Chike Obeagu

A serve Chike trained at the University of Nigeria Nsukka, where he obtained a BA and an MFA degree. He has won many art grants and awards and has participated in the reputable exhibitions biennials, residencies and workshops in Nigeria, Senegal, Italy, South Africa, USA, UK and China.

He is a co-founder and the creative director of FABA (For Artists by Artists ) studios, a contemporary  non profit making organisation that promotes young and up-coming talents in the creative workshops and seminars and engages new audiences in the arts using visual communications and new technologies to promote community building and social change.

STATEMENT

The Igbo saying that “things are in two’’ provides the basis for my works which are the final result of the processing of diverse thematic materials and ideas derived from the unfathomable mysteries of existence. Their interpretations are constructed around the vast elements of the theory and practice of dualism. They are inspired by various environments, experiences, encounters, interactions, events, vision, prophesies  tensions, joy, excitements, anger, frustrations, and all that attribute to life. They are pictorial narratives constructed around social and political issues in any space i find myself. My Work focuses on the “positive “and the “negative” systems. These provide me with diverse vocabularies for articulating the content of my work which incorporates global themes and interposes private and public spaces. My images are intended to comfort the multitude of the issues in my society in order to forge true social change. I view art as a tool for education, agitation and social critique. Essentially, art CAS a manifestation of the world seeks to create.