20 Nigerian Contemporary Artists you should know.
Lamidi Fakeye: (Traditional Carver)
He was born in 1925 in Illa - Orangun, Osun State. 
After his primary education, he became an apprentice to George Bandele Areogun, a well known carver for three years. He worked in the workshop of Father Kelvin Carroll at Oye-Ekiti between 1947 and 1951 and that of Father O'Mahomey at Ondo. Fakeye visited many European and America galleries, lecturing and demonstrating the Yoruba carving method between 1963 and 1966. His commissions include among others, wood relief door panels depicting scenes from the life of Jesus Christ at the University of Ibadan in 1954 and 1955, Church doors at Oke padi, Ibadan in 1956-1957. Fakeye until his death  was teaching traditional carving techniques at the Department of Fine Art, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
P.S: He thaugth me traditional carving techniques as an undergraduate in O.A.U Ile-Ife.