List of Nigerian women artists

This is a list of women artists who were born in the Nigeria or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.

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## A

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* Haneefah Adam, visual artist
* Jenevieve Aken (born 1989), photographer focused on self-portraits, portrait, and documentary photos
* Peju Alatise (born 1975), artist, poet, writer
* Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze (born 1982), Nigerian-born British-American drawings and works on paper, she lives in Brooklyn, New York

## B

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* Olawunmi Banjo (born 1985), painter, drawing

## C

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* Sokari Douglas Camp (born 1958), Nigerian-born English sculptor
* Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy (1952–2012), Nigerian-born English figurative painter
* Njideka Akunyili Crosby (born 1983), Nigerian-born visual artist, lives in Los Angeles

## D

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* Nike Davies-Okundaye (born 1951), batik and adire textile designer
* Ndidi Dike (born 1960), English-born Nigerian sculpture and mixed-media painter

## E

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* Afi Ekong (1930–2009), painter, fashion designer and member of the royal family of Edidem Bassey Eyo Epharaim Adam III
* Oroma Elewa, visual and performance artist, writer and creative director
* Ekene Emeka Maduka (born 1996), Canadian-Nigerian contemporary artist known for her self portraits

## F

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* Modupeola Fadugba (born 1985), painter

## K

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* Ayobola Kekere-Ekun (born 1993), contemporary visual artist
* Marcia Kure (born 1970), mixed media painter and drawer
* Ladi Kwali ( c.1925–1984), potter

## L

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* Peju Layiwola (born 1967), visual artist, art historian, and professor

## O

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* Toyin Ojih Odutola (born 1985), Nigerian-born American known for her multimedia drawings and works on paper
* Temitayo Ogunbiyi (born 1984), contemporary artist and curator
* Suzanna Ogunjami, painter, printmaker, jewelry designer; first African woman to have a solo exhibit in a commercial gallery in the United States
* Amarachi Okafor (born 1977), sculptor, mixed media artist
* Nnenna Okore (born 1975), Australian-born American textile artist and sculptor, of Nigerian descent
* Ebele Okoye (born 1969), Nigerian-born German painter, animator
* Adéọlá Ọlágúnjú, photographer, video artist, sound and installation artist
* Princess Elizabeth Olowu (born 1939), sculptor, daughter of Oba Akenzua II

## T

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* Patience Torlowei (born 1964), fashion designer
* Fatimah Tuggar (born 1967), interdisciplinary artist

## W

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* Susanne Wenger (1915–2009), Austrian-born Nigerian sculptor

## See also

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* List of Nigerians
* List of Nigerian artists

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