About Sokari Douglas Camp

Sokari Douglas Camp is a pioneering Nigerian-British sculptor known for her expressive steel sculptures. She was born in Buguma, the capital of the Kalabari people in the Niger Delta, a region that at the time was still rich in biodiversity. However, the discovery of oil in the region brought about dramatic ecological and social changes that would profoundly influence her later work. In 1966, during the Nigerian Civil War, Douglas Camp moved to England. There, she broke with the traditional gender roles of her people and chose to pursue sculpture, a discipline that was considered unsuitable for women in her culture. At art school, she became fascinated with steel, a material that was traditionally seen as ‘masculine’. However, she found that it lent itself perfectly to her dynamic sculptures, which depicted the daily lives and social issues of black communities, with a particular focus on women from the Niger Delta. Douglas Camp will be showing the works Quantum One Barrel Girl and Puckered during ARTZUID 2025.