Sokari Douglas Camp

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Sokari Douglas Camp
CBE
Born1958 (age 65–66)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 2006: Honorary Fellow of the University of the Arts London 2008: Governor, University of the Arts[11] 2017: Honorary Fellowship of SOAS, University of London
Websitesokari.co.uk

Sokari Douglas Camp

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2005 Birthday Honours list.[1]

Biography

Early years and education

Camp was born in

BA degree at the Central School of Art and Design (1980–83), London, and her MA from the Royal College of Art
(1983–86).

She participated in the 1989 Pachipamwe II Workshop held at Cyrene Mission outside Bulawayo, Zimbabwe along with Joram Mariga, Bernard Matemera, Bill Ainslie, Voti Thebe, Adam Madebe and David Koloane.[2]

Work and career

Her work is predominantly sculpted in steel and takes inspiration from her Kalabari heritage, Nigerian cultures and her life in the UK.[3] She has worked with the Smithsonian and the British Museum and her work is in their permanent collections. Her sculptures are held in other museum collections in Europe, Britain and Japan and private collections throughout the world. She has exhibited internationally in galleries, including in Austria, Great Britain, Cuba, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, Sicily, South Africa, Spain, the United States.

An outdoor scene in Southwark London with a large brown-coloured steel sculpture head in the centre. The steel has a woven effect with exaggerated features and a head covering.
Corten Head sculpture by Camp

Among her notable solo shows are Spirits in Steel – The Art of the Kalabari Masquerade at the

Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno; Brewery Art Centre, Cirencester; and Derby Museum and Art Gallery (2002–03). In 2005, she collaborated with Ground Force to create work for the Africa Garden at the British Museum
, as part of the UK-wide Africa 05 Festival.

In 2003, her proposal NO-O-War No-O-War-R was shortlisted for

The House of Commons
.

Her piece Green Leaf Barrel (2014) was inspired by the fact that her home,

No Colour Bar: Black British Art in Action 1960–1990 at the Guildhall Art Gallery.[9] In 2016, her work Primavera was shown at the October Gallery (7 April – 14 May, 2016).[10]

More recent shows include Sokari Douglas Camp CBE: Jonkonnu - Masquerade, shown at the October Gallery 23 June–3 July 2022, a solo exhibition of new work exploring the art of masquerade within Africa and its diaspora.[11]

Personal life

Camp is married to the architect Alan Camp and has lived in London for many years.

Awards

  • 1981: Amy Sadur Friedlander Prize
  • 1982: Saatchi & Saatchi Award
  • 1983: Princess of Wales Scholarship and Henry Moore Foundation bursary
  • 2000: Commonwealth Grant
  • 2005:
    Commander of the Order of the British Empire
    (CBE)
  • 2006: Honorary Fellow of the University of the Arts London
  • 2008: Governor, University of the Arts[12]
  • 2017: Honorary Fellowship of
    SOAS, University of London[13]

Solo exhibitions (pre-1996)

Group exhibitions (pre-1996)

  • New Horizons, South Bank Centre, London (1985)[14]
  • Conceptual Clothing, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (1986)[14]
  • From Two Worlds, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (1986)[14]
  • Influences, South London Art Gallery, London (1988)[14]
  • Time & Motion, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (1989)[14]
  • Art for Amnesty: A Contemporary Art Auction, Bonhams, London (1991)[14]

Portraits

A 2006 photograph of Sokari Douglas Camp by Sal Idriss is part of the National Portrait Gallery collection.[15] A 2009 terracotta was exhibited at Yorkshire Sculpture Park in 2013[16] as part of the Sculpture Series Heads – Contributors to British Sculpture.[17]

Forty-one photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 8 September 1988 during the private view of the exhibition Influences: The Art of Sokari Douglas Camp, Keith Piper, Lubaina Himid, Simone Alexander, Joseph Olubo, Brenda Agard. Several photographs are of the artists with his or her artwork, including Douglas Camp.[18]

References

  1. ^ "Sokari Douglas Camp CBE, InIVA". Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.
  2. JSTOR 3337019
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  3. ^ "Swearing, sculpting and evil spirits". BBC News. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Shortlist of international artists announced for Trafalgar Square's 4th Plinth" Archived 3 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine, 25 July 2003.
  5. ^ Chryselle Pathmanathan, "International shortlist competes for Trafalgar Square's vacant plinth", The Guardian, 25 July 2003.
  6. ISBN 978-1-85669-5480
    .
  7. ^ "About Sokari". sokari.co.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  8. ^ Sokari Douglas Camp, "Green Leaf Barrel", 16 March 2014.
  9. ^ Julia DeFabo, "Sokari Douglas Camp in 'No Colour Bar: Black British Art in Action 1960–1990' (10 July 2015 – 24 January 2016)" Archived 25 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, AADAT Art, 2015.
  10. ^ "Sokari Douglas Camp: Primavera", October Gallery.
  11. ^ "Solo exhibition of new works by Sokari Douglas Camp CBE on view at October Gallery". artdaily.com. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Sokari Douglas Camp", Artists, October Gallery.
  13. ^ "Sokari Douglas Camp CBE", Honorary Fellows and Graduates, SOAS.
  14. ^
    OCLC 36076932
    .
  15. ^ "Sokari Douglas Camp by Sal Idriss, National Portrait Gallery.
  16. ^ "Jon Edgar: Sculpture Series Heads", Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP).
  17. ISBN 978 0 9558675 1 4
  18. ^ Polglaze, Phil. "Influences - South London Gallery Archive". slgarchive.org. Retrieved 29 April 2019.

Further reading

External links

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