Ekow Nimako
Ekow Nimako (born 1979 in Côte-des-Neiges) is a Ghanaian Canadian artist known for creating sculptures out of Lego. His Lego sculptures focus mainly on African culture, history, and futurism. Nimako uses primarily black Lego pieces.
Ekow Nimako
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- Name
- Ekow Nimako
- Born
- 1979
- Birthplace
- Côte-des-Neiges, Canada
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Education
- York University
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Ekow Nimako (born 1979 in Côte-des-Neiges) is a Ghanaian Canadian artist known for creating sculptures out of Lego. His Lego sculptures focus mainly on African culture, history, and futurism. Nimako uses primarily black Lego pieces.
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• Name — Ekow Nimako • Born — 1979 • Birthplace — Côte-des-Neiges, Canada • Website — ekownimako.com
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Nimako studied art at York University in Toronto, Canada. In 2014, he received a Canadian grant to showcase his art during the country's Black History Month. His work has since been exhibited internationally. Countries that have exhibited his work include Germany, South Korea, and the UK. One of his early favorite pieces is a statue titled Flower Girl. The piece was designed to highlight the lost innocence of African girls taken to the West due to the slave trade. Several of Nimako's works are part of a series, such as his Mythos and Amorphia series, which feature mythical creatures and masks, respectively. In 2022, he created a commissioned piece titled The Great Turtle Race.
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- 1.LEGO Art: Mask-Making with Ekow Nimako. The Power Plant. 2015.
- 2.Nimako, Ekow. With Lego, I explore identity — and build my own vision of the Canadian future. CBC.ca. May 31, 2017.
- 3.Orie, Amarachi. Meet the Ghanaian Canadian Lego sculptor building a Black universe. CNN. 2022-01-11.
- 4.Ekow Nimako. Urban Nation.
- 5.Ormsby, Mary Ormsby. The artist whose career is built on Lego. Toronto Star. 2016-05-29.
- 6.Jordan, Charlie. This LEGO Artist Builds Masterpieces Using All Black Bricks. WIRED.
- 7.Jager, David. Piece by Piece. The York University Magazine.
- 8.Wong, Alex. Yes, that life-sized sculpture is made from thousands of pieces of black Lego. Inside the astounding art of Ekow Nimako. Toronto Star. 2024-01-20.
- 9.Correa, Joshua. Ekow Nimako Is The LEGO Artist Your Kids Should Know About And Heres Why. BuzzFeed. 2022-02-15.
- 10.LEGO Artist Ekow Nimako's Artwork to Go on Display at UW Jan. 30. UWYO News.
- 11.Ekow Nimako's black Lego sculptures telling stories of African history. BBC Online. February 1, 2022.
- 12.Lego artist Ekow Nimako digs into the past to imagine the future. Wyoming Public Media. 2024-02-02.
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