Ofala, A Kingly Harvest
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(1)The farmers are returning to the village with a great harvest. The king has summoned all the villagers and our neighbors to show the...
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- Sep 16
- 1 min
Upcoming Solo Exhibition
the solo exhibition of my body of works titled after the series Citizens of Nowhere. Come back soon for the PDF catalogue of the works in th
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- Jun 3
- 2 min
My first portrait? Mom is the Word!
One day my mother asked me if I was waiting for her to die before I made a painting of her. I thought of painting her but just needed to get
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- May 12
- 1 min
When The Flow Happens
There are these ideas you 'see' even before painting. You embrace the moment and just go with it. It becomes what you were born to do, a...
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- Feb 10
- 2 min
Throngs and Raising Dust: The Crowded Canvas
When I was a child father would take us in his Datsun car on trips to visit friends and relatives. Mother dressed us in clothes with...
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- Jan 4
- 5 min
Celebrating 2 Months at Torpedo Factory Art Center
It is my second month at Torpedo Factory Art Center. It has been a great experience. Studio 324 has old and new works- drawings and...
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- Sep 12, 2022
- 2 min
Oguta National Convention 2022
There is a proud community of people living in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. We are from Oguta, a local government in Imo State....
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- Jun 30, 2022
- 2 min
Shall we dance?
Long before dad was born, grandpa and grandma won their wedding dresses as the best dance couple at a dance event in Port Harcourt,...
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- Apr 18, 2022
- 3 min
Excesses of Exes
It takes time to get over a past relationship. We throw in our all when in love. It is a fest to tell- the darkest secrets, all the...
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- Nov 2, 2021
- 1 min
Untitled
Moon Rising, Sun shining New works. #Africa #Art #Relationships
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- Jun 28, 2021
- 1 min
Farewell, Aunt Uju Nsofor (nee Ikpeze)
She was such a wonderful woman. Till the end Aunt Uju only had words of encouragement, hope and love. At times it seemed we were the ones...
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- Nov 16, 2020
- 6 min
Seeing into Ibe, an essay
On a Lighter Note A few years ago, Sandra Mbanefo-Obiago exhibited Ibe Ananaba and I at Temple Muse, Lagos. That event was the beginning...
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- Apr 26, 2020
- 1 min
Lockdown New York
Here’s the story of my life during this pandemic written by Okey Uwaezuoke in today’s ThisDay Newspapers- https://okeysworld.wordpress.co...
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- Apr 18, 2020
- 1 min
Talk through the pandemic
I was interviewed yesterday by OB Fado for his blog. Please click on the link for the full interview- My interview with Tony Nsofor – a...
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- Apr 1, 2019
- 1 min
He asked some deep questions.
I enjoy talking. I enjoy the stimuli of intelligent conversation. And I hope to see underlying questions in retrospective. I talk some...
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- Mar 6, 2019
- 3 min
Flying over the Confluence in Oguta
We all love a good spin. From childhood, we are taught lessons through stories. The Igbo hyphenates stories- we are good with proverbs....
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- Jan 12, 2019
- 1 min
Blind to the Beauty
How can Oguta remain like this? We have this little paradise waiting to be cultivated. But we all run away from it for selfish gain. We...
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- Jan 11, 2019
- 1 min
The Family House
Our home in the village sits at the crossroads where 3 roads meet. So it must be a magical place to live in. I remember waking up on some...
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- Oct 18, 2018
- 4 min
About Uche Edochie and Tolu Aliki
I wrote this essay for the catalogue of Uche Edochie and Tolu Aliki’s amazing show HALFWAY THROUGH A THOUSAND MILES. If you saw the...
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- Sep 7, 2018
- 6 min
Artist’s statement
Power Play and Other African Stories (for the exhibition Ballot Boxes and Beasts of Power) Ballot Boxes and Beasts of Power is mainly an...
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