Born 1950 in Pedakondji, Togo West-Africa
El Loko lives and works in Cologne, Germany and in Pedakondji, Togo

1965 – 1968 Trained as textile designer in Accra/Ghana
1968 – 1970 Worked in his profession in Tema/Ghana
1971 – 1976 Studied at the National Academy of Arts in Duesseldorf Germany under Joseph Beuys, R. Crummenauer and E. Heerich in sculpture, painting and graphic art.
1977 Obtained Masters degree

Exhibitions (selection of the past years)
2010 In search of traces, Abalone Gallery, South Africa
Artco in Herzogenrath, Germany and Art Fair, Johannesburg
Art Fair Johannesburg
2008 Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain
2007 Oberhessisches Museum, Africa Select II, Artco Gallery, Herzogenrath
Transcape, Cape Town
2005 Fritz-Winter-Haus, Ahlen, Galerie Beethovenstrasse, Duesseldorf
Biennale Dak’Art, Dakar, Senegal
Biennale de Saint Brieus, Frankreich
Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2004 Art Association Aalen, Germany
Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth, Germany
2001 Galerie Beethovenstrasse, Duesseldorf, Germany
2000 L’Afrique en creation, Lille, France
1999 Fondazione Mudima, Milano , Italy
1998 7.Triennale der Kleinplastik, Stuttgart, Germany
National Gallery, Windhoek, Namibia
2009 & 2010 ARtco Art Fair Johannesburg