Udeaku Chikezie

Nigerian artist Udeaku Chikezie blends her contemporary aesthetic with the roots of her culture to create a unique and personal view of her everyday surroundings. Using dramatic, sweeping angles, rich earthy colors, and immediate subject matter, Chikezie presents a modern vision of her native country. Her documentary style photographs capture with a crystalline clarity the beauty and reality of the day to day struggles, triumphs, lives and scenery that make up the world around her. Truly an interdisciplinary artist, Chikezie works in a variety of mediums including paint, metal, fabric and photography to express the poignant peculiarity of life. While her surrealist paintings are a subtle reflection, her photographs serve as raw evidence of her life in Nigeria and consequently serve as a release for her emotions, ideas, and experiences.

Born in Enugu, Nigeria, Udeaku Chikezie continues to be inspired by the world in which she lives. She holds a degree in Fine and Applied Arts from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Her artwork can be found in private collections worldwide.

Labyrinth of Color
Reception: Thursday July 24, 2008 6-8 PM
Exhibition Dates: 7/22/2008 - 8/12/2008

Invitation to Udeaku Chikezie's exhibition

Uzoma Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 21.5" x 50" $3500 Uzoma Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 21.5" x 50" $3500	In Transit I Mixed Media & Acrylic on Canvas 21.5" x 33" $2200 In Transit I Mixed Media & Acrylic on Canvas 21.5" x 33" $2200
In Transit II Mixed Media & Acrylic on Canvas 29" x 23" $2400 In Transit II Mixed Media & Acrylic on Canvas 29" x 23" $2400