20 Nigerian Contemporary Artists you should know.
Demas Nwoko:( Painter and Sculptor)1935. 
He was first inspired by the series of artworks on the walls of his father's palace, the Obi of the town. While attending a secondary school in Benin City, he was lucky to have an Art teacher who thaught him the basic principles of art. He later entered the Nigerian College of Arts , Science and Technology, Zaria, where he trained and graduated as a painter and sculptor adopting the expressionistic style of the traditional African art from which he draws his inspirations. He has participated in many exhibitions within and outside Nigeria. He exhibited at the Mbari Gallery in Ibadan and also featured in the Independence exhibition of 1960. Some of his works include Adam and Eve, The Philosopher and Boy.