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Fortune Anuforo

Fortune is a native of Imo State in Nigeria who lives in Lagos State, has an Ordinary National Diploma in fine and applied art with a focus on general art and a Higher National Diploma in painting and drawing from Yaba College of Technology. His art fuses exaggeration, stylization, mannerist, and cubic forms representing African land and heritage. He was curator and industrial attaché at the Didi Museum from 2011 to 2105. He has exhibited at the Lasgidi Cultural Arts Exhibition in 2011, the Thought Pyramid Art Gallery’s Next of Kin competition in 2017 and 2020, the Artyrama Art Gallery “Ode to Mankind” exhibition in 2018, and “Strings Attached,” an art exhibition and fundraiser for sickle cell warriors in 2019.

Artworks by Fortune Anuforo

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Ato Arinze

Ato Arinze had been an independent studio artist since 1991, practicing as a sculptor and a potter with special interest in ato's pictureportrait sculptures and statues. His grasp for forms attest to ...
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El Anatsui

El Anatsui was born in Anyanko, Ghana in 1944. He is an internationally acclaimed artist who transforms simple materials into complex assemblages that create distinctive visual impact. Many of Anatsui...
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Nnenna Okore

Born in Australia, 1975 and raised in Nigeria, Nnenna Okore has received international acclaim for her richly-textured sculptural forms and installations. She reconfigures organic or discarded materia...
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Tola Wewe

Tola Wewe, born in Okitipupa, Ondo State, Nigeria in 1959, trained and graduated with a degree in Fine Art from University of Ife in 1983. He then went on to obtain a Masters degree in African Visual ...
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George Edozie

George Edozie was born on the 11th of May 1972 in Enugu state Nigeria. He studied Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Benin where he majored in Painting. BA (Hons Fine and Applied Arts) graduat...
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Dr Moyo Okediji

Moyo Okediji is an art historian, artist and curator whose works contains a number of icons and signifiers of the deep aspects of Yoruba culture. He was part of Ona, an art movement at Obafemi Awolowo...
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Dr Kunla Filani

Kunle Filani (born 8 September 1957) is a Nigerian educator and artist. His works are closely identified with the school of thought named Onaism; Onaism is an art movement that is based on the fusion ...
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Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy (1952-2012)

Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy (2 May 1952âˆ’17 December 2012) creates a lasting impression on canvas as well as on those who meet her. For the fortunate ones who sit for her, her charm pervades and the int...
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