Ernest Obukx Agoba

The Emergency Room Artist

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Art Themes of Ernest Obukx Agoba

THE MIND’S FIELD

These  images reflect  muses at the outset and in mid course of creating my three other art themes....

THE FACE OF HOPE

Despite man’s seeming entrapment, these  inspiring and pacifying images assure us that God is ultimately in the center of everything...

A TALE OF LIGHT AND DARK

A Tale of Light and Dark  Light and dark shapes that give clarity to the fogginess associated with  existence SEE OTHER ART THEMES...

A CRY FOR HELP

A Cry for Help Man, his Thoughts, Actions, Environment, and the Seeming Helplessness into which he is Thrown SEE OTHER ART THEMES...

"Still Birth"

 Photography that Defines the Nigerian Nation

Still Birth by Ernest Agoba

New Paintings of Angst and Hope

By Ernest Agoba

Creative Block

Ecstatic

The Pawn God

The Hanging

Battles of the Mind

A Rain of Gold

Selected Protest Art Exhibitions

By Ernest O. Agoba

Cracks on the Wall

June 24, 2016 – July 1, 2016

This Exhibition narrates the  bitter ordeal suffered by the people of Jos as a result of one of the worst religious and ethnic crises Nigeria has ever witnessed as fallout from leadership failure

Dangerous Times

August 3, 2020 – August 17, 2020

An exhibition chronicling the mental and devastating experiences that surfaced among people affected by  the nuances of cultural decay   

What Have We Done?

May 23, 2021 – June 6, 2021

This exhibition title reflects the fragile state of the artist, Ernest Agoba, and people who, so often, felt enslaved by the nagging thoughts of entrapment and survival inflicted by the Nigerian herdsmen palaver.

 

The Shadows That Follow Me

May 2, 2022 – May 14, 2022

Despite the attacks and pursuits by unknown gangsters against whom he directed unrelenting criticism, Ernest Agoba went on to create a collection of shadowy images that reflect a state of mind he struggled to tame.

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