FAACCE Curated
"Painted across the long rains of 2024, Songs of the Iroko begins with the artist's grandmother — a woman who spoke to trees the way others speak to elders."
Nigeria · Fine Art
Songs of the Iroko
Adaeze Okafor
Biography
Adaeze Okafor's painting practice braids Igbo cosmology with the material rigour of European oil tradition — she trained at Yaba and the Slade, and her studio sits two streets from the Lagoon.
Cultural statement
"I paint the things my grandmother taught me not to forget — the iroko, the river, the names spoken quietly at dusk."
Achievements
- ● Lagos Biennial — Featured Artist, 2024
- ● Smithsonian National Museum of African Art — Acquisition, 2023
- ● FAACCE Curated, 2024
Portfolio
1 works