Fowokan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Fowokan

Jamaican sculptor

Date of Birth: 01-Apr-1943

Place of Birth: Kingston, Surrey County, Jamaica

Profession: sculptor

Nationality: Nigeria

Zodiac Sign: Aries

George "Fowokan" Kelly (born 1 April 1943) is a Jamaican-born visual artist who lives in Britain and exhibits using the name "Fowokan" (a Yoruba word meaning: "one who creates with the hand").
He is a largely self-taught artist, who has been practising sculpture since 1980.
His work is full of the ambivalence he sees in the deep-rooted spiritual and mental conflict between the African and the European.
Fowokan's work is rooted in the traditions of pre-colonial Africa and ancient Egypt rather than the Greco-Roman art of the west.
He has also been a jeweller, essayist, poet and musician (a former member of the funk group Cymande in the early 1970s).