Nigeria
Founded in: 2020
+50 artworks in Aworanka
Founded in 2020 by Dare Herald who is an artist, art collector, and preacher. Kokopelli Gallery is a modern and contemporary Art gallery. It's a part of the Kokopelli NG organization, a kaleidoscopic body that has a special interest in storytelling as well as aesthetics.
Kokopelli symbolizes fertility - to bring to life from a barren ground. In folklore, Kokopelli refers to a mystical creature who was believed to visit villages and play its flute overnight to women who could not have children, in the village. These women would dance to Kokopelli’s tunes through the night and get pregnant by morning. This name was chosen by Kokopelli’s founder as a representation of himself and his ability to build things from scratch - from making music with just a hat and a clap, to creating paintings from his imagination and building a business with only talent and a little capital.
About the founder
Dare Herald is the pioneer of Kokopelli Nigeria, an organization that is popularly known for Arts and Aesthetics. Kokopelli NG is a kaleidoscopic body that has a unique interest in storytelling through Artistic expressions.
Herald is a contemporary visual artist, a storyteller, an Art collector, and a businessman who says he is extemporaneous in his approach to life.
Dare Herald is an Artist who clings to his spiritual side and takes inspiration from his personal stories, particularly from his childhood, the Christology of the Bible, and his very photographic imagination.
He has had a number of solo exhibitions and various group exhibitions both in Nigeria and in Europe.
Artists
Some of the artists represented by Kokopelli Gallery include:
