Gregory Krikko Obbott
Gregory Krikko Obbott | |
|---|---|
| Born | Okon town |
| Nationality | Nigerian-American |
| Occupation | Artist and architect |
| Known for | his enormous pencil drawings of city-scapes |
| ụdịekere | nwoke  |
|---|---|
| mba o sị | Njikota Obodo Amerika |
| aha enyere | Gregory |
| ọrụ ọ na-arụ | omenkà |
Gregory "Krikko" Obbott bụ ónyé Naijiria-Amerịka na-ese ihe na ónyé na-ese ụkpụrụ ụlọ nke a maara nke ọma màkà nnukwu ihe osise pensụl ya nke ọbọdọ.[1] Ụfọdụ n'ime ọrụ ya na-egosi na nnukwu ebe njem ọha na eze, a pụkwara ịzụta ya n'aka ndị na-ere ahịa na ebe ndị njem nleta dị ka Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Fifth Avenue, na Skyscraper Museum. "Krikko" bụ aha ọ na-eji eme ihe màkà ọrụ ya niile.
Ọrụ ndị a ma ama
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Krikko emeela ihe karịrị puku iri na ise eserese nke ụlọ ọbọdọ, ọtụtụ n'ime ha sitere na postcard na foto. Ọ na-arụ ọrụ ugbu a site na ụlọ ọrụ Krikko Productions, nke dị na Winthrop Avenue na New Haven, CT. Ụfọdụ n'ime ọrụ ya gụnyere:
- "Super Big Apple" (1995), ihe osise pensụl 15′×20′ nke Manhattan, NYC.[2] Akụkụ ahụ chọrọ pensụl puku abụọ na narị anọ na iri itoolu na isii iji see, ma gosipụta ihe karịrị ụlọ puku iri na windo otu narị puku na iri ise.
Ndụ onwe onye
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Krikko si n'ọbọdọ Okon na ikot abasi mpaghara gọọmentị nke akwa ibom steeti, ndịda Naịjirịa. Ọ bụ naanị nwa nne na nna ya mụrụ. Nné ya nwụrụ mgbè a mụrụ ya, ya mèrè, naanị ọrụ dị n'aka nna ya ịzụlite ya.
Krikko lụrụ ma mesịa kewaa ya na ónyé na-eme ihe nkiri Nollywood a ma ama bụ OBOT ETUK; ha nwere ụmụ abụọ bụ Obot Ubong na Obot Idara.
Krikko si Naịjirịa kwaga United States n'afọ 1974, ma mesịa gaa Mahadum nke Southwestern Louisiana n'ime School of Arts and Architecture, gụsịrị akwụkwọ na 1981.[3] Kemgbe afọ 1990, ọ na-ebi na New Haven, Connecticut, ébé ọ nọgidere na-eji nzere ya na-ewu ụlọ. N'afọ 2007 Krikko zụrụ ụlọ nke ụlọ Phillip Fresenius House n'ọbọdọ New Haven màkà $ 5,000.[4] A gbahapụrụ ụlọ ahụ, nke dị na 210 West Street, n'elu "The Hill", kemgbe e mechiri ụlọ ọrụ biya ahụ na 1977. N'oge Krikko zụrụ ya, ụlọ ahụ adịghị mma ma jupụta na agịga ọgwụ na nsị anụmanụ. Ọ na-eme atụmatụ ịgbanwe ụlọ ahụ ka ọ bụrụ "A Pencil Museum In the Hill;" ébé ngosi nka ụmụaka nwéré ụlọ ngosi ọha na eze na oghere studio. Ọbọdọ New Haven anabatala ọrụ ahụ, ka ha na-achọ iwughachi mpaghara gbara ya gburugburu.
N'èzí ọrụ ya dị ka ónyé na-ese ihe, Krikko bụ ónyé na-egwu saxophon jazz.
Edensibia
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ Obbott (1999). KRIKKO Productions. Archived from the original on January 25, 1999. Retrieved on August 19, 2008.
- ↑ Radomsky, Rosalie R. (1997, October 26). Features Gregory Krikko Obbott and his drawing 'New York City: Super Big Apple.' New York Times, 147(50957), p.8 sec.14, 1bw
- ↑ Missy (2003, January 10). Who is Krikko Obbott and why do I care? [MSG4]. Message posted to Google Answers
- ↑ Bailey, Melissa (2007, September 24). Pencil Artist Builds Museum In The Hill. Retrieved August 19, 2008 from New Haven Independent.org.