Fred Martins
Fred Ekele Martins (born on 15 September 1988) is a Nigerian artist, visual artist, medical doctor, photographer and artistic director. He was born and named Ekele Martins in Aggah-Egbema, Rivers State, Nigeria where he had his primary education before He moved to Simferopol, Ukraine to study medicine in 2010 at the Crimean State Medical University. In 2014, after the Russian annexation of the Crimean peninsula, he moved to Ukrainian mainland of Lviv where he completed the degree program at Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv as a medical doctor.
Fred Martins uses Afro combs to depicts all the suffering and frustrations pro African activists faced and also as a symbol to celebrate African heroes.Fred portrays the life of Martin Luther King Jr., Marcus Garvey, Nelson Mandela, Patrice Lumumba and Fela Kuti by using Afro combs. In his images, Fred uses the orange background that depicts the prisoners and jail, like the prisoners uniform and His image backgrounds are orange and this shows the hard experience of all the past activists and their suffering in jail.
Fred martins notable works include; 'Orange, Black and Freedom' which is an art series created from the maps of African countries as butterflies pointing out the locations where people suffered genocide as a result of colonialism.
Other works of Fred martins include 'Lee Nu Echi', which showcases African children and their struggles with Child Soldier, Child Lynching, Child Marriage, Child Labour among others.
Esperança
- 2025-04-23T00:00:00.000000Z
CORES DA LUA
- 2024-11-22T00:00:00.000000Z
Desassossego
- 2023-11-17T00:00:00.000000Z
Oferenda
- 2021-08-10T00:00:00.000000Z
Ultramarino
- 2021-05-07T00:00:00.000000Z
Circuito PGM 1
- 2020-12-15T00:00:00.000000Z
Pescador
- 2018-05-30T00:00:00.000000Z
Bons Ventos
- 2017-06-09T00:00:00.000000Z
Minha Festa
- 2014-05-01T00:00:00.000000Z
Acrobata
- 2011-04-15T00:00:00.000000Z
Guanabara
- 2009-06-15T00:00:00.000000Z
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