Aniekan Udofia (born 1976) is a
portrait artist known for his large-scale paintings and murals in the
Washington, D.C.
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area.
His art work familiar to the community of
northwest D.C, came to prominence after a mural tribute to
American icon
Duke Ellington. Udofia garnered national attention with his caricatures and photorealistic illustrations for publications such as
XXL,
Vibe
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, DC Pulse, and
The Source
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.
Udofia other famous works were the huge murals of
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, February 1817 or 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became ...
The Washington Post
/ref> and George Washington. He is also well-known from his solo and group live paintings at various Washington events, which are sponsored by companies like Red Bull, Heineken, Honda, Current TV
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, Timberland including and Adidas. In December 2011, Udofia and his works headlined a Visual Collaborative
Visual Collaborative is an American festival and publishing platform highlighting the intersections of people, commerce, and innovation. Acclaim for its social impact in humanities, it was featured by VOA, for advancing the cause of humanities and ...
pop-up exhibition called ''Visual Grandeur''.
The Village B-Boy
Udofia's ‘’The Village B-Boy‘’ was a trademark exhibition. It 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 people of Nigerian descent
Nigerian artists
Contemporary painters