Christian Allison is an artist who has a penchant for art which stems from his unending desire to tell stories and communicate deep thoughts and ideas by creating hyper realistic paintings and drawings. #zeroprivegallery #contemporaryafricanart #africanart #musuem #art #nigerianart #africanartist
Fidelis Odogwu is a sculptural artist and his mastery over his chosen medium conceals the difficulties involved in controlling its vitality, its resistance and demands. The identity of a person is one’s face. The face projects the way we feel, our hidden emotions are what it reveals. From pleasure to pain, it expresses them all […]
Akinola Lasekan is widely acknowledged as a pioneer of modern Nigerian art. He was born into the Oladetimi family in Owo, Ondo State in 1916. Lasekans formative years were colored by his experience of British colonial rule. Sensitive and astute, he was very aware of the political system’s failings. He sympathised with the emerging Nationalist movement and their call for political independence.When he came to oil painting later in his career, he approached […]
Duke Asidere was born in Lagos in 1961 and is one of Nigeria’s leading contemporary artists. Asidere’s work engages contemporary African politics. Through visual metaphors, the artist comments on the everyday human drama that surrounds him; political, social, psychological or cultural. Furthermore, he adds an element of surprise to these sketches of human drama by infusing them with irony and humour. Asidere’s broad oeuvre ranges from headless or limbless […]
Painter and photographer, Segun-Shiigo is a Nigerian born artist who explores the cartographical possibilities of landscape painting by adopting a representational approach that sometimes deliberately ignores the basic principles of perspective in art. Recently, abstraction found way into his oeuvre, suggesting the beginning of a thematic epoch in his professional career.
Onabanjo is a renowned watercolour artist, who discovered a way to take watercolours and turn them into expressive forms. His inspiration to create art comes from his adventurous spirit and desire to express. With his artworks, he challenges the viewer by incorporating both naturalistic and abstract approaches in their creation
Onuoha is a very gifted artist with a unique outlook and painting style derived from Cubism and makes use of roller brush with oil or acrylic on canvas. In addition, Onuoha is able to convey his thoughts simply and objectively.Onuoha has previously shown his works in group exhibitions such as the World Bank Art Exhibition, New York; Minaj Talent, Obosi, Talent […]
