Uche Okeke
Nigerian(1933–2016)
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Uche Okeke (1933, 2016) was a pioneering Nigerian artist, educator, and theorist widely regarded as the father of modern Nigerian art. He co-founded the Zaria Art Society in 1958 and developed the influential 'Uli' aesthetic, drawing on traditional Igbo visual culture to forge a distinctly African modernism. His drawings, paintings, and illustrations played a foundational role in shaping post-independence Nigerian artistic identity.
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