MARCELLINA OSEGHALE AKPOJOTOR
143pp., 4to., colour illus., hardback, Rele & Éditions Skira, London & Paris, 2024
ISBN: 9782370742469
Monograph on the practice of Nigerian artist Marcellina Oseghale Akpojotor, with contributions from Marla C. Berns, Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi, Bruce Onobrakpeya and Frank Ugiomoh.
Marcellina Akpojotor was born in 1989 in Lagos, Nigeria. She had her first apprenticeship under her father, before studying Art and Industrial Design at the Lagos State Polytechnic. She works primarily with discarded pieces of the Ankara fabric commonly known as ‘African print fabric’ despite its Dutch origin. In 2017, she was selected to be part of the Rele Arts Foundation Young Contemporaries exhibition and was awarded the Ronke Ekwensi Salon fellowship.