, waɗanda ke neman bikin ƴan mata masu fasaha a ƙasar.

Girmamawa

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A cikin 2018, Kekere-Ekun ta sami lambar yabo don Ƙirƙiri daga The Future Awards Africa (TFAA).[12] A cikin wannan shekarar, ta kuma sami kyautar $5,000 daga mai shirya kiɗa, Swizz Beats da mawaƙa, Alicia Keys, wanda ta yi amfani da kuɗin baje kolin ta na solo, "Layin Resilient" a Rele Art Gallery a Lagos, Nigeria. A cikin 2016, ta sami tallafi daga The Rele Art Foundation, a matsayin wani ɓangare na shirin su na "Young Contemporaries".[13] Sauran lambobin yabo da ta samu sun hada da lambar yabo ta Jami'ar Legas a shekarar 2014 da kuma karamin ofishin jakadancin Amurka. Gasar Fasaha ta 'Watan Tarihin Mata' a 2012. An zabi Ayobola Kekere-Ekun a matsayin daya daga cikin wadanda suka lashe kyautar "Absa L'Atelier" na 2021.[14]

Manazarta

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