London based Azubuike Ani was born at Asaba, Delta State of Nigeria in 1974. At a very tender age he developed an interest in drawing which was to lead to a career as a graphic artist.

After finishing school at the age of 16, Azubuike enrolled on an Art and Design course at Enfield College in North London. He works in various media but his love of oil and acrylic keeps alive his childhood images of Africa.

He regularly returns to Africa to capture, re-polish and strengthen the new realities of the African Cosmos in, what he calls, “a quest to paint the original Africa of my time”.

His subjects dwell more on the core traditional life of Africa a subject for which he is passionate about and often delivers lectures when he is not painting.

Africa is the source of his inspiration and forms a spiritual journey for him to explore common themes, imagery and culture that are shared by many Africa people. His paintings to date have explored the landscapes of nomadic herdsmen, ceremonies associated with rites of passage and various other themes.

Azubuike most recent exhibition, ‘Surface, Sensuality and Desire’ 2010, was at The Arc Gallery in N17 where his work was showcased along with six other prominent African artists.

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