Victor Ubabike

Victor Ubabike is a Nigerian contemporary painter born in 1982 in Auchi, Edo State, working in the
style he defines as Geometric Figurative Expressionism. He grew up inspired by a late elder brother
whose natural talent for drawing left a deep impression on him. He began drawing at an early age and
never stopped. Art became the language he reached for first.
His formal development began in 1999 to 2000 under the tutelage of Jacob Ijemeh, which gave him the
discipline to match his instinct. He went on to earn a Higher National Diploma in Fine and Applied Arts
from Auchi Polytechnic in 2007, building the foundation for more than two decades of practice since.
His journey as a painter has been one of deliberate evolution. He began with Impressionism, drawn
especially to the figure, capturing light, mood and the human presence with painterly looseness. Over
time that gave way to abstraction, where form dissolved and feeling took over entirely. From there he
arrived at where he stands today: Geometric Figurative Expressionism, a style that brings both worlds
together. The figure returns, but now it is fractured, rebuilt in planes and angles, charged with the
emotional intensity his earlier abstractions taught him.
Ubabike works primaril...

Higher National Diploma(HND) major in painting, 2007.

Salon Exhibition: Lagos State Lawn Tennis Club, Lagos (2025)

Surreal Synergies: Redefining Conscious Constructs: Art Hotel, Lagos (2023)

INERTIA: Lasmara, National Museum, Lagos (2020)

October Rain: Society of Nigerian Artists, Lagos (2018)

Riches Within: Life in My City Art Festival, Enugu (2016)

Echoes of Edo Land: National Gallery of Art, Benin City (2013)

Igue Festival: Visual of the Ancient Benin Kingdom: National Gallery of Art, Benin City (2011)