The delegates
37 x 14.5 inches,
Odogwu Fidelis Eze Metal.
2005
Odogwu Fidelis Eze was born in Agbor, Delta State on the 17th
day of November 1970: having completed his Higher
education in the famous school of Art and Design, Auchi
Polytechnic, Edo State in 1991 where he obtained an award of
a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Sculpture.
He worked with renowned Nigerian Master Sculptor,
Ben Osawe, between 1988 and 1989, as part of his studio
experience. Odogwu has had a solo exhibition titled 'Square
Pegs in Round Holes' held at the Omenka Gallery, Ikoyi, Lagos
Configured in 2012, to his credit. He has also participated in numerous
group and joint exhibitions including 'Transcending
Boundaries' Cork Street, London in 2013 and 2014; 'Art Expo
50 x 38 inches, New York' in 2010; African Now, Bonhams Auction, London
Oil on canvas, 2012 and 2013; 'Expressions Africanes', Caracas, Venezuela,
2012 2008; ArtHouse Auction, Lagos, 2008 till date; exhibition with
the Italian Embassy, Abuja, Nigeria, 2012 and 2013; Charity
Exhibitions in Nigeria and the UK; Black History Month, Los
Angeles 2014; Distinction, Terrakulture Lagos, 2013,2014;
Infinite Treasures, Terra Kulture Lagos, 2015 – 2017, Art X
Lagos 2016.
Odogwu presented a paper 'The Trends in Contemporary
Art Practice in Nigeria' at SOAS University, London, May 2013
and was also at IFITRY Artists Residency in Morocco in
November 2013 where he met the likes of Rachid Koraichi and
Chris Spring. In his many Art adventures, he was third prize
winner at the Nigerian Breweries Limited (NBL)/African
Artists Foundation Art competition, 2010 and also had a
certificate of merit from Guinness Nigeria PLC Art exhibition,
Lagos in 2004.
He is a member of Society of Nigerian Artists (SNA), Guild
of Professional Fine Artists of Nigeria (GFA) and African
Artists Foundation.
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Ogbada Edwin Ejeh
Gerald Chukwuma Born 1992 in Benue, Nigeria. Attended College of Education, Oju, Benue State. 2011-2014,
obtaining a N.C.E in Fine and Applied Arts
ART EXHIBITION/WORKSHOP:
Born in 1973, Gerald Chukwuma is a celebrated visual artist and furniture Nike Art Gallery, Osogbo, Osun State. 2010
designer with an enthusiastic local and international following. He graduated Art Is Everywhere International workshop/ exhibition
from the prestigious Nsukka Art School of the University of Nigeria, with a Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria (2012).
rst class degree. Chukwuma's bold works using a multitude of found objects Final Year Art Exhibiton, C.O.E, Oju 2014.
have an unforgettable visual language, in which he uses African symbols and Ogirikan 2017.
patterns in refreshing new ways. ART EDUCATION EXPERIENCE:
He uses a combination of textures , lines , symbols and colours laid out Gallery curator: Nike Art Gallery, Dada Estate, Osogbo, Osun State. 2010 Royal Entourage
on painstakingly etched wooden panels to explore the concepts of migration Art Facilitator, Young @ Art, Biodun Omolayo Art Gallery, Onikan, Lagos State (2015)
with the desire to examine the mutations of human life triggered by the Art Teacher[part-time]: Government College Victoria Island. Lagos State. (2016-2019)
digital collapse of the geographical lines that separate us, the gradual Art Teacher: Hopscotch Preschool, Nursery, and Primary School, Lagos State (2018-2019) 27 x 28 inches
grooving of the world into a small village and the social and cultural issues of Oil on canvas
voluntary and forced relocation.
In 2008 and 2011, he emerged as top 3 winners of the prestigious
National Art Competition (NAC). He featured on the Cable News Network
CNN's Inside Africa program in 2011 showcasing his unique artworks. In
2014, the University of Nigeria Nsukka commissioned him to produce 2
monumental pieces for the university Library and the Vice Chancellor's
complex.
Chukwuma has taken part in 20 exhibitions in the last decade in Nigeria,
Cameroon , France, Denmark, Holland, and the United States of America
and his works have become auction favourites. Freedom
He is married with a wonderful wife and two kid
65 x 36 inches,
Acrylic on incised wood 13 panels
100 101
Ogbada Edwin Ejeh
Gerald Chukwuma Born 1992 in Benue, Nigeria. Attended College of Education, Oju, Benue State. 2011-2014,
obtaining a N.C.E in Fine and Applied Arts
ART EXHIBITION/WORKSHOP:
Born in 1973, Gerald Chukwuma is a celebrated visual artist and furniture Nike Art Gallery, Osogbo, Osun State. 2010
designer with an enthusiastic local and international following. He graduated Art Is Everywhere International workshop/ exhibition
from the prestigious Nsukka Art School of the University of Nigeria, with a Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria (2012).
rst class degree. Chukwuma's bold works using a multitude of found objects Final Year Art Exhibiton, C.O.E, Oju 2014.
have an unforgettable visual language, in which he uses African symbols and Ogirikan 2017.
patterns in refreshing new ways. ART EDUCATION EXPERIENCE:
He uses a combination of textures , lines , symbols and colours laid out Gallery curator: Nike Art Gallery, Dada Estate, Osogbo, Osun State. 2010 Royal Entourage
on painstakingly etched wooden panels to explore the concepts of migration Art Facilitator, Young @ Art, Biodun Omolayo Art Gallery, Onikan, Lagos State (2015)
with the desire to examine the mutations of human life triggered by the Art Teacher[part-time]: Government College Victoria Island. Lagos State. (2016-2019)
digital collapse of the geographical lines that separate us, the gradual Art Teacher: Hopscotch Preschool, Nursery, and Primary School, Lagos State (2018-2019) 27 x 28 inches
grooving of the world into a small village and the social and cultural issues of Oil on canvas
voluntary and forced relocation.
In 2008 and 2011, he emerged as top 3 winners of the prestigious
National Art Competition (NAC). He featured on the Cable News Network
CNN's Inside Africa program in 2011 showcasing his unique artworks. In
2014, the University of Nigeria Nsukka commissioned him to produce 2
monumental pieces for the university Library and the Vice Chancellor's
complex.
Chukwuma has taken part in 20 exhibitions in the last decade in Nigeria,
Cameroon , France, Denmark, Holland, and the United States of America
and his works have become auction favourites. Freedom
He is married with a wonderful wife and two kid
65 x 36 inches,
Acrylic on incised wood 13 panels
100 101
Obinna Makata
Obinna Makata is a Nigerian artist and sculptor. He holds a Sculpture Degree from the
University of Nigeria Nsukka and currently works in Lagos as a full time studio artist. The Great Ones
Makata is mostly known for his collage works using African fabric, a style he calls
''African Test Style''. After noticing the scraps a tailor left behind in the trash, Makata
started using textile in most of his works on canvas and papers. He calls his collages 60 x 60 inches,
“broken pieces of African culture” in response to the foreign influence that still threatens Mixed media,
the traditional African value system. 2019
In fact, Makata uses fabric as a metaphor to explore cultural identity and evolving
social values in Nigeria. His collages, which incorporate waste objects, create narratives Evolution
that are associated with daily-life issues, as well as consumerism and materialism which
have eaten deep into the social fabric.
Makata has participated in tens of exhibitions, workshops, seminars, art talks, and 72 x 60 inches,
auctions over the course of his career. He also organized one solo exhibition in 2012 Mixed media,
dubbed “Meta History”. 2020
102 103
Obinna Makata
Obinna Makata is a Nigerian artist and sculptor. He holds a Sculpture Degree from the
University of Nigeria Nsukka and currently works in Lagos as a full time studio artist. The Great Ones
Makata is mostly known for his collage works using African fabric, a style he calls
''African Test Style''. After noticing the scraps a tailor left behind in the trash, Makata
started using textile in most of his works on canvas and papers. He calls his collages 60 x 60 inches,
“broken pieces of African culture” in response to the foreign influence that still threatens Mixed media,
the traditional African value system. 2019
In fact, Makata uses fabric as a metaphor to explore cultural identity and evolving
social values in Nigeria. His collages, which incorporate waste objects, create narratives Evolution
that are associated with daily-life issues, as well as consumerism and materialism which
have eaten deep into the social fabric.
Makata has participated in tens of exhibitions, workshops, seminars, art talks, and 72 x 60 inches,
auctions over the course of his career. He also organized one solo exhibition in 2012 Mixed media,
dubbed “Meta History”. 2020
102 103
Name not clear Ola Balogun
Ola Balogun graduated from Auchi polytechnic in 1999 majoring in painting.
His works are intense and bold with dazzling colours that radiate vibrancy. The
artist does not dwell on elaborate details in depicting his figure
His focus is largely on the form that he defines with rough lines as though
Female bliss he were trying out a sketch in composition .But the dark outlines added to these
areas of strong colors position the figures within spatial dimension. Balogun
36 x 24 inches, works mainly in oil on canvas; he has held 35 joint shows with his themes
Charcoal and watercolour on Paper, featuring woman, their works and other aspects of rural life.
For the robust figures of Balogun, the element of volume is used to
2015 determine their proportion; and contrary to the clue which the face of the In company
depicted figure largely offers to the comprehension of its mood, the structure`s
frame, for Balogun seems to convey whatever emotion embedded in the figure. 20 x 30 inches,
Mixed media
104 105
Name not clear Ola Balogun
Ola Balogun graduated from Auchi polytechnic in 1999 majoring in painting.
His works are intense and bold with dazzling colours that radiate vibrancy. The
artist does not dwell on elaborate details in depicting his figure
His focus is largely on the form that he defines with rough lines as though
Female bliss he were trying out a sketch in composition .But the dark outlines added to these
areas of strong colors position the figures within spatial dimension. Balogun
36 x 24 inches, works mainly in oil on canvas; he has held 35 joint shows with his themes
Charcoal and watercolour on Paper, featuring woman, their works and other aspects of rural life.
For the robust figures of Balogun, the element of volume is used to
2015 determine their proportion; and contrary to the clue which the face of the In company
depicted figure largely offers to the comprehension of its mood, the structure`s
frame, for Balogun seems to convey whatever emotion embedded in the figure. 20 x 30 inches,
Mixed media
104 105
Muyiwa Akinwolere
Muyiwa Akinwolere is a Nigerian artist born in 1976. He schooled in Obafemi
Awolowo university where he barged a B.A in Fine Arts. He expresses himself Taiye Erewele
excellently in various mediums which include antique ink, a signature medium which
he combines with his unique style to produce magnificent works. Other mediums in
which he expresses his self-includes oil, acrylic, pastel and mixed media. He also uses Born in 1970 in Lagos, where she lives and works. She has a BA in Fine Arts and an MA in
a lot of recycled materials to help him tell the story better. Art History. Her experience has been a real love affair. When she spends quality time
He invented ADIITU (mystery) conceptual art form which combines installations, painting, her art reciprocates, leaving her with a warm embrace of creativity, a deep
paintings and poetry. ADIITU is a four-dimensional art that is informed by Yoruba satisfaction.
mythology, fantasy and the working of the supernatural. He has participated in so Selected exhibitions2013 Expression Sunrise, Oriental Hotel, Lagos
many groups and solo exhibitions in and around Africa. 2013 Us/Naija Collaborative Exhibition, Art at Nike Art Gallery, Lagos Two Together
Peers 2011 Phases, Terra Kulture, Lagos
2010-2011 October Rain, Nike Art Gallery, Lagos
2010 Art To Heart, Dolphin Estate, Lagos 36 x 42 inches,
29 x 21.5 inches, 2010 Conadev Exhibition, Harmattan Gallery, Lagos Acrylic on canvas,
Water colour, 2010 Terra Kulture Miniature Exhibition, Terra Kulture, Lagos 2018
2018
106 107
Muyiwa Akinwolere
Muyiwa Akinwolere is a Nigerian artist born in 1976. He schooled in Obafemi
Awolowo university where he barged a B.A in Fine Arts. He expresses himself Taiye Erewele
excellently in various mediums which include antique ink, a signature medium which
he combines with his unique style to produce magnificent works. Other mediums in
which he expresses his self-includes oil, acrylic, pastel and mixed media. He also uses Born in 1970 in Lagos, where she lives and works. She has a BA in Fine Arts and an MA in
a lot of recycled materials to help him tell the story better. Art History. Her experience has been a real love affair. When she spends quality time
He invented ADIITU (mystery) conceptual art form which combines installations, painting, her art reciprocates, leaving her with a warm embrace of creativity, a deep
paintings and poetry. ADIITU is a four-dimensional art that is informed by Yoruba satisfaction.
mythology, fantasy and the working of the supernatural. He has participated in so Selected exhibitions2013 Expression Sunrise, Oriental Hotel, Lagos
many groups and solo exhibitions in and around Africa. 2013 Us/Naija Collaborative Exhibition, Art at Nike Art Gallery, Lagos Two Together
Peers 2011 Phases, Terra Kulture, Lagos
2010-2011 October Rain, Nike Art Gallery, Lagos
2010 Art To Heart, Dolphin Estate, Lagos 36 x 42 inches,
29 x 21.5 inches, 2010 Conadev Exhibition, Harmattan Gallery, Lagos Acrylic on canvas,
Water colour, 2010 Terra Kulture Miniature Exhibition, Terra Kulture, Lagos 2018
2018
106 107
Etinosa Yvonne
Etinosa Yvonne (b. 1989) is a documentary photographer and visual artist born and brought up
in Nigeria.
She works with various art forms including photos and videos. Etinosa leverages on the
power of storytelling to create awareness, educate, inform, question as well as express herself.
Etinosa is one of six talents selected for the 2020 cycle of the World Press Photo 6*6
Africa talent.
She has received grants from Women Photograph, National Geographic in partnership
with Lagos Photo and Access Bank Art X for her project; It's All In My Head.
Etinosa's photos have been exhibited internationally, her works have also been published
in several international publications.
Etinosa currently resides in Abuja, Nigeria.
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Etinosa Yvonne
Etinosa Yvonne (b. 1989) is a documentary photographer and visual artist born and brought up
in Nigeria.
She works with various art forms including photos and videos. Etinosa leverages on the
power of storytelling to create awareness, educate, inform, question as well as express herself.
Etinosa is one of six talents selected for the 2020 cycle of the World Press Photo 6*6
Africa talent.
She has received grants from Women Photograph, National Geographic in partnership
with Lagos Photo and Access Bank Art X for her project; It's All In My Head.
Etinosa's photos have been exhibited internationally, her works have also been published
in several international publications.
Etinosa currently resides in Abuja, Nigeria.
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