The Artists Behind the Work
Our artists are recent graduates from top Nigerian institutions—refined through the CraftVantage program and ready to reshape the sustainable art world.
Utubor Shadrach Melvin
Oil Painting
Utubor is a Nigerian figurative painter exploring emotion, movement, and the relationship between the physical and spiritual through expressive oil on canvas.
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Oloruntobi Bolaji Esther
Mixed Media
Esther works across resin, metal, wood, and discarded materials, exploring femininity, cultural memory, and resilience through sculpture and mixed media.
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Afolabi Samuel
Oil & Acrylic Painting
Afolabi paints everyday life, human resilience, and cultural identity—drawing from urban environments and Yoruba heritage in bold, emotionally charged compositions.
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Nasir Adamu
Acrylic Painting
Nasir is a contemporary expressionist painter from Kebbi State, whose evocative acrylic works draw on personal experience and cultural influence.
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Izuka Joy Chidinma
Sculpture & Mixed Media
Izuka works across sculpture, painting, and installation in metal, fiberglass, clay, wood, and plaster—exploring form as a vehicle for storytelling, hope, and cultural heritage.
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Johnson Oyekale Oluwatobi
Acrylic, Oil & Mixed Media
Johnson is a Lagos-based painter exploring African identity and human emotion through expressive forms and layered textures in acrylic, oil, and mixed media.
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Fasinu Ololade Prudence
Acrylic Painting
Prudence paints Nigerian landscapes that document the energy of everyday environments, using rich color and movement to celebrate the beauty in the city's chaos.
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Obajuluwa Timothy Segun
Oil color
An impasto artist with an HND in Painting from Yaba College of Technology, Segun captures the vibrant essence of life through a rich palette of nature, market scenes, urban landscapes, figures, flowers, and aquatic life.
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Adaeze Nnaji
Ceramics
Adaeze makes ceramic vessels and sculptures using traditional Igbo pottery methods. Her work draws from domestic objects and their role in Igbo culture.
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Babajide Cole
Digital Art
Babajide works with generative algorithms and 3D modeling to create digital art rooted in Yoruba visual traditions.
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Folake Adebayo
Sculpture
Folake builds sculptures from scrap metal and salvaged wood. Her work addresses Lagos's rapid development and its environmental costs.
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Tunde Bakare
Oil Painting
Tunde paints Lagos street scenes and daily life in oil. He uses eco-certified pigments and sustainable linen.
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