Fine Art (Painting, Sculpting), Architecture (Design and Build), Stage Designer, Theatre Director, Wood worker, Writer
Notable work
ARCHITECTURE- New Culture Studio Ibadan, The Dominican Monastery Ibadan, Oba Akenzua Theatre Benin, Benedictine Monastery Ewu, Demas Nwoko Family house Idumuje-Ugboko, etc
ART- Soja Come Soja go, Beggar, Bathing women, The philosopher, Adam and Eve, Rickshaw man, Mama Teddar (Wall mural in Teddar hall University of Ibadan), Carved Pillars departure hall Muritala Mohammed Airport, etc
BOOKS - Impoverished Generation, New Culture Magazine, Philosophy of an African Democracy
Movement
Independence
Awards
Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON)
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 18th Venice Biennale of Architecture 2023
Demas Nwoko (born 1935) is a Nigerian artist, protean designer, architect and master builder. As an artist, he strives to incorporate modern techniques in architecture and stage design to enunciate African subject matter in most of his works. In the 1960s, he was a member of the Mbari club of Ibadan, a committee of burgeoning Nigerian and foreign artists. He was also a lecturer at the University of Ibadan. In the 1970s, he was the publisher of the now defunct New Culture magazine.[1]
Nwoko, sees design as an ingenuous activity that carries with it a focus on social responsibility for positive influences in the environment and culture of the society.[2]
In 2023, Nwoko was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the International Architecture Exhibition of 18th Venice Biennale of Architecture.[3]
^Dele Jegede, "Nwoko, Demas N.", Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press, accessed on 8 June 2007.
^"Makes a Case for Critical Design", This Day, Nigeria, 24 December 2001.
^Florian, Maria-Cristina. "Demas Nwoko Receives the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 2023 Venice Biennale". ArchDaily. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
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