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Ndidi Emefiele




Ndidi Emefiele was born in 1987 and holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in Painting from Delta State University, Abraka. She obtained a Masters in Fine Art from the prestigious Slade School of Art, University College, London.

Emefiele is one of the foremost mixed media Painters in Nigeria. Her works are influenced by everyday socio-political issues which she captures in her own unique and special way.

Emefiele has won many awards including the COJA Art Competition (2003). She is well exhibited and her work has been published in several notable magazines, and can be found in many important collections in Nigeria and abroad.

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Aina Onabolu




Aina Onabolu (1882–1963) was a pioneering Nigerian modern arts teacher and painter who was an important figure in the introduction of arts into the curriculum of secondary schools in the countr...
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Mike Omoighe




Michael Akhaine Osebhajimete Omoighe (born October 11, 1958 in Nigeria) lives in Lagos, Nigeria; he is a Nigerian painter, curator, art critic and teacher of art.

Mike Omoighe studied a...
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Abiodun Olaku




Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Abiodun Olaku is the most accomplished master of the illuminated landscape in Nigerian art. Two years before the country gained its independence from colonial rule in 1960, O...
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Solomon Wangboje



Solomon Wangboje (Graphic artist and Art educator) 1930-1998.

Solomon Irein Wangboje was born in 1930, in Edo State of Nigeria. He first trained as an artist in 1959 at the former Niger...
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Abayomi Barber




Abayomi Barber is widely considered as a foremost Nigerian “Master”. As a painter and sculptor, Barber has created some of the most iconic pieces in Nigerian art. His works can be found in...
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KOLADE OSHINOWO




Although an indigene of Ikorodu in Lagos State, he was born in Ibadan, Oyo State capital on the 6th of February, 1948.

He had his primary and post primary education in Ibadan and Abeoku...
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Dele Jegede




Dr. dele jegede, Professor Emeritus of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, has over four decades of experience as artist, art historian, painter, cartoonist, art critic, curator, and art administrator.
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Uche Okeke




Christopher Uchefuna Okeke was born on 30 April 1933 in Nimo, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria, to Isaac Okonkwo Okeke and Monica Mgboye Okeke (née Okoye). Between 1940 and 1...
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