#ghanaian canadian artist

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Ekow Nimako makes spectacular artwork from LEGO.

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This LEGO Artist Builds Masterpieces Using All Black Bricks | Obsessed | WIRED

"It just had this appeal to me because you can create the things you don't have." Meet Ekow Nimako, a Ghanaian-Canadian artist who uses black LEGO bricks to build jaw-dropping sculptures.

While some of his masterpieces take nearly one-thousand hours to create, he has the ability to prototype a new design in just one day. We tour his home studios where he began creating his breathtaking art and explore some of his custom builds inspired by Black mythology.

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Lucien Laviscount (1992) Afro Antiguan / English.

Jacob Artist (1992) African-American / Polish.

Kit Young (1994) Ugandan / Scottish.

Justice Smith (1995) African-American / Italian and French-Canadian - is queer.

Noah Gray-Cabey (1995) African-American / European.

Mason Gooding (1996) African-American, Aro-Barbadian / European [possibly German, other].

Michael Evans Behling (1996) Nigerian / German.

Odiseas Georgiadis (1996) Ghanaian / Greek.

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This LEGO Artist Builds Masterpieces Using All Black Bricks | Obsessed | WIRED "It just had this appeal to me because you can create the things you don't have." Meet Ekow Nimako, a Ghanaian-Canadian artist who uses black LEGO bricks to build jaw-dropping sculptures. While some of his masterpieces take nearly one-thousand hours to create, he has the ability to prototype a new design in just one day. We tour his home studios where he began creating his breathtaking art and explore some of his custom builds inspired by Black mythology. Check out more of Ekow's work on TikTok: @ekownimakostudios Director: Charlie Jordan Director of Photography: Dave Sanders Editor: Jordan Calig Expert: Ekow Nimako Creative Producer: Wendi Jonassen Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi Associate Producer: Brandon White Production Manager: D. Eric Martinez Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila Camera Operator: Jerome W. Tan Sound Mixer: Dave Plank Production Assistant: Andrew Vance Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► http://wrd.cm/15fP7B7 Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► https://ift.tt/kvoIB4Q Want more WIRED? Get the magazine ►► https://ift.tt/mtWyR7k Follow WIRED: Instagram ►►https://ift.tt/8GROcrv Twitter ►►http://www.twitter.com/wired Facebook ►►https://ift.tt/bUXfhAP Tik Tok ►►https://ift.tt/9CcbfYG Get more incredible stories on science and tech with our daily newsletter: https://wrd.cm/DailyYT Also, check out the free WIRED channel on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV. ABOUT WIRED WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. Through thought-provoking stories and videos, WIRED explores the future of business, innovation, and culture. via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR-i-pqFqqE

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Black Lego sculptures telling stories of African history

Ekow Nimako is a Ghanaian-Canadian artist who builds surreal sculptures using only black Legos. He started making Lego sculptures in 2012 and his career took off two years later when he received a grant to exhibit his work in Canada.

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Jag vill önska dig en vacker och fin lucia med lite ljus i mörkret! We are together in a Merry Christmas song for you Link: https://youtu.be/TiyopRf6KsE?si=8RUcTpJD1Zi1b8-I

Då är världen än en gång samlad med BJ Sam från Afrika där vi visar att vi är bröder och systrar på moder Jord.

Det är hög tid att öppna dom vackra ögonen. Love peace ☮️ understanding är framtiden i en fri demokratisk och jämlik värld 🌍

BJ Sam has set the record as the first artiste to feature music acts from every corner of the globe, in his newly released song, Merry Christmas.

A sneak peek of the song’s visual reveals a global assemblage of over 22 music icons from different race, colour and creed united and singing joyfully in harmony offering their Yuletide wishes in their various native tongue. The featured vocalists, include Hollywood Oscar nominee, Paul Raci, who just premiered his new films "The Mother" with Jennifer Lopez and “Butcher's Crossing" with Nicholas Cage; Bollywood star Jaspinder Narula; Ghanaian legendary Singer Diana Hopeson the former President of Musicians Union of Ghana; Grammy member Dona Maria; Monaco international ballet star/actress-singer Lorena Baricalla; French singer Thieriki, Japanese actor SHINRYU, Australian screen legend Greg Poppleton, Brazilian songstress Nina Ximenes, Moroccan vocalist Meryem, and New Zealand singer Eddie Simon

Among the musicians are Swedish acclaimed music icons Magnus Rosen and Mikael Erlandsson, Singapore violinist Eileen Chai; American multi- instrumentalist John Heinrich who has played for most of the American music icons including Louis Armstrong, award-winning pianist and journalist for York Times Charu Suri, Canadian drummer Chad Melchert, German guitarist Klaus Vanscheidt, French multi-instrumentalist Pierre Baillot. A truly global assembly with a truly global sound – quite distinctive and an admirable departure from the usual Christmas fare.

Pat Weaver, the Head of Production for Warner Chappell Production Music (WCPM), also reach out to BJ Sam after listening to the song and said that Warner Music is interested in purchasing the material.

Kindly pulse for a minutes and check it out and add to your playlist. Link: https://youtu.be/TiyopRf6KsE?si=8RUcTpJD1Zi1b8-I

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Meet Ekow Nimako, a Ghanaian-Canadian artist who uses black LEGO bricks to build jaw-dropping sculptures inspired by Black mythology.

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LUNA LONZO COLLABORATES WITH GHANAIAN ARTISTES ON CANADA TO GHANA

Canadian artiste Luna Lonzo has collaborated with two Ghanaian artistes on ‘Canada to Ghana,’ released on Friday, July 28. ‘Canada to Ghana’ is produced by Urhyness and features two Ghanaian artistes, Snipar and Sonny Boi. Both audio and video are available on music streaming platforms, and the official video is on Youtube. Luna Lonzo is a known risk taker whose unrelenting drive has taken him…

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July 21 Zodiac - Full Horoscope Personality

A piece vain, with a marvelous disposition: they are protectors of nature and provincial life. They are keen on horticulture and appreciate the excellence of nature in the entirety of its structures. Unequivocal and patient, they are individuals with political propensities and public person. They are extremely delicate to a wide range of impacts, thusly they can't feel cheerful except if they are in an agreeable climate. Patient, serene: dependable in their feelings and connections, fit for forfeiting themselves for their friends and family and goals. Respectable, profound thought, alluringly powerful over others. They will make progress according to land, houses, land, as well as water, ocean and route. Your marriage doesn't guarantee bliss, despite the fact that it could bring some material addition. The deficiencies of this birthday incorporate being genuinely and erotically degenerate, inefficiency, and shortcoming of will, making them untrustworthy. They will have a few errors with their folks. They can get past life deftly, despite the fact that they need to get cash only for it, so they could risk becoming tightfisted. Their wellbeing is very sensitive: they are misused areas of strength for with, awful news, worry for their friends and family or monetary challenges. There is an inclination to stress and over the top distortion. Fretfulness, disappointment, and accomplishments made in a negative way adversely impact processing. Treating these individuals' sicknesses ought to likewise incorporate focusing on their creative mind, which continues to track down new explanations behind concern.

July 21 Zodiac - Full Horoscope Personality 

 In the event that your birthday is July 21, your zodiac sign is Malignant growth

July 21 - character and character character: perfect, diligent, autonomous, hateful, severe, brutal calling: dressmaker, janitor, engine driver tones: pink, brown, red stone: coral creature: starfish plant: poplar fortunate numbers: 4,18,19,31,41,55 very fortunate number: 21 Occasions and Observances - July 21 Venezuela: Public Veterinary Specialist Day. Bolivia: Day of the saints of the Public Upset. Guam: Freedom Day. Belgium: Public day. July 21 Superstar Birthday. Who was conceived that very day as you? 1903: Silvina Ocampo, Argentine essayist, brief tale author and writer (f. 1993) 1905: Miguel Mihura, Spanish essayist, visual artist and comedian (f. 1977). 1911: Marshall McLuhan, Canadian writer (d. 1980). 1917: Emilio Romero Gდ³mez, Spanish columnist. 1919: Nuto Revelli, Italian essayist. 1920: Constance Dowling, American entertainer. 1920: Zelmar Guenol, Argentine entertainer and jokester (d. 1985). 1920: Steady Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (d. 2005). 1920: Isaac Harsh, Ukrainian musician. 1922: Juana Ginzo, Spanish radio entertainer. 1923: Rudolph Marcus, American physicist, 1992 Nobel Prize in Science. 1924: Wear Knotts, American entertainer (d. 2006). 1925: Osiris Rodrდ­guez Castillos, Uruguayan writer and author. 1926: Norman Jewison, Canadian producer. 1926: Bill Pertwee, English comic entertainer (d. 2013). 1930: Javier Escrivდ¡, Spanish entertainer. 1934: Anatoli Geleskul, Russian interpreter (d. 2011). 1935: Juan Pablo Izquierdo, performer, Chilean guide, Public Award of Melodic Crafts of Chile. 1936: Julio Valdeდ³n Baruque, Spanish antiquarian. 1938: Janet Reno, previous US head legal officer. 1939: Chacho Echenique, Argentine folkloric creator and author, of the Salteno Pair. 1939: John Negroponte, American ambassador. 1940: Alcy Cheuiche, Brazilian essayist. 1941: Tina Serrano, Argentine entertainer. 1943: Edward Herrmann, American entertainer (d. 2014). 1943: Lucrecia Mდ©ndez de Penedo, Guatemalan teacher, abstract pundit and writer. 1944: John Evans Atta Plants, Ghanaian president (d. 2012). 1944: Tony Scott, English producer (d. 2012). 1946: Domingo Felipe Cavallo, Argentine business analyst. 1948: Beppe Grillo, Italian joke artist, entertainer and government official. 1948: Feline Stevens (Yusuf Islam), English artist. 1948: Litto Nebbia, Argentine artist. 1948: Guillermo Ortiz Martდ­nez, Mexican business analyst. 1949: Franco Simone, Italian artist musician. 1949: Oscar Osqui Amante, Argentine guitarist and artist, of the band Oveja Negra (f. 2014). 1950: Ubaldo Fillol, Argentine soccer player. 1951: Robin Williams, American entertainer (d. 2014). 1955: Marcelo Bielsa, Argentine soccer player and mentor. 1955: Joaquდ­n Galდ¡n, Argentine artist musician, of the Pimpinela team. 1955: Andrდ©s Palma, Chilean business analyst. 1957: Jon Lovitz, American entertainer and joke artist. 1958: Liliana Bodoc, Argentine essayist. 1958? Giulia Tamayo Leდ³n, Peruvian legal counselor, protector of ladies' privileges (f. 2014). 1960: Fritz Walter, German footballer. 1961: Jim Martin, American guitarist, of the band Confidence No More. 1962: Lee Aaron, Canadian artist. 1964: Gustavo Bermდºdez, Argentine entertainer. 1965: Javier Calamaro, Argentine artist. 1966: Gabriel Schultz, Argentine radio and TV host and columnist. 1967: Dmitri Kholodov, Russian columnist (d. 1994). 1968: Brandi Chastain, American footballer. 1969: Klaus Graf, German motorsport driver. 1970: Michael Fitzpatrick, American artist of the band Fitz and The Fits of rage 1971: Charlotte Gainsbourg, French entertainer and vocalist. 1973: Fey, Mexican artist. 1974: Jordi დ‰vole, Spanish comedian. 1978: Josh Hartnett, American entertainer. 1978: Justin Bartha, American entertainer. 1978: Damian Marley, Jamaican artist. 1979: Tania Llasera, Spanish entertainer and moderator. 1981: Paloma Confidence, English artist and entertainer. 1981: Joaquდ­n Sდ¡nchez, Spanish footballer. 1981: Stefan Schumacher, German cyclist. 1981: Romeo Santos, American artist musician. 1983: Eivor Pდ¡lsdდ³ttir, Faroese artist musician. 1985: Wei-Yin Chen, Taiwanese baseball player. 1985: Von Wafer, American ball player. 1986: Fernando Tielve, Spanish entertainer. 1986: Anthony Annan, Ghanaian footballer. 1986: Rebecca Ferguson, English artist. 1986: Livia Brito, Cuban entertainer 1988: DeAndre Jordan, American ball player. 1989: Rory Culkin, American entertainer. 1989: Jamie Waylett, English entertainer. 1989: Marco Fabiდ¡n, Mexican soccer player.

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Ghanaian Artist Obrafour Sues Drake For $10M Over Copyright Infringement

Ghanaian Hip Hop legend, Michael Elliot Darko aka Obrafour has dragged award-winning Canadian rapper Drake to court for sampling his song without permission. In 2022, Drake released the album ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ and on the 6th track, ‘Calling My Name’, he sampled the 2003 remix of Obrafour’s ‘Oye Ohene’. The Ghanaian artiste is suing him in a New York court, saying Drake infringed on his copyright when he sampled his song without seeking his approval. The court documents read; “Defendants released the Infringing Work on June 17, 2022, despite the fact that an agent of one or more Defendants had previously contacted Obrafour seeking to obtain Obrafour’s permission for the use of the Copyrighted Work in the Infringing Work.” “Obrafour never granted Defendants permission to use the Copyrighted Work and the Infringing work was released mere days later”. According to Obrafour, the ‘Hotline Bling’ hitmaker and other defendants in the suit have greatly benefited from the proceeds of the song since its release. The Ghanaian musician is therefore seeking $10,000,000 (Ten Million Dollars) in damages among others. “To date, over the mere 304 days that have elapsed since the Infringing Work was released, the Infringing Work has already been streamed over 4.1 million times on YouTube, streamed over 47,442,160 times on Spotify, and streamed tens of millions of times on Apple Music. “In addition to generating enormous sums of global streams and sales across numerous platforms, the Infringing Work has also been exploited by the Defendants via other means, including live performance,” the document added. He is also seeking an injunction requiring the “defendants and their agents, employees, officers, attorneys, successors, licensees, partners, and assigns, and all persons acting in concert or participation with each or any one of them, to cease directly and indirectly infringing, and causing, enabling, facilitating, encouraging, promoting, inducing, and/or participating in the infringement of any of Obrafour’s rights protected by the Copyright Act.” Read the full article

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Hii!! Can you suggest me some biracial faceclaims? Preferably half white half black if you won’t mind 🙏🏻

Women:

Nina Sosanya (1969) Nigerian / English.

Tamara Taylor (1970) Black Canadian / Scottish.

Carmen Ejogo (1973) Nigerian / Scottish.

Amanda Brugel (1978) Black Canadian / English.

Megalyn Echikunwoke (1983) Nigerian / English and Scots-Irish.

Annie Ilonzeh (1983) Igbo Nigerian / Polish, English.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw (1983) Zulu South African / English.

Zawe Ashton (1984) Ugandan / English.

Natalie Gumede (1984) Zimbabwean / English.

Cush Jumbo (1985) Nigerian / English.

Jessica Lucas (1985) Black Canadian / European.

Ilfenesh Hadera (1985) Ethiopian / Unspecified White.

Cynthia Addai-Robinson (1985) Ghanaian / English.

Hannah John-Kamen (1989) Nigerian / Norwegian.

Jasmine Cephas Jones (1989) African-American / English.

Nanna Blondell (1986) Ghanaian / Swedish.

Logan Browning (1989) African-American / European.

Belinda Owusu (1989) Ghanaian / English.

Laura Harrier (1990) African-American / Rusyn, English, German, Swiss-German.

Paulina Singer (1991) African-American / Ukrainian.

Berta Vázquez (1992) Ethiopian / Ukrainian.

Kiersey Clemons (1993) African-American / European - is queer.

Aisha Dee (1993) African-American / Unspecified White.

Fola Evans-Akingbola (1994) Nigerian / British.

Jasmin Savoy Brown (1994) African-American / English, German, Norwegian, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish - is queer.

Corinne Foxx (1994) African-American / European.

Melissa Rakiro (1994) Kenyan / German, Irish.

Non-binary:

Olive Gray (1994) Zambian / English - non-binary - they/them

Quintessa Swindell (1997) African-American / Unspecified White - non-binary - he/they.

Tylan Grant (2001) Zambian / English - non-binary - they/he - is Autistic.

Men:

Daniel Sunjata (1971) African-American / Irish, German.

Richard Ayoade (1977) Nigerian / Norwegian.

Joey Ansah (1982) Ghanaian / English.

Kendrick Sampson (1988) African-American / English, other.

Regé-Jean Page (1990) Zimbabwean / British.

Elliot Knight (1990) Nigerian / English.

Jacob Artist (1992) African-American / Polish.

Justice Smith (1995) African-American / Italian, French-Canadian - is queer.

Jidenna (1985) Igbo Nigerian / English, German, Dutch.

Noah Gray-Cabey (1995) African-American / European.

Michael Evans Behling (1996) Nigerian / Unspecified White.

Odiseas Georgiadis (1996) Ghanaian / Greek.

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The carefully strung together arrangement of rhythmic pulse and rhyming flow denotes the extraordinary soundscape of promising hip hop musician Franci Gunz.

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Afrofuturist Ekow Nimako Uses LEGO To Embrace His Culture

Afrofuturist Ekow Nimako Uses LEGO To Embrace His Culture

Ghanaian-Canadian Ekow Nimako grew up feeling as though he really didn’t see much of himself in the world around him. Comic books, cartoons, music, even toys meant to foster his understanding of the world or his creative self didn’t accurately reflect the culture with which he was familiar or his people’s experiences. Now, as an artist, he’s doing something about it. Afrofuturist Ekow Nimako LEGO…

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◼️🖤#ArtIsAWeapon “I’m making art...This is fine art. It’s not a hobby; it’s not a toy, it’s not part of the Lego fandom, it’s not goofy. It doesn’t fall into a lot of categories that Lego creations fall into.” - #Artist #EkowNimako @ekownimako to CNN. Swipe 👈🏾 #Photos by @samuelengleking • Reposted from @blackenterprise www.blackenterprise.com/tag/ekow-nimako/ For 42-year-old Ghanaian Canadian artist Ekow Nimako, creating ‘unequivocally Black’ art with Lego bricks speaks to reimagination, acknowledgment of the past, and a hopeful, inclusive future. His journey as a Lego sculptor began in 2012, two years before receiving a grant to showcase his work in Canada during #BlackHistoryMonth. Then he realized the purpose of his work, which now speaks to the futuristic approach to his art. “I started realizing that not only did I enjoy making art with Lego, but it was important that I made Black art very specifically,” he said. Nimako intentionally uses black Lego bricks for its “sophisticated” and sometimes “foreboding or haunting” color. Despite their features or what I may do with them, they’ll always be regarded as Black,” he said. Nimako, who considers himself a “futurist,” channels Africa’s remarkable history and its powerful future, creating his sculptures with the infusion of #Africanfuturism, #Afrofuturism, and #Afrofantasy. He sheds light on the experience of those on the African continent and African American experience of looking into the future, drawing from the past, and connecting to the continent. In his “Building Black: Civilizations” series, Nimako reimagines medieval sub-Saharan African narratives and explores medieval West Africa, and reimagines what it would look like 1,000 years in the future. The exhibition features a series of stunning sculptures built with over 100,000 black LEGO® pieces and can be found in the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto. - #BlackArt #LegoSculptor #BlackLEGOs #BlackArtists #LEGO #BlackGirlArtGeeks https://www.instagram.com/p/CZeyRD8LY4f/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Building Black: Ekow Nimako's All-Black Lego Sculptures

For his series called Building Black, Ekow Nimako uses only black Lego pieces to build fantastical and futuristic sculptures based on West African masks, folklore, and medieval kingdoms. From Colossal:

Running through each of these artworks is a fluid understanding of time and space that blurs the distinction between generations, locations, and histories in order to imagine a new reality. "We are all living proof of our ancestors, all their joy, love, knowledge, and pain. They live in our DNA," the Ghanaian-Canadian artist says. "Aesthetically, I enjoy taking elements from bygone eras and creating futuristic landscapes, particularly of African utopias to imagine a liberated existence for us all."

That blurred temporality that foregrounds his sculptures and installations parallels his own trajectory, as well. "My art practice developed when I was four years old, as I constantly told myself I want to do this (play with LEGO) forever, and sometimes it feels as though my future self communicated with my past self, astrally perhaps, to ensure this very specific destiny manifested," he says, noting that the plastic blocks have remained a fixture in both his personal and professional life since becoming a father.

Vice did a short video feature on Nimako and his work:

(via colossal)