Oliver Enwonwu is founder and Editor-in-Chief of Omenka magazine, Director, Omenka Gallery and Chief Executive, Revilo. He holds a first degree in Biochemistry, advanced diploma in Exploration Geophysics (distinction), Post Graduate Diplomas in Applied Geophysics and Visual Art (distinction) and a Masters in Art History, all from the University of Lagos. He is the founder, Executive Director, and trustee of The Ben Enwonwu Foundation. He also sits on the board of several organizations including the National Gallery of Art, Nigeria and the Reproduction Rights Society of Nigeria. Enwonwu is also president of both the Society of Nigerian Artists and the Alliance of Nigerian Art Galleries.
Hannah O’Leary holds a Master’s degree in History of Art with Cultural Anthropology from Glasgow University. She first joined Sotheby’s in 2005, initially working in the Dublin and Melbourne offices....
Vivacious Nigerian linguist, Ogochukwu Akabogu founded one of the more familiar brands on the contemporary fashion scene in Lagos, Lines by Chaab, where she is the creative director. It is...
Fast-rising ceramist May Okafor holds a Bachelors degree in Fine and Applied Arts, as well as a Master’s in Art History, both from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Though formally...
Atong Atem is a South Sudanese artist and writer living in Narrm/Melbourne. Her work explores migrant narratives, postcolonial practices in the diaspora and the exploration of identity through portraiture. Atem...
Visual storyteller Fati Abubakar was born and raised in Maiduguri, Borno State. She developed a passion for photography, which led to the creation of her series ‘Bits of Borno’. Since September 2015, Abubakar...
Moffat Takadiwa was born in 1983 in Karoi, Zimbabwe. He graduated with a BA Honours from Harare Polytechnic College, Zimbabwe in 2008. Takadiwa’s practice incorporates the use of found objects...
Ghanaian-Togolese artist Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi, aka crazinisT artisT was born in 1981 in Ho, Volta Region of Ghana. He earned a Bachelors degree in Fine Arts (Painting) in 2014 from...
This February, Robert Devereux will for the first time, display to the public, 35 works from his Sina Jina Collection at The Heong Gallery. Themed When the Heavens Meet the Earth, the...
Leading contemporary photographer and curator Uche Okpa-Iroha holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Food Engineering from the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria. Since graduating, he has participated in...
Oyinda Fakeye is a founding member and director of the Video Art Network (VAN) Lagos. She began her career as a curatorial assistant at the Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA), Lagos...