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Sokari Douglas Camp CBE (born 1958 in Nigeria) is an artist who has had exhibitions all over the world and was the recipient of a bursary from the Henry Moore Foundation. She was honoured as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2005 Birthday Honours list.〔(Sokari Douglas Camp CBE, InIVA. )〕 ==Biography== Camp was born in Buguma, Nigeria, a Kalabari town in the Niger Delta. She was raised by her brother-in-law, the anthropologist Robin Horton. She studied art at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California (1979–80), earned her BA degree at the Central School of Art and Design (1980–83), London, and her MA from the Royal College of Art (1983–86). Her work is predominately sculpted in steel and characteristically takes inspiration from her Kalabari heritage, as well as drawing on other aspects of African culture. She has worked with the Smithsonian and the British Museum. Her work is in their permanent collections. Her sculptures are held in other museum collections in Europe, Britain and Japan and in private collections throughout the world. She has exhibited internationally in galleries, including in Austria, Britain, Cuba, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, Sicily, South Africa, Spain, the USA. Among her notable solo shows are ''Spirits in Steel — The Art of the Kalabari Masquerade'' at the American Museum of Natural History, New York (1998–99); and ''Imagined Steel'' at The Lowry Arts Centre, Manchester, which toured to the Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno; Brewery Art Centre, Cirencester; and Derby Museum and Art Gallery (2002–03). In 2005 she collaborated with Ground Force Ground Force to create work for the Africa Garden at the British Museum, as part of the UK-wide Africa 05 Festival. She has been awarded many commissions for public memorial sculptures, most notably the "Living Memorial" to Ken Saro-Wiwa. In 2003 her proposal ''NO-O-War No-O-War-R'' was shortlisted for Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth.〔("Shortlist of international artists announced for Trafalgar Square's 4th Plinth" ), 25 July 2003.〕〔Chryselle Pathmanathan, ("International shortlist competes for Trafalgar Square's vacant plinth" ), ''The Guardian'', 25 July 2003.〕 Her work features in the 2015 exhibition ''No Colour Bar: Black British Art in Action 1960–1990'' at the Guildhall Art Gallery.〔Julia DeFabo, ("Sokari Douglas Camp in 'No Colour Bar: Black British Art in Action 1960-1990' (10 July 2015 – 24 Jan 2016)" ), AADAT Art, 2015.〕 Camp is married to the architect Alan Camp and has lived in London for many years. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sokari Douglas Camp」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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