Fred Martins
Nigerian artist (b. 1988) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fred Ekele Martins listenā(born on 15 September 1988) is a Nigerian artist, visual artist, medical doctor, photographer and artistic director.[1] He was born and named Ekele Martins in Aggah-Egbema, Rivers State,[2][3] Nigeria where he had his primary education before[4] He moved to Simferopol, Ukraine[5] to study medicine in 2010 at the Crimean State Medical University.[6] In 2014, after the Russian annexation of the Crimean peninsula,[7] he moved to Ukrainian mainland of Lviv where[8] he completed the degree program at[9] Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv as a medical doctor.[10]
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Born | September 15, 1988 (1988-09-15) (age 35) Aggah-Egbema, Rivers State, Nigeria |
Alma mater | Crimean State Medical University, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University |
Occupation(s) | Artist, art director |
Known for | Afro comb |
Notable work | 'Orange, Black and Freedom','Lee Nu Echi'. |
Fred Martins uses Afro combs to depicts all the suffering and frustrations pro African activists faced[11] and also as a symbol to celebrate African heroes.Fred portrays the life of Martin Luther King Jr., Marcus Garvey, Nelson Mandela, Patrice Lumumba[12] and Fela Kuti by using Afro combs. In his images, Fred uses the orange[13] background that depicts the prisoners and jail, like the prisoners uniform and His image backgrounds are orange and this shows the hard experience of all the[14] past activists and their suffering in jail.
Fred martins notable works include; 'Orange, Black and Freedom' which is an art series created from the maps of African countries as butterflies pointing out the locations where people suffered genocide as a result of colonialism.[15] Other works of Fred martins include 'Lee Nu Echi', which showcases African children and their struggles with Child Soldier, Child Lynching, Child Marriage, Child Labour among others.