Eva Obodo Nigeria, b. 1963

Overview

Eva Obodo focuses on fibre and charcoal as conceptual mediums, creating relief PaINTINGS and free standing SCULPTURES THAT ARE CREATED FROM PROCCESSES OF wrapping, tying and bundling.

Incorporating discarded materials such as charcoal and jute fibre, Obodo creates visual narratives that evoke the complex socio-political and economic structures that frame contemporary culture.

 

Obodo’s charcoal works reference issues of natural resources and development in Nigeria, while his fibre works utilise nylon threads that are tied, rolled and wrapped to create colorful visual metaphors. Together, they speak to the connections between individuals and their social relations woven against economic and political backgrounds, connected by community, nation and the global economy through the trade of goods and ideas.

 

Eva Obodo is a professor at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he teaches sculpture and art education.

Biography

"My work talks about a kind of global community, where you have individuals, you have families. Then you have nations, before you begin to talk of the global community. Each piece of charcoal is tied independent of the other. And as they are independent, they also collectively form a whole."

 

- Eva Obodo

Eva Obodo holds an MFA and a PhD from the Department of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and presently teaches sculpture and art education at the same university. He was formerly a lecturer at Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, where he taught art history, sculpture and drawing for several years before joining the University of Nigeria.

 

Eva Obodo held two solo exhibitions with Arthouse-The Space in Lagos, including Ngwugwu (Packages) in 2019 and Line.by.Line in 2015. Obodo has participated in several international group exhibitions in addition to his solo shows, including the Osaka Trienniale (Japan) and DAK’ART (Senegal). In 2013, Obodo was the recipient of the Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship Award.

Works
  • Eva Obodo, Emissions, 2021
    Emissions, 2021
  • Eva Obodo, Pensioner’s Clothesline, 2021
    Pensioner’s Clothesline, 2021
  • Eva Obodo, Spillover, 2021
    Spillover, 2021
  • Eva Obodo, Anonymous, 2020
    Anonymous, 2020
  • Eva Obodo, Behind Closed Door, 2020
    Behind Closed Door, 2020
  • Eva Obodo, Contract Award, 2020
    Contract Award, 2020
  • Eva Obodo, Current, 2020
    Current, 2020
  • Eva Obodo, Every Face is Facing Something, 2020
    Every Face is Facing Something, 2020
  • Eva Obodo, House of Palliatives, 2020
    House of Palliatives, 2020
  • Eva Obodo, Narratives of Palliatives, 2020
    Narratives of Palliatives, 2020
  • Eva Obodo, New Year Present, 2020
    New Year Present, 2020
  • Eva Obodo, Nightmare, 2020
    Nightmare, 2020
  • Eva Obodo, Regret, 2020
    Regret, 2020
  • Eva Obodo, Serious Business I, 2020
    Serious Business I, 2020
  • Eva Obodo, Serious Business II, 2020
    Serious Business II, 2020
  • Eva Obodo, Two Packs: One for You One for Me, 2020
    Two Packs: One for You One for Me, 2020
  • Eva Obodo, What If These Were Straight?, 2020
    What If These Were Straight?, 2020
  • Eva Obodo, Amoebae on the Run , 2019
    Amoebae on the Run , 2019
  • Eva Obodo, Colour TV, 2019
    Colour TV, 2019
  • Eva Obodo, Entanglement, 2019
    Entanglement, 2019
  • Eva Obodo, Organic Movements, 2019
    Organic Movements, 2019
  • Eva Obodo, Camouflage, 2018
    Camouflage, 2018
  • Eva Obodo, In History, 2017
    In History, 2017
  • Eva Obodo, Uche Bu Akpa, 2017
    Uche Bu Akpa, 2017
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