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

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

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

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.

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

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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...

An artist should always be searching and searching for things

The farmers are returning to the village with a great harvest. The king has summoned all the villagers and our neighbors to show the...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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....

Long before dad was born, grandpa and grandma won their wedding dresses as the best dance couple at a dance event in Port Harcourt,...

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...