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Sokari Douglas Camp
Artist profile
S
okari Douglas Camp
was born in Buguma,
Rivers State, Nigeria
and studied fine art at
Central School of Art
and Design and the
Royal College of Art.
Sokari has represented
Britain and Nigeria in
National exhibitions
and has had more than 40 solo shows
worldwide. In venues such as National
Museum of African Art, Smithsonian
Institute1988-89. The Museum of
Mankind London1994/5. Her public
artworks include Battle Bus: Living
Memorial for Ken Saro‐Wiwa (2006), a
full-scale replica of a Nigerian steel bus,
which stands as a monument to the late
Niger Delta activist and writer.
In 2003 Sokari was shortlisted for the
Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth. Her
work is in permanent collections at
The Smithsonian Museum, Washington,
D.C., Setagaya Museum, Tokyo and the
British Museum, London. In 2005 she
was awarded a CBE in recognition of her
services to art.
In 2012 All the World is Now Richer, a
memorial to commemorate the abolition
of slavery was exhibited in The House of
Commons. The sculpture was exhibited
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