Iyke Okenyi, who hails from Enugu state, was born on March 13th 1968 in umuahia, Abia State. He studied at the University of Nigeria Nsukka where he obtained both Bachelor and Master’s degrees in sculpture. He is a highly respected experimentalist in the art circle and obviously among the prominent artist from the University of Nigeria Nsukka. He has taken part in over 40 art exhibitions in Nigeria and aboard including “something special” a recent solo exhibition held in Transcorp Hilton Abuja. He also featured at the 2009 edition of ARESUVA.