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Nigerian artist
Gerald Chukwuma
Born1973 (age 51–52)
Lagos, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
Education
Occupation(s)Visual artist, sculptor and painter

Gerald Chukwuma (born 1973) is a Nigerian visual artist, sculptor and painter.

Early life and education

Chukwuma was born in 1973 in Lagos State, Nigeria. He attended the University of Nigeria, Nsukka where he studied Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine and applied arts, he graduated in 2003. He has joined other Nigerian veteran artists in several exhibitions like Ebenezer Akinola, George Edozie and Olusegun Adejumo.

Exhibitions

Selected solo exhibitions

  • 2017: Standing Ovation, Gallery 1957, Accra
  • 2019: Wrinkles, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London
  • 2020: Ikwokirikwo: The Dance of Spirits, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin
  • 2021: Eclipse of the Scrolls, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery (London Bridge), London

Selected group exhibitions

  • 2021: Travels with Herodotus-A Journey through African Cultures, Galleria Bianconi, Milano
  • 2020: Enter Art Fair, with Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Copenhagen Untitled art San Francisco, with Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, San Francisco
  • 2016: People's Paradise, Temple Muse, Lagos
  • 2006: With a Human Face, Pan African University, Lagos

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