Oluwakemi Omowaire Oil Painting "New Chapter," 21st Century
Item Details
Oluwakemi Omowaire (Nigerian-American, born 1984)
New Chapter, 21st century
Oil painting on canvas
Signed to the lower right and to the verso
Title inscribed to the verso
Oluwakemi Omowaire was born in Nigeria in 1984. She is a self-taught artist with a degree in psychology. Fascinated with how emotions are revealed through facial expressions, she paints in an expressionistic manner using bold colors and a heavy impasto technique. She was a member of the Society of Nigerian Artists and participated in several exhibitions before moving to the United States in 2014. In 2018, she was a part of two successful art exhibitions in Columbus, Ohio: ’The Art of Nigerian Women: Sisters” at the Columbus Metropolitan Library and “Art at The Hilton” featuring original artworks by African diaspora artists.
Condition
- light scuffs to paint along the edges of the painting.
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Item #
ITMGC51652