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Collins ObijiakuLuce Gallery

Born 1995 in Kaduna, Nigeria
Lives and works in Suleja, Nigeria

Collins Obijiaku, Patrick, 2021, Oil and charcoal on canvas, 195 x 160 cm. Courtesy of Luce Gallery. 

Collins Obijiaku creates vivid and poignant portraits utilising charcoal and texture to bring his subjects to life with dactylogram-like lines, impressing notions of identity, space, patterns, and typography. Detailed observation of his styled portraits holds the viewer’s gaze in a dizzying embrace. This mesmerising effect induced by concurrent and collinear lines running with no obvious starting point or no known end is deliberate, and for the artist, these lines represent life’s unpredictable journey. 

Obijiaku’s subjects confront the viewer directly with a bold and powerful gaze. In his distinct style of craftsmanship, Obijiaku uses charcoal and paint to map out the contour lines of his figures. He ‘exposes the very essence of his subjects’ forms,’ and reveals the contours of the self that are most innate, yet deeply misunderstood. Strikingly aware, Obijiaku’s works challenge the viewer’s predisposed notions of portraiture by treating it as a deeply reflective genre.

Selected Artists

Lakwena Maciver

Béchir Boussandel

Odette Graskie

Moufouli Bello

Patrick Bongoy

Leila Rose Fanner

Isabelle D.

Adelaide Damoah

Artists 2022

  • A

    • Abdoulaye Konaté
    • Aboudia
    • Abu Bakarr Mansaray
    • Adegboyega Adesina
    • Adelaide Damoah
    • Adjani Okpu-Egbe
    • Admire Kamudzengerere
    • Aïcha Snoussi
    • Ajarb Bernard Ategwa
    • Alexis Peskine
    • Amani Bodo
    • Ambrose Rhapsody Murray
    • Amina Agueznay
    • Amogelang Maepa
    • Ange Dakouo
    • Angèle Etoundi Essamba
    • Arébénor Basséne
    • Asemahle Ntlonti
    • Athenkosi Kwinana
    • Athi-Patra Ruga
    • Atong Atem
    • Atsoupé
    • Aurelino dos Santos
    • Austin Uzor
    • Auudi Dorsey
    • Ayanda Mabulu
    • Ayrson Heráclito
  • B

    • Barthélémy Toguo
    • Basil Kincaid
    • Béchir Boussandel
    • Ben Orkin
    • Bertina Lopes
    • Bunmi Agusto
  • C

    • Cameron Platter
    • Cara Nahaul
    • Charlene Komuntale
    • Chris Soal
    • Clay Apenouvon
    • Collins Obijiaku
    • Cow Mash
    • Cristiano Mangovo
    • Crystal Yayra Anthony
  • D

    • David Olatoye
    • Dawit Adnew
    • Demarco Mosby
    • Deniz Pasha
    • Didier Viodé
    • Donald Wasswa
  • E

    • Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga
    • Ernest Dükü
    • Esther Mahlangu
    • Everlyn Nicodemus
  • F

    • Famakan Magassa
    • Fares Thabet
    • Fatiha Zemmouri
    • Francisco Vidal
    • Franco Ndiba
  • G

    • Gary March
    • Ghizlane Sahli
    • Gonçalo Mabunda
    • Gor Soudan
  • H

    • Hana Yilma Godine
    • Hanien Conradie
    • Hassan Hajjaj
    • Henry ‘Mzili’ Mujunga
  • I

    • Ibrahim El-Salahi
    • Isaac Zavale
    • Isabelle D.
    • Isshaq Ismail
  • J

    • Jan Wade
    • Joël Andrianomearisoa
    • Joël Bigaignon
    • Johanna Mirabel
    • Johnson Weree
    • José Adário
  • K

    • Kaloki Nyamai
    • Katlego Tlabela
    • Kenrick McFarlane
    • Khadija Jayi
  • L

    • Lakwena Maciver
    • Lavar Munroe
    • Leila Rose Fanner
    • Leslie Amine
    • LR Vandy
  • M

    • M’barek Bouhchichi
    • M0XC4
    • Malek Gnaoui
    • Manel Ndoye
    • Manyaku Mashilo
    • Mbaye Babacar Diouf
    • Mestre Didi
    • Miguel Angel Payano Jr.
    • Moufouli Bello
    • Mulambö
  • N

    • Nada Elkalaawy
    • Nadia Ayari
    • Nidhal Chamekh
    • Nnenna Okore
  • O

    • Odette Graskie
    • Odinakachi Okoroafor
    • Omar Mahfoudi
    • Onyis Martin
    • Option Nyahunzvi
    • Ozioma Onuzulike
  • P

    • Patrick Bongoy
    • Pedro Neves
    • Pedro Pires
    • Prince Gyasi
  • R

    • Renan Aguena
    • René Tavares
    • Richard Atugonza
    • Robert Peterson
    • Roland Dorcély
    • Romuald Hazoumè
    • Ryan Cosbert
  • S

    • Safaa Erruas
    • Salah Elmur
    • Salifou Lindou
    • Sikelela Owen
    • Slimen Elkamel
    • Sokari Douglas Camp
    • Sola Olulode
    • Souleimane Barry
    • Stan Squirewell
    • Stephané E. Conradie
    • Sthenjwa Luthuli
  • T

    • Tahir Karmali
    • Tegene Kunbi
    • Tewodros Hagos
    • Thameur Mejri
    • Themba Khumalo
    • Troy Makaza
    • Turiya Magadlela
  • W

    • Wura-Natasha Ogunji
  • Y

    • Yasmeen Abdullah
    • Yveline Tropéa
  • Z

    • Zak Ové
    • Zana Masombuka
    • Zanele Muholi

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