obinna makata
Rooted in everyday life and shifting cultural rhythms, he transforms found waste into works exploring history, identity, race, and social change in contemporary Africa.
Makata Obinna is a visual artist and a renowned figure in Nigeria’s contemporary art space. He graduated from the department of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Nigeria Nsukka, where he specialized in sculpture. His work is a product of fluid and celebrating lines that are creatively weaved into his fragmented fabrics, which he explores as materials. He employs a conscious technique of pasting, spilling, and layering of forms as his emblematic identity to
create eloquent pieces that lodge an inquiry into the jumbled histories of Africa.