List of Nigerian women artists
This is a list of women artists who were born in the Nigeria or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.
A
[edit]- Haneefah Adam, visual artist
- Jenevieve Aken (born 1989), photographer focused on self-portraits, portrait, and documentary photos
- Peju Alatise (born 1975), artist, poet, writer
- Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze (born 1982), Nigerian-born British-American drawings and works on paper, she lives in Brooklyn, New York
B
[edit]- Olawunmi Banjo (born 1985), painter, drawing
C
[edit]- Sokari Douglas Camp (born 1958), Nigerian-born English sculptor
- Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy (1952–2012), Nigerian-born English figurative painter
- Njideka Akunyili Crosby (born 1983), Nigerian-born visual artist, lives in Los Angeles
D
[edit]- Nike Davies-Okundaye (born 1951), batik and adire textile designer
- Ndidi Dike (born 1960), English-born Nigerian sculpture and mixed-media painter
E
[edit]- Afi Ekong (1930–2009), painter, fashion designer and member of the royal family of Edidem Bassey Eyo Epharaim Adam III
- Oroma Elewa, visual and performance artist, writer and creative director
- Ekene Emeka Maduka (born 1996), Canadian-Nigerian contemporary artist known for her self portraits
F
[edit]- Modupeola Fadugba (born 1985), painter
K
[edit]- Ayobola Kekere-Ekun (born 1993), contemporary visual artist
- Marcia Kure (born 1970), mixed media painter and drawer
- Ladi Kwali ( c.1925–1984), potter
L
[edit]- Peju Layiwola (born 1967), visual artist, art historian, and professor
O
[edit]- Toyin Ojih Odutola (born 1985), Nigerian-born American known for her multimedia drawings and works on paper
- Temitayo Ogunbiyi (born 1984), contemporary artist and curator
- Suzanna Ogunjami, painter, printmaker, jewelry designer; first African woman to have a solo exhibit in a commercial gallery in the United States
- Amarachi Okafor (born 1977), sculptor, mixed media artist
- Nnenna Okore (born 1975), Australian-born American textile artist and sculptor, of Nigerian descent
- Ebele Okoye (born 1969), Nigerian-born German painter, animator
- Adéọlá Ọlágúnjú, photographer, video artist, sound and installation artist
- Princess Elizabeth Olowu (born 1939), sculptor, daughter of Oba Akenzua II
T
[edit]- Patience Torlowei (born 1964), fashion designer
- Fatimah Tuggar (born 1967), interdisciplinary artist
W
[edit]- Susanne Wenger (1915–2009), Austrian-born Nigerian sculptor