[dropcap custom_class=”normal”]Chief Muraina Oyelami is a man of two worlds, popularly known as a master painter a great performing artist in music and theatre. He is a product of the famous Oshogbo Art Movement initiated by Professor Ulli Beier and his wife Georgina Beier. In 1964, he started his career as an artist. He studied technical theatre and specialized in theatre design at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, where he later taught traditional music from 1975 to 1987.[/dropcap]Continue reading
Meet The Founder Of ArtMiabo | Exclusive Interview
[dropcap custom_class=”normal”] Miabo Enyadike is an Artrepreneur, Interior designer & decorator and an art blogger. She is an awardee of the Ford Foundation Prize and grant for Contemporary Art by the Nigeria Art Institute Terrakulture, in Lagos Nigeria. She is the founder of ArtMiabo.[/dropcap]Continue reading
Spotlight Wednesday | Ehi Obinyan
[dropcap custom_class=”normal”]Wilfred Ehi Obinyan is partly a Nigerian, Ghanaian and Liberian. He is a colourist that explores the emotional force of colour by using subjects such as portraiture and landscape to emphasize the absolute priority of the individual and his perceptions.[/dropcap]Continue reading
Spotlight Wednesday | Bruce Onobrakpeya
[dropcap custom_class=”normal”]Bruce Obomeyoma Onobrakpeya is a printmaker, painter and sculptor, who is born to an Urhobo carver. He was taught art by Edward Ivehivboje at Western boys High School in Benin city. He also attended drawing classes at the British Council Art Club in Benin City.[/dropcap]Continue reading
The Woman With The Artistic Brush | Mama Nike Davis-Okundaye
[dropcap custom_class=”normal”] Mama Nike Davies Okundaye is a professional textile artist and a painter who loves her country Nigeria. She describes the country as one with an ancient culture that thrives in modern cities, a world that swings with ease between talking drums and the Internet. [/dropcap]Continue reading
Spotlight Wednesday | Dele Jegede
[dropcap custom_class=”normal”]Dele Jegede is a highly respected and famous Nigerian cartoonist, Painter and Art historian. Professor Dele Jegede is a renowned name in the art industry whose work has made a great impact in the industry. [/dropcap]Continue reading
Meet Olawunmi Banjo "The Artist"
[dropcap custom_class=”normal”]Olawunmi Banjo is one of the premium realists with well detailed finishing. She attended the Pan African University, Lagos, Nigeria where she studied Entrepreneurship. Olawunmi is a self developed Artist who loved drawing and painting as a kid, this made her develop a strong passion for her career. Her work captures the ideology that portrays deep and everyday social realities that confronts most societies. [/dropcap]Continue reading
Bellafricana Afrocentric Marketplace | Coming Soon
[dropcap custom_class=”normal”] Bellafricana is a marketplace where people around the world go to sell and buy unique Afrocentric and handmade goods. We are huge lovers of Afrocentric (made from Africa) and handmade products and services hence the reason we have created a platform to connect artisans, creatives, buyers, sellers and manufacturers. [/dropcap]
Spotlight Wednesday | Peju Alatise
[dropcap custom_class=”normal”]Peju Alatise is definitely not your everyday conventional artist. Interestingly enough, she has an educational background in architecture and is also a writer. A recurring theme in her work is the significance and power of womanhood. Alatise’s work borders on the theme of women, especially capturing the joys and pains of modern African womanhood. [/dropcap]Continue reading