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Conrad Decker

Joined Artgidi: Dec, 2023
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Lagos, Nigeria
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Artist Bio

<p>Born in Lagos, Subomi Decker is a multitalented artist.&nbsp;<br>He is a sculptor, painter, potter, illustrator, poet, dramatist,&nbsp;<br>teacher and a cartoonist. He is the CEO of Enaaroko&nbsp;<br>studios-(The Anthill). He was trained at the notable&nbsp;<br>professor Abayomi Barber School of Thought, University&nbsp;<br>of Lagos. He also attended Obafemi Awolowo university,&nbsp;<br>Ile Ife and Yaba College of Technology, Lagos. His vision&nbsp;<br>as an artist is to postulate an identity, construct a character,&nbsp;<br>politicize and legitimate a definition, sustain and advance&nbsp;<br>a reputation- Tunde Decker(Matrix of Inherited Identity)&nbsp;<br>from the very core essence of visual art. Impacting Nigeria&rsquo;s&nbsp;<br>material culture and beyond. His mission is to aggregate&nbsp;<br>and marshal altruistically new breed of artist, in unison with&nbsp;<br>professionals of like mind towards a cultural renewal. He is&nbsp;<br>the artistic director at Ablesworth Pottery. He is a member&nbsp;<br>of trustee at the Abayomi Barber Foundation. He is a codirector at Afriart Alliance. Conrad was the co-founder and&nbsp;<br>director of the defunct Araba Art Gallery Lagos. He was the&nbsp;<br>founder and president of Asterisk (Defunct): a drawing club,&nbsp;<br>first of its kind at the department of fine and applied artObafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife. Conrad is a member&nbsp;<br>of several professional bodies. They include: Professor&nbsp;<br>Abayomi Barber School of Thought(ABST), Master&nbsp;<br>member of Society of Nigerian Artist(SNA), The best of&nbsp;<br>Ife(OAU), Craft Potters Association of Nigeria(CEPHAN)&nbsp;<br>to mention a few</p>

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