Originality is a myth I no longer chase. Everything I create is a response to life as it unfolds around and within me. My work rises from lived realities, from assumptions, from fragments of memory that surface unrestrained. Often, my unconscious and subconscious do the choosing before I am even aware. They guide my hands, my gestures, my mark-making. Each piece is shaped by more than the present- it carries the sediments of what has been and the longing for what might come.

Here’s the invite to my farewell party, Designed by Courtney Kolker The Torpedo Factory Artists Association is throwing a party to bid...

When I think of community and the celebration that is life, I think of my village, Oguta. When I think of sinuous lines, I

I have participated in 2 group exhibitions and my first solo exhibition here in the US! To add to the laurels, the Grinnell College Museum o

Observing new cultures, and sharing my own culture is the intent in my work. The 2-dimensional canvas becomes a performative space for danci

You are invited to an upcoming group exhibition in New York.

Art is my real job.  My profession. I am a resident artist at the Torpedo Factory Art Center. The Art Center requires artists to rejury

She spent time with me in my studio, looking at the scattered art space for clues to my creative process. She chose a painting that fit the

I am excited to announce this 2-day event coming up at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art! I will be adding my voice to the conv

Artists are invited to explore the beauty and strength that diversity brings to our lives.

the energy of the pieces- then the people who floated about as though enchanted. There was enough variety to entertain the traditional and

So, I love dancing. And my wife is a deejay. Logical. You are invited to her dance event the Bridgerton Kizomba Experience. The video below

Click on this link to my YouTube channel and watch this short of masquerades of Oguta Ameshi performing- https://youtu.be/cgVcGzJHY-4.

Available paintings.I hope you find something to buy. Do share with your friends and other art enthusiasts.

Some time ago, I started traveling to discover other African nations. On one border crossing from Nigeria to the Benin Republic, I bought...

They sell one narrative as the Story, one viewpoint as the only perspective. This attitude prefers a long-perpetuated dominance, standing o

Do you know that since February 2023 that Apple charges an extra 30% fee on top of the fee paid to Instagram for boosting your posts? To...

I was thrilled to discover yesterday that the title of the new song by one of my favorite contemporary African artists Black Coffee is...

For a year, I tried to combine my studio with a gallery space and failed repeatedly, just like I cannot wear an apron to protect my...

Intentions around my new drawings