Live, 2013, performance Vancouver.
About:
“For a decade, I have put my art at service of the prevailing concerns of our times; especially those issues that threatening our collective existence and the sustenance of our universe. Therefore, the contents of these concerns ranging from psychosocial and emotional effects of the traumatic events: violence, war, poverty, corruption, climate change, etc., that associated with our warring world dominate my artistic forms.
Porongodo, performance.
Doing drawing, installation sculpture, video and performance art; I strive to help viewers understand the world and expand their understanding and experiences, so that they can activate and renew their lives and environments. However, in expressing myself artistically, I often search for new forms of creativity. Hence, I make collaborations with artists of diverse practices. In other word, my art forms are created out of experimentation and collaborations.
Recent drawing reacting on the violence of Boko Haram.
In the recent times, I have been focusing on enacting social intervention and political motivated live art performances – where self-invented costume, audience, etc. are integrated as symbolic contents. This direction is influenced by the gesture to further the expansion of field in visual art by creating “effective” intersection of performance with theater. Pertinently, I am compelled by the foregoing to make preliminary drawings, photographs and filming of my performances and use same for exhibitions.”
www.jeliliatiku.webs.com
Performance Biennial Marrakesh, 2014.
Born in 27th September, 1968 in Ejigbo (Lagos), Nigeria, I was trained at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria and University of Lagos, Nigeria – Where I was awarded Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts) and Master of Arts (Visual Arts) respectively. I am presently teaching sculpture in Department of Art and Industrial Design, Lagos State Polytechnic, Lagos, Nigeria. I am the project leader of Art Africa Forum, Nigeria; the artistic Director of AFiRIperFOMA – a collective of performance artists in Africa; and Chief Coordinator of Advocate for Human Rights Through Art (AHRA). I am also the CEO/Chairman of Ateckhu Forms Limited.
I have traveled widely and participated in numerous performances/exhibitions/talks in Lagos (Nigeria), Tokyo (Japan), Gunpo (South Korea), Paris (France), Berlin (Germany), Madrid (Spain); Copenhagen (Denmark), Malmo and Jarna (Sweden); London, Wales, Manchester, Scarborough, York (United Kingdom); Vancouver BC and Victoria BC (Canada), Casablanca (Morocco), Accra (Ghana), Harare (Zimbabwe), Limbe and Yaoundé (Cameroun), Kampala (Uganda), etc.
Isin Pari Bami, 2013, performance.