Biography
Onyeka Ibe (b. 1971) is a New York-based Nigerian-born artist. Whilst some of his portraits and landscapes are purely representational, others lean much more towards abstraction. Ibe's colour palette is reminiscent of Africa's rich, earthy tones yet the villages he paints are not restricted to a particular land mass. As such, he brings together elements of his native Africa and combines them with Western influences.
Ibe achieved initial success at the age of 16 when his work was exhibited at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Lagos. Years later, he graduated in Fine Art from the University of Benin, Nigeria. New York-based, his work has been exhibited internationally. Ibe was awarded "The Best SOLO Artist of the Year 2006" at Artexpo New York.
Exhibitions
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From EGO to ID
4 Dec 2014 - 20 Mar 2015Gallery Elena Shchukina is delighted to present From EGO to ID, an exhibition of disparate art, objects and furniture created into vignettes. Wall works by gallery artists Allan Forsyth, Onyeka Ibe, Miguel Kohler-Jan, Laure Hatchuel-Becker and Paul Wright stand in dialogue with design pieces. In From EGO to ID (the latter a play on Interior Design), EGO represents personal identity. In this case EGO is the art, objects and furniture themselves, with their individual characteristics. The ID represents our natural and instinctual response to the pieces and the groupings -...Read more -
Onyeka Ibe Interactive Spaces
24 Sep - 9 Nov 2013Gallery Elena Shchukina is delighted to present Interactive Spaces, an exhibition of new and recent works by New York-based Nigerian-born artist Onyeka Ibe (b. 1971). Whilst some of his portraits and landscapes are purely representational, others lean much more towards abstraction. Ibe's colour palette is reminiscent of Africa's rich, earthy tones yet the villages he paints are not restricted to a particular land mass. As such, he brings together elements of his native Africa and combines them with Western influences. The subjects of his figurative works tend to be white...Read more
