Obi Nwaegbe

Obi Nwaegbe is a Nigerian multimedia artist, Founder and Executive Director, Artstier Company Limited, an Art Production and Consulting company based in Lagos and Abuja; an independent writer, curator, and art consultant. His works majorly explore cultural modification possibilities in Nigeria & Africa with the intention to create a more adaptable ecosystem in the continent’s engagement with other cultures and political systems around the world. A 2022 recipient of the Ford Foundation Good Neighbour Grant Award, he facilitated workshops in environmental re-orientation for art students of public secondary schools in Lagos State. His company, Artstier Company Limited, also partnered with the Nigerian-German Centre for Job’s Migration & Integration, under the auspices of the German Agency for International Development, for the orientation of young graduate artists towards establishment of their creative careers in different parts of Nigeria.

Obi Nwaegbe is currently studing for an MFA Degree in Painting from the Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria

WASC (University of Nigeria Secondary School) - 1996
BA (Fine and Applied Arts, University of Nigeria Nsukka) - 2004
GSD 1X (Architectural Imagination) Havard, Graduate School of Design - 2020

Tainted Visions Omenka Gallery, Ikoyi, Lagos - 2010
Tainted Visions 2, Alliance Francais, Accra - 2012
New Perceptions, Bougues, Lifecamp, Abuja - 2022
Who Are We? Soto Gallery, Ikoyi, Lagos - 2022

Selected Group Exhibitions
Title of Exhibition Venue Year
Making the best out of Junk Thoughtpyramid Gallery 2016
Faces & Forms, Exhibition Pavilion, Abuja 2019
And the Centre Refuses to
Hold Kongi’s Gallery, Lagos 2019
SANAA Art Festival, Kerry Parker Gallery,
Adelaide, South Australia 2019
Femicides/Art Report, Institut du Francais, Abuja 2022
Sensitive Content Arts Connection Foundation
Maimi, United States 2023