Sokari Douglas Camp was born in Buguma, Nigeria, a Kalabari town in the Niger Delta in 1958. She earned her BA at the Central School of Art and Design in London and her MA from the Royal College of Art. Many of her works are constructed with steel and major themes include oil, consumption, and environmental damage. She currently works out of London and exhibits her work all over the world.
One of her most famous works, which I would like to work with, is her memorial for Ken Saro-Wiwa, an enormous steel sculpture consisting of a Nigerian transportation truck with oil barrels on top and Saro-Wiwa’s writing on the sides. With works like this, Camp explores the intersections between industrialization, memory, and environmental conservation.
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/flash/page/0,,1944783,00.html
