Birth: 1940,in Ibesikpo, Ikot Ide Etok Udo, Akwa Ibom State. Training: Apprenticed to Albert Edet Essien to learn the trade of bricklaying, although he preferred sculpting; no formal training. Profile: Full name, Sunday Jack Akpan; began working full-time as a cement sculptor, 1972; makes naturalistic commemorative figurative sculptures in cement; assisted by a relative, Aniedi Okon Akpan, born in 1916 in Itiam Etoi, Akwa Ibom State, whose cement sculpture, "Lowe," is in the Iwalewa-Haus collection, Bayreuth, Germany. Group Exhibitions "Sculptures en Ciment du Nigeria," Musee des Beaux-Arts de Calais, Calais, France, November 26-December 15, 1985. "Zementskulpturen aus Nigeria," Stuttgart, Germany, 1988. "Magiciens de la Terre," Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, May 18-August 14, 1989. "Icons: Ideals and Power in the Art of Africa," National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC, October 25, 1989-September 3, 1990. Bibliography Nicklin, Keith & Jill Salmons. "S. J. Akpan of Nigeria," African Arts(Los Angeles) 11 (1): 30-34, October 1977. illus. (some color). Sculptures enCimentdu Nigeria, deS. J. Akpan andA. O. Akpan: 26 Novembre-15 Decembre 1985; [exhibition held at the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Calais, Calais, France]. Paris: Association d'Action Artistique, [1985]. 47pp. illus. (some color). Zementskulpturen Aus Nigeria: S. J. AkpanlA. O. Akpan, Stuttgart, 1988; [exhibition held in Stuttgart, 1988]. Stuttgart: Institut fur Auslandsbeziehungen, 1988. 70pp. illus. (some color). Magiciens dela Terre; [exhibition held at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, May 18-August 14, 1989]. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1989. 271pp. Guideri, Remo & Liliana Albertazzi. "An Anthropologist Discusses the Cultural Ramifications of 'Magiciens de la Terre'," Contemporanea (New York) 2 (5): 62-63, July-August 1989. illus. (color). [Discussion with Andre Magnin, Aline Luque and Mark Francis]. Albertazzi, Liliana. "The Magicians Convene In Paris," Contemporanea (New York)2 (5): 54-61, July-August 1989. illus. (color). Cole, Herbert M. Icons: Ideals and Power in theArt of Africa; [exhibition held at the National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC, October 25, 1989-September 3, 1990]. Washington: Published for the National Museum of African Art by the Smithsonian Press, 1989. 207pp. illus.
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