Azeez Kayode Fakeye (1965-2009), is a Nigerian sculptor. He was born in Ibadan, Nigeria. The Fakeye family were a multigenerational group of Yoruba sculptors, and he is related to Lamidi Fakeye, Akin Fakeye, and Lukman Alade Fakeye.
Lamidi Olonade Fakeye’s career began at age Ten when he carved his first piece and began studying traditional Yoruba art under his father. In 1949, he was apprenticed to the master carver George Bamidele Arowoogun. He worked with him a great deal, right up to his death.
In 1960 Fakeye had his first solo art exhibition in Nigeria. In 1978 he became an instructor at the Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife Nigeria, where he unveiled his incredible statue of Odudua.
During his long career, he achieved great fame around the world as one of the greatest African artists of modern times.
Fakeye’s work appears in many private collections, as well as the permanent collections of institutions such as the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts
A retrospective exhibition of Fakeye’s life work was held at the Smithsonian during 1999. The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened between December 1999 and January 2000. These exhibitions illustrated the living tradition of the Osi-Ilorin school that Fakeye grew from.
Fakeye served as artist-in-residence at several prestigious universities between 1989 and 1995.
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| Arugba |
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| Arugba II |
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| Acrobatics |
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| Abiyamo (Mother breastfiding) |
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| A farmer and his dog, the farmer balancing a basket of bread on his head |
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| A Drummer |
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| Contemporary Yoruba wood sculpture |
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| Warrior King on Horseback with Attendants |
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| Two Figures of Yoruba Hunters |
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| Piece #8 |
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| Oshe Sango |
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| Nigerian Wood Sculpture |
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| Kneeling Woman |
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| Humble Giver |
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| ESU Flutist, Sango Gangan Drummer and Bata Drummer |
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| EPA Mask |
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| Yoruba figure with drum |
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