Ekow Nimako was born in Montreal and studied Fine Arts at York University. He began using Lego in his professional practice in 2014 and has since cultivated a unique approach to sculpting the iconic material. In 2015 he explored the theme of animal extinction with his monumental sculpture, Silent Knight, commissioned by the City of Toronto for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. The seven-and-a-half foot sculpture paid homage to one of Ontario’s most extirpated bird species, the barn owl, and further elevated Ekow’s ability to animate the inanimate. 2016’s Grey Matters, commissioned by the Baycrest Foundation for the citywide fundraising campaign The Brain Project, featured a monochromatic, larger-than-life human brain as a public statement on brain functionality and health. Ekow’s most expansive body of work Building Black explores black identity and the relationship between morality and mythology through a surrealist lens. Beasts from Bricks is his first instructional book featuring his artwork; Ekow lives and works in Toronto, Canada.
