BIOGRAPHY
Chigozie Obi (b. 1997, Lagos, Nigeria). Her work explores experimentation with multiple materials to tell stories formed from personal/societal experiences.
Obi’s work authenticates her keen interest for the human aspect of life, the body, beauty standards and the strive for self-acceptance. She aims to create sustained conversations about people and society - the cultural narratives adopted and how it affects people in it, especially women.
Obi obtained a bachelors degree of Visual Arts from the Creative Arts department, University of Lagos in 2017. Her work has been featured in several group exhibitions and sales, which include, ‘Unity’, Vollery Gallery, Dubai (2022), ’Intersections’, Gallery Affinity, Lagos, Nigeria (2021), ’Are You Comfortable Now?’, A Whitespace Creative Agency, Lagos, Nigeria (2021), ‘Real Life Is Fragile’, Thinkspace Projects, Los Angeles, US (2020), MoCada Museum’s silent auction (2019). She was selected as Arthouse Contemporary’s Artist of the month - July 2018, one of the recipients of the inaugural Tilga Fund for Arts Grant (2020) and the Art.ng Grant for Visual Artists (2020). She is the winner of the Access Bank ’Art X Prize (2021), one of the winners of The Future Awards Prize For Art (2021), one of the shortlisted artists for The Alpine Fellowship Art Prize (2020) and recently concluded her residency at Gasworks, London (April - June 2022).
AWARDS
2021 The Future Awards Prize For Art - (Winner)2021 Access Bank Art X Prize - (Winner)
2020 Art.ng Grant for Visual Artists - (Recipient)2020 Tilga Fund for Arts Grant (Recipient)
The Alpine Fellowship Art Prize - (Shortlist)
2020 Art.ng Grant for Visual Artists - (Recipient)2020 Tilga Fund for Arts Grant (Recipient)
The Alpine Fellowship Art Prize - (Shortlist)
EDUCATION
2017 BA Visual Arts (Painting) University of Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria.
SELECTED EXHIBITION
2023 C+N Gallery CANEPANERI, “Young Talents: Polymathic Nature”. Genoa, Group Show
2022 ‘Perspectives’, Thinkspace Projects, Los Angeles, USA2022 Gasworks London Artist In Residence (April - June)2022 ‘Unity’, Vollery Gallery, Dubai
2021 ’Intersections’, Gallery Affinity, Lagos, Nigeria
’Are You Comfortable Now?’, A Whitespace Creative Agency, Lagos, Nigeria2020 ‘Real Life Is Fragile’ at Thinkspace Projects in Los Angeles, USA
2020 Bethany Arts Community Residency
GTBank Art635 Inspire Auction
Forms and Figures, Art Village Gallery, Memphis, USA
2019 Collective Renditions, African Artists Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria2019 MoCada Museum Silent Auction (Virtual Auction)
2018 The Studio Scout, Omenka Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria
Rele in Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
2021 ’Intersections’, Gallery Affinity, Lagos, Nigeria
’Are You Comfortable Now?’, A Whitespace Creative Agency, Lagos, Nigeria2020 ‘Real Life Is Fragile’ at Thinkspace Projects in Los Angeles, USA
2020 Bethany Arts Community Residency
GTBank Art635 Inspire Auction
Forms and Figures, Art Village Gallery, Memphis, USA
2019 Collective Renditions, African Artists Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria2019 MoCada Museum Silent Auction (Virtual Auction)
2018 The Studio Scout, Omenka Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria
Rele in Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria