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

Let me tell you about the country called Nowhere. It is the land of kings and queens, princes and princesses- I am one of them. A long time ago, our ancestral home was the land of Idu n’Oba, the great queen mother and king. There were disputes about allegiance to these Oyibo who spoke through their noses, who came bringing all these strange gifts that doubled one’s appearance, this magical pipe that blew thunder and death when pointed in one’s direction, and thus sweet liquid

Trade by barter has been on my mind since I studied the lives of artists. In exchange for their artworks, they were given what they needed at the moment- be it money, food, art materials, a home, etc. The best gift you can get from me is my artwork, because it has the possibility of growing in value. Working as an artist for 28 years, I know that my artwork has been my currency in many ways. I will highlight 2 moments when I exchanged my paintings for things. Jeff, owner of

When the art department of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, was founded in 1961, one of its two pioneer teachers was Akinola Lasekan (1916-1974), an established painter who was perhaps better known as the nationalist cartoonist, Lash, whose cartoons appeared for some two decades in the West African Pilot (a newspaper publication). Why none of the first three sets of art graduates (1965, 1966, 1967) specialized in painting despite the presence of Lasekan, and later, in 1962/

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

In transit himself, Chukwudinma watches people move, individually and en masse, willingly and forced, and he divines their spaces and places

Amy and her curator, Jordan, chose the title for the exhibition. That title became a magnet, drawing people to the exhibition. Some visitors

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

I was to speak as an expert adviser in the arts. I will take that, seeing that I have worked as an artist for 29 years! I spoke after

PANGEA, an exhibition that forms a metaphorical supercontinent of artistic voices spanning four major continents: Africa, Europe, North Amer

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

Bright colors bouncing off the canvas, varying-sized brushstrokes and shapes, images meant to draw you into stories of migration, space and

Working at the Torpedo Factory Art Center offers artists the possibility of sharing- artists mixing with throngs of tourists and art lovers

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

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

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

Since inception, the University of Nigeria Nsukka has led in forming a contextual system for presenting Contemporary Nigerian art and...

The poem describes the painting Currents in Heaven, Cauldrons Below. Let me explain the use of a few not-so-common words...

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