Emmanuel Isiuwe, a maestro of the visual realm, was born on April 27, 1968, in the vibrant city of Ibadan, Nigeria. Hailing from Idumuje Ugboko in Delta State, his creative journey was destined to be an odyssey of unparalleled brilliance. Residing in Atan, Ogun State, as his present sanctuary, Emmanuel’s artistic endeavors have painted the […]
Dvóra is a self-taught Nigerian mixed-media artist born in 1996. She grew up in Lagos and began her professional career after a dramatic shift of events that charged her with an innate desire to create. She can be described as an emblematic artist, using various forms, elements, mediums, and concepts to convey the attributes of […]
Olumide Onadipe is a multidisciplinary visual artist whose idiosyncratic sculptures are built using diverse media, including plastics. Olumide presents sculptural works that allude to socio-political issues. These physical commentaries on events, social customs, and malaises affecting Nigerian society are rarely explicit. In most cases, they vaguely suggest something through their form. In a few others, […]
Mofoluso Eludire (1997) is a painter, draughtswoman, and graduate of Fine and Applied Arts from Obafemi Awolowo University (Nigeria). Her portraits of Black African women are radical interventions of cultural power, representation, and self-determination in Nigeria, the world’s most populous Black nation. Enchantment and ease are utilized as part of a complex of rhetorical tools […]
Adeyinka Akingbade is an award-winning painter, photographer, and graphic designer who graduated in Fine Arts from the Yaba College of Technology in 2008, specializing in Painting. That same year, Akingbade’s eclectic and versatile style drew the attention of the African Artists’ Foundation’s Unbreakable Nigerian Spirit Art Competition, in which he emerged as one of the […]
Angela Amami Isiuwe (b. 1968, Abraka, Nigeria) creates work with predominantly female subjects. She reframes the experiences of women as central to society and draws attention to their successes and pains. In doing so, she presents women as natural beings, affording them equal dignity and complexity as with men, which is all the more significant […]
Adewale Ojo is a talented artist from Abeokuta in Ogun State, Nigeria. His journey into the world of art began with a strong love and passion for creativity. He honed his skills by studying General Art at Yaba College of Technology, and eventually, his passion led him to become a full-time studio artist. Adewale’s art […]
Amara Obiago (born. 1995) is an avid photographer who starting taking pictures at 8 years of age with a disposable camera. She graduated in 2017 from the George Washington University in Washington DC with Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies with a specialization in international economics. She grew up in Nigeria and Switzerland, and […]
Lakin Ogunbanwo (Born in Lagos, Nigeria in 1987), studied Law at Babcock University, Nigeria and Buckingham University, England before beginning work as a fashion photographer in 2012. His work has been featured in The Times New York, ID Online, British GQ, and Riposte Magazine. Working at the confluence of fashion photography and classical portraiture, young […]
Aldophus Opara’s (born 1981) work is induced by encounters with people and their daily effort to exist amidst obstacles that define and situate their individual locality. He uses visual story telling with the aid of pictures and audio recordings to better understand as well as to show his connection to the issues that confront him […]
