Aniekan Udofia (born 1976) is a
portrait artist who has created large-scale paintings and murals in the
Washington, D.C. area.
His art work, familiar to the community of
northwest
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D.C., came to prominence after a mural tribute to American icon
Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous Big band, jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life.
Born and raised in Washington, D ...
. Udofia garnered national attention with his caricatures and photorealistic illustrations for publications such as
XXL,
Vibe, DC Pulse, and
The Source.
Udofia's other works are huge murals of
Frederick DouglassThe Washington Post
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, Timberland, and Adidas. In December 2011, Udofia and his works headlined a Visual Collaborative pop-up exhibition called ''Visual Grandeur''.
The Village B-Boy
Udofia's "The Village B-Boy" was a collection of over 20 images. The images reflect the vitality and exuberance of the biggest musical export into the United States after jazz. Udofia demonstrated the takeover of the Western pop culture by Africa in this collection, using graphite, paint markers, acrylic, spray paint and stencils.
References
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1976 births
Living people
American artists of Nigerian descent
Nigerian artists
American contemporary painters