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    Sunday 23 October 2016

    Mike Asukwo, a reformist to speak on national issues at TEDx event in Uyo


    We are thrilled to announce Mike Asukwo to our line-up of speakers. Mike Asukwo, whose gift has brought joy to many both home and abroad, was born in Idua Assang in Oron Local government of Akwa Ibom state.

    He attended St Vincent’s College, Oron, and later did a bit of Business Administration at the Calabar Polytechnic where the art in him made sure he found it boring. He then left in his second year.

    Restlessness took him to many studios, galleries, fairs and workshop and finally landed at the prestigious Yaba College of Technology where he stopped to study fine art formally for the first time and specialized in Sculpture.

    After graduation, he became a full time studio artist for a while, creating series of sculptures, drawings and painting that enjoyed great patronage.

    He later teamed up with Reni Folawiyo to set up a studio for only hand crafted goods. It was a memorable time for him because the unique challenges of that period birthed a direction and philosophy that influenced his later works.

    “It was an era that improved the quality of my thought processes and enriched the intellectual content of my creative efforts infusing a sophisticated and minimalist approach that gave my work a wider appeal”, he said.

    He has created illustrations and cartoons for several magazines and newspapers, books, children’s books, newsletters and journals in Nigeria and abroad. 

    Some of them are Pioneer Newspaper, Niger Delta Standard, Abuja Inquirer, Momentum Magazine, Welcome (A tourist Magazine) etc, Port Harcourt Post, Golden Icons, True Crime Newspaper, Metro Sports, among others. He currently works with BusinessDay Newspaper as Chief Editorial Artist.
    9:00 am
    28th October 2016
    E7 OBA Laison Office, Ewet Housing Estate, Uyo, Akwa Ibom state

    Source: Ejikeme P Nwosu
                  



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