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4 unusual facts about Sokari Douglas Camp


Robin W.G. Horton

Horton's sister-in-law is renowned Nigerian sculptor Sokari Douglas Camp.

Sokari Douglas Camp

A 2006 photograph of Sokari Douglas Camp by Sal Idriss is part of the National Portrait Gallery collection.

She was raised by her brother-in-law, the anthropologist Robin Horton.

Among her notable solo shows are Spirits in Steel — The Art of the Kalabari Masquerade at the American Museum of Natural History, New York (1998-1999); and Imagined Steel at The Lowry Arts Centre, Manchester, which toured to the Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno; Brewery Art Centre, Cirencester; and Derby Museum and Art Gallery (2002–2003).


Brixton Artists Collective

Well known names who exhibited often very early in their careers include Mona Hartoum, Zarina Bhimji, Sutapa Biswas, Hamad Butt, Sokari Douglas Camp, Cathy de Monchaux, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Sunil Gupta, Ulle Holm, Ridgeway Bennett, Jamie Reid, Tina Keane, Sandra Lahire, Peter Kennard, Silvia Ziranek, Rasheed Araeen, Gavin Jantjes, Mary Kelly, Peter Kalkhof and David Medalla.


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