List of Nigerian women artists explained

This is a list of women artists who were born in the Nigeria or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.

A

• 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

• Olawunmi Banjo (born 1985), painter, drawing

C

• 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

• Nike Davies-Okundaye (born 1951), batik and adire textile designer
• Ndidi Dike (born 1960), English-born Nigerian sculpture and mixed-media painter

E

• 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

• Modupeola Fadugba (born 1985), painter

K

• Ayobola Kekere-Ekun (born 1993), contemporary visual artist
• Marcia Kure (born 1970), mixed media painter and drawer
• Ladi Kwali (c.1925–1984), potter

L

• Peju Layiwola (born 1967), visual artist, art historian, and professor

O

• 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

• Patience Torlowei (born 1964), fashion designer
• Fatimah Tuggar (born 1967), interdisciplinary artist

W

• Susanne Wenger (1915–2009), Austrian-born Nigerian sculptor

See also

• List of Nigerians
• List of Nigerian artists