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Ogbada Edwin Ejeh
Gerald Chukwuma Born 1992 in Benue, Nigeria. Attended College of Education, Oju, Benue State. 2011-2014,

obtaining a N.C.E in Fine and Applied Arts
ART EXHIBITION/WORKSHOP:
Born in 1973, Gerald Chukwuma is a celebrated visual artist and furniture Nike Art Gallery, Osogbo, Osun State. 2010
designer with an enthusiastic local and international following. He graduated Art Is Everywhere International workshop/ exhibition
from the prestigious Nsukka Art School of the University of Nigeria, with a Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria (2012).
rst class degree. Chukwuma's bold works using a multitude of found objects Final Year Art Exhibiton, C.O.E, Oju 2014.
have an unforgettable visual language, in which he uses African symbols and Ogirikan 2017.
patterns in refreshing new ways. ART EDUCATION EXPERIENCE:
He uses a combination of textures , lines , symbols and colours laid out Gallery curator: Nike Art Gallery, Dada Estate, Osogbo, Osun State. 2010 Royal Entourage
on painstakingly etched wooden panels to explore the concepts of migration Art Facilitator, Young @ Art, Biodun Omolayo Art Gallery, Onikan, Lagos State (2015)
with the desire to examine the mutations of human life triggered by the Art Teacher[part-time]: Government College Victoria Island. Lagos State. (2016-2019)
digital collapse of the geographical lines that separate us, the gradual Art Teacher: Hopscotch Preschool, Nursery, and Primary School, Lagos State (2018-2019) 27 x 28 inches
grooving of the world into a small village and the social and cultural issues of Oil on canvas
voluntary and forced relocation.
In 2008 and 2011, he emerged as top 3 winners of the prestigious
National Art Competition (NAC). He featured on the Cable News Network
CNN's Inside Africa program in 2011 showcasing his unique artworks. In
2014, the University of Nigeria Nsukka commissioned him to produce 2
monumental pieces for the university Library and the Vice Chancellor's
complex.
Chukwuma has taken part in 20 exhibitions in the last decade in Nigeria,
Cameroon , France, Denmark, Holland, and the United States of America
and his works have become auction favourites. Freedom
He is married with a wonderful wife and two kid
65 x 36 inches,
Acrylic on incised wood 13 panels

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