Osaru Obaseki is a self taught artist from Edo State Nigeria. She is one of the many rising artists in Africa who is making a big wave in the Contemporary art scene. In 2017, she joined Nosona Studios under the Edo global centre platform. This gave her a spring board to broaden her practice and gain immense opportunity. She has [...]

Priestess, Acrylic on canvas, 30×40 inches, 2019 It’s my pleasure to introduce African Art Wave’s August spotlight artist, Adulphina Imuede. Adulphina is an avid writer, poet and painter … some may say that she is a creator and translator of beauty. She’s a Nigerian artist born in Auchi, but originally from Agenebode, Edo State. She graduated from the University of [...]

by Mary Fisayo More and more investors are looking to the art market as a way to diversify their traditional investment portfolio. This is a market that has seen exponential growth in the last few years, commanding increasingly high prices from investors from across the globe. Sotheby’s inaugural Modern & Contemporary African art auction brought in £2.26m in 2017. This [...]

John Madu, City Girls on Rousseau’s Beach, 2020 I sat down a few weeks ago with John Madu, a painter based out of my very own, Lagos Nigeria. John is a an artist of many forms, most known for his figurative paintings heavy with symbolism and highly influenced by pop culture. I was lucky enough to view John’s pieces at [...]