Anthony Azekwoh
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| Born | Anthony Ifechukwude Azekwoh 17 May 2000 (age 24) Lagos State, Nigeria |
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Anthony Ifechukwude Azekwoh is a Nigerian-based award-winning writer, visual artist, and author. He is currently one of the best-selling NFT artists in Nigeria, and has created cover art for prominent Nigerian artistes like Simi, Adekunle Gold, Masego, Blaqbonez, Show Dem Camp, among others.[1]
Life Story and writing career[edit]
Azekwoh was born in Lagos in May of 2000.
He discovered his writing talent while he was in secondary school at Whitesands School in Lagos when he participated in an annual writing competition and anthology organized by his then English teacher Kola Tubosun.[2][3][4] After secondary school, he continued to write, eventually winning the Awele Creative Trust Prize in 2016.[5][6] In the same year, his new work The Fall of the Gods was published in Brittle Paper.[7] Anthony would later sign a publishing deal with American Publishing house, Inkwell publishing, for his third book, The Dark Prince.[8] Anthony has written 5 books so far, and is currently working on the sixth.
Digital painting career[edit]
In 2016, Azekwoh began painting digitally after his laptop stopped working and he couldn't write.[9] He continued to paint, gathering skill and attention for his work, culminating, 4 years later, in the creation of his viral painting, The Red Man,[10] in the year 2020. The painting has since been seen by millions and has inspired countless renditions and interpretations, spurring an underground market of fake paintings in his hometown.[11][12][13]
In 2020, he worked with Nigerian artistes Show Dem Camp, Adekunle Gold and Blaqbonez painting cover art for their respective projects.[14]
In 2021, Azekwoh became involved in NFTs, following the footsteps of Africa’s foremost crypto artist, Osinachi. He began his journey on an NFT platform, Charged Particles, where he sold out in less than 10 minutes. He later continued with revered platforms like SuperRare [1] and Nifty Gateway, finding similar successes.
At the end of the year 2021, Azekwoh held a two day exhibition in Lagos titled Homecoming, that came with the tagline “No physical paint was used in the making of this exhibition,” alluding to the fact that while his work does possess a traditional feel and texture to it, all of it was in fact digital–made with just his laptop and a drawing tablet. With 36 recorded artworks, Homecoming is Nigeria’s biggest solo exhibition by a digital artist.
Philanthropy[edit]
After his success with NFTs, Anthony began pledging 10% of all his sales to his fund, the Anthony Azekwoh Fund where he supports young artists in Nigeria.[15]
In late 2021, after being invited to his old secondary school, Whitesands School, and donating a copy of his painting, The Red Man, he started an alumni art prize to reward exemplary students at the school.[16]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Osinachi". OkayAfrica. 2021-11-30. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
- ↑ Abiodun, Bolu (2021-09-07). "From designing album covers for Adekunle Gold and Blaqbonez, Anthony Azekwoh took a chance on NFTs and made a killing". Techpoint Africa. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
- ↑ "Review of The Sail | An Anthology of Writings by Students in a Lagos Secondary School". Brittle Paper. 2015-08-24. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
- ↑ "Whitesands School Celebrates the Next Generation of African Writers". Brittle Paper. 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
- ↑ "https://twitter.com/awelecreative/status/835335120408219648". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-12-19. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ "THE 2016 ACT AWARD RESULTS". AWELE CREATIVE TRUST. 2017-02-05. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
- ↑ "The Fall of the Gods | Chapter 1: ọ̀kan | Anthony Azekwoh | #TFOG". Brittle Paper. 2017-08-21. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
- ↑ Review, Book O'clock (2020-11-06). "Inkwell Publishing to Publish Nigerian Artist and Writer Anthony Azekwoh's Debut Novel". Medium. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
- ↑ "How Anthony Azekwoh is Creating a Future of Myths". Olongo Africa. 2021-07-07. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
- ↑ "https://twitter.com/anthonyazekwoh/status/1275809308064854017". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-12-21. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ "5 Artists Leading Nigeria's NFT Scene". OkayAfrica. 2021-11-30. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
- ↑ NFT, Artnet (2021-12-15). "The Artnet NFT 30 Report: Meet the Artists, Innovators, and Collectors Who Built Our New Crypto-Art Era (Part Two)". Artnet News. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
- ↑ "How A Viral Painting Earned This 21-Year-Old His First Million". Piggyvest Blog. 2021-11-29. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
- ↑ Abiodun, Bolu (2021-09-07). "From designing album covers for Adekunle Gold and Blaqbonez, Anthony Azekwoh took a chance on NFTs and made a killing". Techpoint Africa. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
- ↑ "The NFT Craze Is Helping Nigerian Artists Go Global". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
- ↑ "Whitesands School on LinkedIn: Alumni prize for Visual Art. To further inspire interest in Visual". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
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