Yomi Momoh

The artist Yomi Momoh studied Fine Art at the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, graduated in 1989 with a Bachelors of Fine Art. He has ever since, been a full time professional artist. He studied sculpture at the University, but he is known more today as a painter. He has always painted. He sees the female form as a perfect medium to express his view about life and the world.

The female form is richly endowed with a lot of soft curves, which to yomi Momoh is the strongest factor for expression in art. PLENTY CURVES for him makes his art what he thinks it should just be all the time. This is not to say that lines, even HARD LINES does not express good beauty, but it’s just that curves is what he has chosen to use to express his impression about beauty, and the beauty that life is. Works of Yomi Momoh adorn walls of private homes, and public places in Nigeria as well as international galleries.