Obi Chigozie

Lagos based artist Obi Chigozie creates paintings, drawings and digital illustrations employing oil as her primary medium. Born 1997, Obi holds a BA in Visual Arts from the University of Lagos.

Obi incorporates colour, figures and portraits to convey ideas which often reflect on the issues she faces and matters that affect the people around her. Emotion is a big influence on Obi and when studying her work, she intends to make the viewers feel the vehemence the subject carries. The Creation of Eve, I and II authenticates her keen interest for the human aspect of life and the strive for self-acceptance. She compliments this focus with her portrait works by analyzing the society - the cultural narratives adopted and how it affects people in it, especially females.

Obi’s works have been featured at the first Affordable Art Fair (2018) held in Ibadan, Nigeria and the Rasheed Gbadamosi Eko Art Expo (2017) in Lagos. Group exhibitions include Rele in Lekki, Lagos (2018) and The Studio Scout, Omenka Gallery, Lagos (2018).

Obi is currently working on a series focusing on periods of existence as opposed to the present. Another body of work will examine the misconceptions and complexities that surround male hair. She looks forward to residency programmes in and out of the country and the start of her classes that aims to encourage females artists to pursue art.