Collection: Chika Idu 🇳🇬

Chika Idu, a multi media artist of Nigerian origin, is an established artist who has practised his craft professionally for over two decades, he has a rare gift of mastery for any medium he chooses to work with, this is evident in his water-colours, acrylics, drawings, collages, oils and several sculpture mediums. He approaches his paintings from an observer’s narrative, as if recording an ongoing  dialogue and inviting viewer participation. Chika sees his works as an extension of his voice. His paintings are drawn from the relationships between children and women on one side as against norms drawn from a societal, religious, cultural and traditional belief system where the male is the dominant figure. His painting style and techniques vary with the medium he chooses to work with. According to him, he gets bored with conventional methods and materials so he challenges himself with every medium to discover a new way, method and style of medium handling. This approach of material rediscovery has led Chika to the creation and mastery of different and unique styles and techniques for each medium he works with. He is currently under international spotlight after being mentioned on two continents as an artist to watch out for in 2021.