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Nigerian art
From the bronze casters of Benin and the first modern masters to Zaria, Oshogbo, Nsukka, the Aka Circle, Ona, Auchi, Yaba and the artists of Lagos today: the schools, movements and artists of Nigeria, and their works on Oxi shops.
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Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
OyaviozaUbaNwuba Art Collection
Twins Seven-SevenUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Twins Seven-SevenUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Twins Seven-SevenUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Twins Seven-SevenUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Tonia MikeMaskNwuba Art Collection
Tijani MayakiriUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Tijani MayakiriUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Tijani MayakiriUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Tijani MayakiriUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Tijani MayakiriUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Tijani MayakiriUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Tijani MayakiriUntitled, 1985Nwuba Art Collection
Tijani MayakiriUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Tijani MayakiriUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Tijani MayakiriUntitled, 1976Nwuba Art Collection
TchifUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitled, 1987Nwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitled, 1989Nwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitled, 1987Nwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitled, 1993Nwuba Art Collection
Prekeme KentebeUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Oyekunle OlajideUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Oyekunle OlajideUntitled, 2020Nwuba Art Collection
Oyekunle OlajideUntitled, 2021Nwuba Art Collection
Oyekunle OlajideUntitled, 2022Nwuba Art Collection
Oyekunle OlajideUntitled, 2020Nwuba Art Collection
OsinowoUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Anthony OjeagarDancerNwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitled, 1990Nwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitled, 1993Nwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitled, 1993Nwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitled, 1992Nwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitled, 1992PaperNwuba Art Collection
Lawrence OribhaborOshodiNwuba Art Collection
Lamidi FakeyeUntitledNwuba Art Collection
LamidiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
LamidiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Kayode OmotoshoUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Kayode OmotoshoUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Kayode DavidUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Kayode DavidUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Mitoukaritou JonahUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Mitoukaritou JonahUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Issac Ojo FajanaUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Issac Ojo FajanaUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleIroko SpiritNwuba Art Collection
Imanuel SpencerThe fruit ladyNwuba Art Collection
Imanuel SpencerMarilynNwuba Art Collection
Imanuel SpencerThe World Is YoursNwuba Art Collection
IlesanIlesanNwuba Art Collection
Tijani MayakiriUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Tijani MayakiriUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Twins Seven-SevenUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Twins Seven-SevenUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Twins Seven-SevenUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Georgina BeierUntitled, 1989Nwuba Art Collection
Georgina BeierUntitled, 1989Nwuba Art Collection
Gabriel IpadeolaUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Fidel OyioguDuo Tone, 2022Acrylic on canvasNwuba Art Collection
Fidel OyioguDestiny, 2022Acrylic mixedNwuba Art Collection
Fidel OyioguIn One Accord, 2023AcrylicNwuba Art Collection
Fidel OyioguGlamorous Dancer III, 2018Acrylic mixedNwuba Art Collection
Fidel OyioguIllusions of Realities II, 2014Nwuba Art Collection
Fidel OyioguUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Fidel OyioguUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Fidel OyioguFlutist, 2022Acrylic on canvasNwuba Art Collection
Fidel OyioguUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Kayode OmotoshoBoy 1Nwuba Art Collection
Erhabor EmokpaeUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Erhabor EmokpaeUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Erhabor EmokpaeUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Bruce OnobrakpeyaYellow Base Ikpu (Traditional Bag Series), 1981Deep etching on paperNwuba Art Collection
Tayo AdenaikeUntitled, 1984Watercolor on paperNwuba Art Collection
Paul IgboanugoThumb Pianist, 1980Nwuba Art Collection
Obiora UdechukwuUntitled, 1995Nwuba Art Collection
Obiora UdechukwuUntitled, 1987Nwuba Art Collection
EtukUntitled, 1989Nwuba Art Collection
EtukUntitled, 1989Nwuba Art Collection
Bruce OnobrakpeyaUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Bruce OnobrakpeyaUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Oyekunle OlajideUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Oyekunle OlajideUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Oyekunle OlajideUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Gbenga OffoUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Mitoukaritou JonahAlexNwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Twins Seven-SevenUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Ben OsaweUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Ben EnwonwuUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Abayomi BarberUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Abayomi BarberUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Michael AdenubiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Michael AdenubiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Michael AdenubiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Michael AdenubiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Michael AdenubiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Michael AdenubiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Michael AdenubiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Michael AdenubiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Michael AdenubiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Michael AdenubiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Michael AdenubiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Michael AdenubiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Michael AdenubiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Erhabor EmokpaeSurvivalNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art CollectionMovements and schools
13 movements and schools, oldest first.
13th century onwards, working today · NigeriaLiving tradition
Benin bronze casters (Igun Street)
Igun Street, Benin City, Edo State
The royal guild of bronze casters (Igun Eronmwon) of the Kingdom of Benin, still working by the lost-wax method in Igun Street.
1940s–1970s · Nigeria
Lagos and the modern masters
Lagos, Ibadan and abroad
The first generation of modern Nigerian artists, trained in Nigeria and abroad, who set up the studios, schools and societies the later movements grew from.
Aina Onabolu, Ben Enwonwu, Akinola Lasekan, Felix Idubor
1950s onwards · Nigeria
Yaba School (Yaba College of Technology)
Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech), Lagos
The art department of Yaba College of Technology, one of the oldest art schools in Nigeria, has trained generations of Lagos painters and sculptors.
Yusuf Grillo, Kolade Oshinowo, Isiaka Osunde, Abiodun Olaku
1958–1961 and after · Nigeria
Zaria Art Society (Natural Synthesis)
Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, Zaria
Students at Zaria who, on the eve of independence, called for "natural synthesis": joining the best of indigenous traditions with what was useful from Western art…
Uche Okeke, Yusuf Grillo, Bruce Onobrakpeya, Demas Nwoko
1961 onwards · Nigeria
Mbari Club, Ibadan
Ibadan, Oyo State
A club for writers and artists founded in Ibadan in 1961 by Ulli Beier with Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe, J.
Uche Okeke, Demas Nwoko, Ibrahim El-Salahi
1960s onwards · Nigeria
Oshogbo School
Oshogbo (Osogbo), Osun State, Nigeria
Grew out of the Mbari Mbayo club and the workshops of Ulli and Georgina Beier, Susanne Wenger and Duro Ladipo in the early 1960s.
Twins Seven-Seven, Jimoh Buraimoh, Muraina Oyelami, Rufus Ogundele
1970s onwards · Nigeria
Nsukka School (Uli)
University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Artists teaching and studying at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, who took the uli and nsibidi drawing and body-painting traditions of Igbo women into painting,…
Uche Okeke, Obiora Udechukwu, El Anatsui, Chike Aniakor
1970s onwards · Nigeria
Abayomi Barber School
Centre for Cultural Studies, University of Lagos
A circle of artists who gathered around the painter and sculptor Abayomi Barber at the University of Lagos, working outside the university art departments.
Abayomi Barber, Bunmi Babatunde
1970s onwards · Nigeria
Auchi School (colourism)
Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State
The art school of the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, known across Nigeria for "colourism": pictures built from bold, saturated colour rather than line.
Sam Ovraiti, Ben Osaghae
1985–2000, reunited 2024 · Nigeria
Aka Circle of Exhibiting Artists
Nsukka and Enugu, Eastern Nigeria
A circle of artists founded in 1985 by El Anatsui and Obiora Udechukwu, who taught or studied at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and the Institute of Management and…
El Anatsui, Obiora Udechukwu, Chike Aniakor, Tayo Adenaike
1989 onwards · Nigeria
Ona Movement
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
A group of artists at Ile-Ife who looked to Yoruba decorative design (ona) as the basis of a modern art, as the Nsukka artists did with uli.
Moyo Okediji, Kunle Filani, Tola Wewe, Bolaji Campbell
2000s onwards · NigeriaContemporary
Lagos contemporary
Lagos and the Nigerian diaspora
The galleries, fairs, festivals and art spaces of Lagos today, among them the Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos (2007), LagosPhoto (2010) and Art X Lagos (2016), and…
Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Peju Alatise, Victor Ehikhamenor, Nnenna Okore
Nigeria
University of Port Harcourt - Department of Fine Art and Design
Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
Artists in the library
- Abayomi Awobusuyi
1 work - Abayomi Barber
2 works - Adebisi Fabunmi
Oshogbo School · 22 works - Agwunobi Emmanuel Ekene
Contemporary African art · 9 works - Akinola Lasekan
Lagos and the modern masters · 2 works - Akpukpu
1 work - Aniedi Okorie
Lagos contemporary · 41 works - Anthony Ojeagar
1 work - Ben Enwonwu
Lagos and the modern masters · 1 work - Ben Osawe
1 work - Bruce Onobrakpeya
Zaria Art Society (Natural Synthesis) · 3 works - Erhabor Emokpae
Lagos and the modern masters · 4 works - Etuk
2 works - Fidel Oyiogu
10 works - Gabriel Ipadeola
1 work - Gbenga Offo
1 work - Georgina Beier
Oshogbo School · 2 works - Hezzmetal Studios
1 work - Ilesan
1 work - Imanuel Spencer
3 works - Issac Ojo Fajana
Oshogbo School · 2 works - Kayode David
2 works - Kayode Omotosho
3 works - Lamidi
2 works - Lamidi Fakeye
1 work - Lawrence Oribhabor
1 work - Michael Adenubi
13 works - Mitoukaritou Jonah
3 works - Obiora Udechukwu
Nsukka School (Uli) · 2 works - Osinowo
1 work - Oyavioza
1 work - Oyekunle Olajide
8 works - Paul Igboanugo
1 work - Prekeme Kentebe
1 work - Rufus Ogundele
Oshogbo School · 16 works - Tayo Adenaike
Nsukka School (Uli) · 1 work - Tchif
1 work - Tijani Mayakiri
Oshogbo School · 12 works - Tonia Mike
1 work - Twins Seven-Seven
Oshogbo School · 8 works
Masters of Nigerian art
The masters named by each school; find them in the library or in the references.
Aina OnaboluBen EnwonwuAkinola LasekanFelix IduborErhabor EmokpaeYusuf GrilloKolade OshinowoIsiaka OsundeAbiodun OlakuEdosa OgiugoUche OkekeBruce OnobrakpeyaDemas NwokoSimon OkekeJimoh AkoloIbrahim El-SalahiTwins Seven-SevenJimoh BuraimohMuraina OyelamiRufus OgundeleAdebisi FabunmiNike Davies-OkundayeJacob AfolabiSusanne WengerObiora UdechukwuEl AnatsuiChike AniakorOlu OguibeTayo AdenaikeIfeoma AnyaejiAbayomi BarberBunmi BabatundeSam OvraitiBen OsaghaeIfedioramma DikeChika Okeke-AguluNsikak EssienChris AfubaObiora AnidiBona EzeuduChike EbebeChris EchetaBoniface OkaforSamson UchenduTony UmunnaMoyo OkedijiKunle FilaniTola WeweBolaji CampbellWale OlajideNjideka Akunyili CrosbyPeju AlatiseVictor EhikhamenorNnenna OkoreNdidi DikeToyin Ojih OdutolaYinka Shonibare