Sokarl Douglas CAMP

Biographical record

Surname

CAMP

First Name

Sokarl

Other Names

Douglas

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

December 18, 1958

State of Origin

Buguma, Rivers

Profession

Artist

Working Experience

Television Producer, A Study of Possession as an Art Form: Kolati, 1982; The Baguma Centenary, 1984; Artist in Residence, Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, 1986-87; Africa Centre, London, 1987; Castle Museum, Nottingham, England, 1987; Produces machine-powered sculptures and participated in Pachipamwe II Artists' Workshop, Zimbabwe, 1989; works and teaches in London

Schools Attended with Dates

California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, USA, 1978; Central School of Art and Design, London, 1983; Royal College of Art, London, 1986.

Educational Qualification

Bachelors of art B.A, and M.A

Academic Honours

First Class Honours, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, USA, 1978; Amy Sadur Firedlander Prize, 1981; Saatchi and Saatchi Award, 1982; Princess of Wales Scholarship, 1983; Henry Moore Bursary, 1983

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

Alali (Festival Time), Africa Centre, Undon, 1982; Artist ofthe Day, Angela Flowers Gallery, London, 1984; Alali, (Festival Time), The October Gallery, London, 1985; Alali, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England, 1985; Alali, Milton Keynes Exhibition Gallery, Milton Keynes, England, 1986; Sekiapi: Nigerian Masquerade with Sculpture, by Sokari Douglas Camp, Africa Centre London, 1987; Echoes of the Kalabari, National Museum of Arican Art, Washington, DC, 1989.