Enotie Ogbebor

Enotie Ogbebor is a self taught multidisciplinary artist whose love for art, culture and history started from childhood where he molded with clay and sketched voraciously. He was born and is currently living in Benin City and Lagos, Nigeria.
his interest in art was piqued by his childhood spent in igun street witnessing his uncle bronze casters at work, he was apprenticed whilst on holidays from school to the late master carver Imagbenekaro in Benin. He was exposed to the works of the Nigerian modernist at an early age and had private art tutors at home.

“I seek to use my Art to encourage humanity to recognise the beauty around us and to seek for solutions which I highlight in our history,culture, environmental issues and its correlation to Human trafficking and social issues which affect our societies." to initiate conversations which result in the implementation of sustainable solutions.

I have been influenced deeply by an intuitive style of Painting, sculpting with colours and mixed media.”
His interest in art was also piqued by his travels to Egypt, Greece and Ethiopia and also his childhood visits to various Museums in Africa, Europe and the United States of America where he saw firsthand some of the wonders of the w...

B.Sc. Economics/Statistics University of Benin.

RESIDENCY PROGRAMS:
Blue Cube Residency, China 2019.
Residency at the British Museum 2019 - 2021.

2019: Blue Cube Exhibition China.
2019: "Chronicles of an Era", [Re:] Entanglements Project.
2015: Exhibition "colors of a missing link at The Thought Pyramid, Art gallery Abuja.
2014 Exhibition Lagos, Nigeria.
L.M.A awards for best visual Artist.
2014 F.A.C.E Art Exhibition, Atlanta, Georgia USA.
2011: Promises Kept, Terra Kulture, Victoria Island, Lagos.
2010: Generational Statement, Thought Pyramid Gallery, Abuja.
2007: Eclectic Treasures, Terra Kulture, Victoria Island, Lagos.
1997: Colours of festivity, Oba Akenzua Cultural Centre
Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.
1996: Colours of festivity, Goethe institute Victoria Island, Lagos.