Edak Bassey Ekpenyong, known professionally as "Edak Young." Her secondary education took place at the Federal Government Girls' College in Calabar, and she earned a BA degree in painting from Cross River University of Technology, also in Calabar, Nigeria.
She works with various mediums, such as oils, acrylics, and whatever is suitable for her creative process, both indoors and outdoors. Her art is inspired by life's experiences, nature, colors, and shapes. It serves as a therapeutic and magical reflection of how I connect with my surroundings, expressing my visual thoughts, secrets, and experiences.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My ultimate goal is to serve as a vehicle for fostering deeper cross-cultural understandings worldwide through art, aiming to create a universal language that promotes and facilitates cross-cultural exchanges, understanding, and appreciation.