Isaac Emokpae

thumb|Isaac Emokpae Portrait Isaac Emokpae (born Isaac Iken Ismahil Ọláminíyì Erhabor Ogieva Emokpae on November 5, 1977) is a Nigerian visual artist, painter, and photographer. His work is defined by duality and is known for its expressionist and surrealist features. Quotes If you have a passion for something you can run but it is still going to push you right back. Your relationship with God is devoid of religion. No matter how bad things are, you learn to always think positive. The sooner they come back the better. The honest truth is you have to be disciplined and fixed. Don't waver. Anybody you see doing well is because they have stuck to something. Life is about seeds, if you sow a seed and abandon the seed, someone else will eat the fruits. You have to be patient no matter how the progress seems. Do it, stick with it. At our very core, Nigerians are very charitable people. If you remove the urge to grab for myself, you will see the good in us. If you are stranded and need transport fares, someone will be willing to help. We hardly take our aged parents to old people’s homes. When collectors don’t have any of his works to hold, his name becomes of little importance to them. I find kindred spirit in the likes of Femi Kuti, Seun Kuti and Dare Art Alade who are shouldering a heritage. As a Benin man with that culture consciousness, I must carry it is a baton. If there is one thing I inherited from my father, it is that a message is effective when it is simple. My forms represent the semi tangible container that we call the soul, and the colours are expressive of the various emotions that we all encounter in our everyday relationships. As we have the rainy period so we have the sunny period. As there is a time to laugh, so there is a time to cry. It has been a two way thing; the two sides of a coin. Nigerian youths need creative ideas to excel; they should not dream of jobs that are not there. The question has to be, will I want to buy and sell? Do I like what I want to go into? Do I have to create and enjoy what I am about to create? When they work hard in life, they will help themselves and contribute to the country’s GDP. I write everything that I think of or when I hear about something. You have to take cognizance of the location as well. I actually just call myself an artist. We draw lines where there are no lines. Creativity is like a force of interest. Creativity sometimes can behave like a baby. It does not care whether your life is facing another direction. Paintings are becoming lost arts in Nigeria. Things that we take for granted because it is always there, one day we’ll wake up and it’s not there again. If people realise that this thing is made by machine, it is difficult to leave a long-lasting impression. To be able to reap rewards from your work as an artist is a very fulfilling thing. The world is now more attuned to what Africa is doing. If you’re working as a creative in Africa now, you shouldn’t get restless because this is the time it gets better. Idea Loom’ represents how everybody’s point of view comes together to generate a variety of networks but also a cohesive theme at the end. The Idea Loom’ is a homage to ideas; a celebration of thought and its power, which when properly weaved and harnessed can achieve great and far-reaching consequences. External links Category:Living people Category:1977 births Category:University of Lagos alumni Category:Photographers from Nigeria