Born, Umuahia, Nigeria
Lives and works in Abuja, Nig.
EDUCATION
2012 M.A. Falmouth University, UK (Curatorial Practice) 2012
2006 M.F.A. University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria (Sculpture) 2006
2002 B.A. University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria (Painting) 2002
2017 KLEIN Artist Works
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Special Solo Feature at the Abuja Art Fair, 1.0, The Exhibition Pavilion, Abuja
2022 Announcing Beauty, Mercy, Kindness, and Love, Red Door Gallery, Lagos
2021 The Colour of Our Hearts is the Colour of Our City, CCA, Lagos
2020 The Colour of Our Hearts is the Colour of Our City, Thought Pyramid Art Centre, Abuja
2019 I Am the Light, a multi-dimensional public art project (taking art to new audiences) carried out in collaboration with children and teens of the Catholic Church of Assumption, at an 'alternative space' (Divine Mercy School), Asokoro, Abuja
2015 I Learnt This, A Public Art Intervention in 3 public locations (schools) in Jogjakarta, Indonesia. A collaborative and interactive art with the public
2014 Ask Yourself, A Public Art Intervention in 4 public locations in Abuja. A collaborative interactive art with the public and with other artists
2009 Seven Days Live Art, Presentation of art pieces daily, at multiple variant locations, in Dalsasen, Dale I Sunnfjord, Norway
Open Studio to work in Progress, Nkd Dalsasen, Dale I Sunnfjord, Norway
2008 Africa West, Oriel Mostyn Gallery Llandudno Wales, UK
2007 Europe at Financial Times, Babel Art Gallery, Trondheim. Norway
Open Studio, Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Norway
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Abuja Art Fair, 1.0, The Exhibition Pavilion, Abuja
In Between an ‘Abuja Open House’ exhibition, The Nordic, Abuja
Westbund Art & Design (Fair), 2025 with ShanghART Gallery, Booth No. 1C03, West Bund International Convention & Exhibition Centre, Shanghai, China
2024 All The Images Will Disappear, co-curated by Philippe Pirotte and ShanghART Gallery, ShanghART WB Central, Shanghai, China
Slant: Perspectives on Sculpture, a Juried exhibition of Artsy and the ISC, Gallery 14C, Jersey City, NJ, USA
International Sculpture Centre Exhibition/Artsy Artist Exhibition, an exhibition of Artsy and the ISC, Online
2023 Stones Last A Wee Bit Longer (Dusk Art Festival, 2023, The CERA Project), a touring project –Portugal, Spain, Alba-Scotland, Iceland, Nigeria
Krisis (Art Theorema #3), Gallerie delle Prigioni, Treviso, Italy
2021 The Invincible Hands, Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art, Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos
My Super Power, Blue Door Art Center, Yonkers, NY, USA
Off The Wall, Blue Door Art Center, Yonkers, NY, USA
13th Annual Juried Member Exhibition and Contest, Blue Door Art Center, Yonkers, NY, USA
2020 Summer Blues, Blue Door Art Center, Yonkers, NY, USA
2018 LineGuage: Textual Imagery/Linear Allegory, Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos
2017 Colourful Africa, MOESHEN contemporary art gallery, Penthouse Floor, Zen Building,
Life Camp Abuja
Nkoli Ka (Nsukka School after 5 years) - a touring exhibition-UNN, Nsukka; Abuja; Lagos
2015 Hacking Conflict (Equator #3), Biennale Jogjakarta, Jogjakarta, Indonesia
Anya Fulu Ugo, Exhibition in honour of El Anatsui & Obiora Udechukwu, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
2014 Nigeria / Roots, Contemporary Artists from Nigeria, Gallerie delle Prigioni, Treviso, Italy
National Art Competition, An African Artists Foundation exhibition. Lagos
Together Again, An exhibition of the National Gallery of Art, Nigeria, Kaduna
Playing With Chance, Showing El Anatsui archives and the works of his female mentees, Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos
2013 From Within, An Art Fair of the National Gallery of Art, Kaduna
2012 We Face Forward: Art from West Africa Today, a cultural Olympiad exhibition of the London 2012 Olympic, Manchester Art Gallery, UK
2010 I am Bahamian. I eat Conch Salad, an art experience/intervention with visual artists and fashion designers - The Hub Gallery, Nassau, The Bahamas
RAVY (Rencontres D'arts Visuels De Yaoundé), Festival. Yaoundé- Cameroun
2009 FIAC Alger 2009, The 1st International Festival of Contemporary Art of Algiers, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Algiers
International Art Expo Nigeria 2009, National Museum, Onikan, Lagos
2008 ARESUVA 2008, International Conference Centre, Abuja, Nigeria
Experimental frontiers: Society Through the Eyes of South African and Nigerian Artists, Vansa Western Cape Space, South Africa, curated by Okechukwu Nwafor
Art 4: Channel Four Television Corporation, London, UK
2007 Guest Artists’ Open Studio, Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder Trondheim, Norway
MFA Graduation Exhibition, Department of Fine & Applied Arts, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN)
Make-Op/Zombification (Performing Anthropology) Interdisciplinary Theatre Performance, practical workshop, and presentation. Goethe-Institut Lagos, Nigeria
2006 20th Century Art: a Story from Nigeria, an ‘Off Show’ at Dak’Art 2006, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar-Senegal
2004 Afrika Heritage 2004, a Pan African Circle of Artists (PACA), Exhibition, French Cultural Centre, Enugu
Visual Orchestra, French Cultural Centre, Enugu
2003 Heritage, an FCT Council for Arts and Culture exhibition, FCT, Abuja
2002 Women in Art Exhibition, A National Gallery of Modern Art Exhibition, National Gallery of Modern Art, Lagos
Exhibition organized by Chinze Art Place, Abuja Sheraton Hotel, Abuja
Heritage, FCT Council for Arts and Culture, FCT Abuja
BA Hons. Award Exhibition, Department of Fine & Applied Arts, University of Nigeria, Nsukka,(UNN)
Artytude, an association of Fine Arts Students exhibition, Art Theatre, UNN
2001 Women in Art exhibition, FCT Council for Arts and Culture, Abuja
Footprints, Ana Gallery, UNN
RESIDENCIES
2015 Residency from the Yayasan Biennale Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2010 Popopstudios Centre for the Visual Arts, Nassau, Bahamas, funded by the Commonwealth Foundation, London
2009 Nkd (Nordisk Kunstnarsenter Dalsåsen), Norway, Grant & Residency from Nkd
2007 Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder Trondheim, Norway, Residency by Grant from the United Nations and the Trondheim Kommune
2004 Aina Onabolu Studios, National Gallery of Art Lagos, Nigeria, funded by the National Gallery of Art, Lagos
GRANTS, AWARDS, AND OTHER DISTINCTIONS
2017 Scholarship from Klein Artist Works, Chicago, USA
2015 Grant from the Yayasan Biennale Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2014 (Jury Prize), African Artists Foundation National Art Competition
2012 Grant Award to graduating MA Art student, Falmouth University, UK
2009 Commonwealth Connections 2009 – A Commonwealth Foundation Award for artistic excellence
2008 ARESUVA, an exhibition and Grant award from the National Gallery of Art (Nigeria), for the first ‘African Regional Summit and Exhibition on Visual Arts’ (ARESUVA) ’08, Abuja- Nigeria
2007 UNESCO Aschberg artists award for artistic excellence in Art