20 Contemporary Nigerian Artists you should know:
Tola Wewe, (Painter):

Tola Wewe

Tola Wewe was born in 1959 in Ondo State.
He graduated from the then University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in 1983 specialising in painting.

He also did his masters in visual art at University of Ibadan in 1986.Tola Wewe's interest in art began during his childhood, when after the rain, he would draw in the dampened earth in front of his father's house in the village, often repremanded by his parents.

Tola Wewe, Kunle Filani, Bolaji Campbell, Tunde Nasiru and Moyo Okediji are considered to be the founding members of a movement called ONA in 1989. He was a lecturer at Adeyemi college of education, Ondo for sometime before retiring to full time studio practice.

He has participated in several solo and group exhibitions allover. Some of his works include: reclining mermaid;from the forest of ghost; and market women in the street.