The Reuben Ugbine Foundation
A new family initiative to look after his archive and support young sculptors.
Reuben Ugbine worked for more than forty years in wood and clay. The Foundation is the family’s way of keeping that work documented, cared for and open to people who want to study it. It is new, and its programmes are starting now. Karo Ugbine, one of his sons, leads the Estate’s work.
What the Foundation is for.
Its work falls into three areas: documenting and authenticating his catalogue, researching how to conserve tropical hardwoods and terracotta, and giving grants to young sculptors.
Researching Reuben Ugbine? Start hereWhere we are starting.
The Catalogue Project
The Foundation is compiling an official catalogue, locating and documenting works held in private collections and institutions. If you own a work by Ugbine, we would like to hear from you.
Young Sculptors Scholarship
Annual bursaries, wood-carving toolsets and mentoring for promising sculpture students at Auchi Polytechnic and Yaba College of Technology.
See the programmesLoans and Exhibitions
The Foundation welcomes loan and exhibition requests from museums and galleries. The British Museum acquired his work in 2018.
Start a conversation with the Foundation.
Partnerships, gifts of records, loans and scholarships are all just beginning. Tell us what you have in mind.
