Chinwe Chigbu

Chinwe Chigbu (b.1994) is a contemporary artist from Nigeria.
She portrays her ideas through conceptual photography, performance art amongst other mediums.
Chigbu’s works are conceptual as she explores identity politics, the black female body, contemporary society and culture.
Creating from depth of emotions, she uses her body as an artistic material and everyday material objects to portray ideas, realities and illusions.
Influenced by memories and nostalgia, she experiments with movement, light, shadows, contrast, lines and texture.
Chinwe creates for humanity, human rights, humanization, liberation of the black community, representation of black women and intersectional groups in contemporary society/culture.
Dismissing socio-cultural limitations and rewriting her version of truth, She crafts with recognizable elements, an unprecedented situation in which the viewer is confronted with the conditioning of their own perception.
Chinwe draws her inspiration from nature, history, popular culture, society and spaces (environment). In her works, she reintegrates art as a strong medium, challenging preconceived notions and discussing pressing themes in contemporary society.  
Chigbu’s work celebrates individuality, humanism, womanism, black race, and culture.
Chinwe works have been Exhibited in a few galleries around Nigeria.
Chigbu is an artist with a degree in International Relations at Les Cours Sonou Universite, Benin Republic.