Ekua Holmes
- January 6, 2024
- Illustrator
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Ekua Holmes |
| Occupation | Illustrator |
| Date Of Birth | Jul 6, 1955(1955-07-06) |
| Age | 69 |
| Birthplace | Roxbury |
| Horoscope | Leo |
Ekua Holmes Biography
| Name | Ekua Holmes |
| Birthday | Jul 6 |
| Birth Year | 1955 |
| Place Of Birth | Roxbury |
| Birth Sign | Leo |
Ekua Holmes is one of the most popular and richest Illustrator who was born on July 6, 1955 in Roxbury, ****. Ekua Holmes (born in 1955) is a native of Roxbury, MA and a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt). Holmes primary method of art making is mixed media collage, by layering newspaper, photos, fabric, and other materials to create colorful compositions. Many of these works evoke her childhood in Roxbury’s Washington Park neighborhood in Boston, MA. Ekua is currently working in Boston as an assistant director at the Center for Art and Community Partnerships at MassArt.
As a young artist, Holmes discovered the power of found objects, which derive their identity as art from places as well as the social histories attached to the objects. Place, identity, culture, and social justice are frequent themes in her work. Many of Ekua’s collages are reminiscent of works by African and African American artists such as the late Romare Bearden and Njideka Akunyili. About her work, Holmes said, “In everything I create I hear them saying, ‘Remember Me,’ and through my work I honor their legacies by bringing them forward to life with torn and cut shapes of found colors and textures. With these scraps and remnants, assembled like a down-home quilt, I rebuild my world, putting in what speaks to my personal and cultural narrative.”
Holmes was awarded the 2018 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for Out of Wonder and the 2019 award for The Stuff of Stars.
Ekua Holmes Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Illustrator |
| House | Living in own house. |
Ekua Holmes is one of the richest Illustrator from . According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ekua Holmes 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Holmes was the recipient of a 2013 Brother Thomas Fellowship from The Boston Foundation. Also in 2013, Holmes was named to the Boston Art Commission, which oversees public art projects on city property. In 2015, she installed a community-based work for an opening at the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, which consisted of a gigantic interactive collage with scenes of Boston in transition, designed to complement the ICA group show, “When the Stars Begin to Fall.”
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2015, Holmes’s Google Doodle illustration honoring the civil rights leader was the featured image on Google’s U.S. homepage. The collage depicts King walking arm in arm with fellow activists in Selma, Alabama.
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Facts & Trivia
Ekua Ranked on the list of most popular Illustrator. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in. Ekua Holmes celebrates birthday on July 6 of every year.
Where does EKUA Holmes live?
She is a native of Roxbury and resides in her childhood neighborhood of Washington Park , near a 1969 mural, “Africa is the Beginning,” created by artist, Gary Rickson and featured in, “Dreaming Big.” Holmes is a discretionary appointment to the Boston Art Commission for her distinguished service to the arts.
What inspired EKUA Holmes Art?
Influenced by the artist’s life experiences, familial connections, and friendships , Holmes’s artwork is an invitation for all to see the world anew.