20 Nigerian Contemporary Artists you should know

Ben Enwonwu (painter and sculptor) born in 1921.

Ben Enwonwu learnt carving from his father when he was young. He was encouraged to pursue art between 1934 and 1937 by Kenneth C. Murray at Government College, Ibadan. He was later trained at Slade School of Art, London, among many other training abroad. His first one man show was in 1942 at the Exhibition centre, Marina Lagos. His first group show was in  Zwemmer gallery, London. These were followed by other exhibitions within and outside Nigeria. He did Sango, outside NEPA building , Marina. Anyanwu was also made and placed at The Lagos Museum onikan.He did the Risen christ in wood at Universisity of Ibadan. Enwonwu strongly believes that Nigerian artists should express their cultural identity through the use of western techniques without copying western art.

Older works of Ben Enwonwu