Artist on Focus

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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