Alexander Okwuobi

Born in 1999 in Lagos, Nigeria, Alexander is a self taught Nigerian Painter, He
lives and works in Birmingham , Great Britain. He studied Architecture between 2016-
2022, he has been painting since 2022 and has his works in private collections
across Nigeria. His works have been viewed privately by a community
created in 2022 and shows his paintings to the audience annually in
organized exhibitions.
Ranging from stylized abstracted portraits to Landscapes and Cityscapes
Alexander’s paintings explore his personal experiences, spiritual
growth/enlightenment and the political scene of his immediate environment,
it highlights the murky expressions of inner feelings like grief, healing, self-
love, channeling, and commentates on the Nigerian political stage.
Alexander channels his personal state of mind into paintings by conceiving
‘ideas’ sketching and painting, this practice has helped him to ‘Let go’ of the
feelings of emptiness, pain and frustration. Delving through different artistic
periods, the artist expresses different emotions with various media and
techniques. He focuses on the use of acrylic to render paintings with an
ashy/aged effect on canvas, cloths and any object he lays his hands on. A
recurring theme in his works is ...

Architecture
2016-2021