Bob-nosa Uwagboe
Bob-Nosa Uwagboe was born in 1974 in the ancient city of Benin kingdom, rich in cultural and artistic heritage. Edo state. Nigeria. He received his professional education at the famous colorist school, Auchi Polytechnic Auchi. Edo state where he graduated with a Higher National Diploma (H.N.D) in 2004 and specialized in painting.
Bob-Nosa as he is fondly called, retired immediately to full-time studio practice after his one year mandatory service to the nation as a member of the national youth service corp (NYSC) at Abuja. After a brief stay in Abuja, he relocated to Lagos to set up The Protest Art Studio to explore his creative energy into an experimental path that has resulted into thought provoking themes and often times spark of anger, pain, passion and vision that are not often defined by the subject matters and defy the border usually set by artistic canons. He evokes emotion with his art in which he employs diverse materials seemingly unconnected at first, he often succeed in challenging the audience to deeper engagement with his work from which there are varied interpretation and reflection mostly concerned with issues of falsehood, deception, bad leadership and reaching to the unreached.
Select Exhibitions:
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Solo Exhibitions:
- 2021 – “Police Brutality” – Out of Africa Gallery – Barcelona, Spain
- 2019 – “Protest Art” – OOA Gallery – Barcelona, Spain
- 2018 – “Obituary” – Signature Beyond Art Gallery – Lagos, Nigeria
- 2018 – “Homme Libre” – African Artist Foundation – Lagos, Nigeria
Group Shows:
- 2023 – “SMALL IS SMART”, Barcelona Winter Group Show, OOA GALLERY – Barcelona, Spain
- 2023 – Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Eclectica Contemporary- Cape Town, South Africa
- 2022 – Akaa, Eclectica Contemporary – Paris, France
- 2022 – Investec Cape Town Art Fair – Eclectica Contemporary – Cape Town, South Africa
- 2020 – ART X Lagos – Out of Africa Gallery – Lagos, Nigeria
- 2020 – 1-54 London 2020, Out of Africa Gallery – London, UK
- 2020 – 1-54 New York 2020, Out of Africa Gallery – New York, USA
- 2019 – ART X Lagos 2019, Out of Africa Gallery – Lagos, Nigeria
- 2019 – Beirut Art Fair 2019, Out of Africa Gallery – Beirut, Lebanon
- 2020 – “Winter Group Show” – Out of Africa Gallery – Barcelona, Spain
- 2019 – “In the Making” – Retro Africa – New York, USA
- 2018 – “CU–ULTURE and TRADITION, Same experience different local” – London, UK
- 2017 – Beirut Art Fair – Beirut, Lebanon
- 2016 – That Art Fair – Cape Town, South Africa
- 2016 – “Breaking News” – Art21 Gallery – Lagos, Nigeria
- 2016 – “Sogal Art Auction” – Lagos, Nigeria
- 2015 – “They have asked us to smile” – Lagos Book & Art Festival – Freedom Park – Lagos, Nigeria
- 2013 – Arthouse Contemporary Auction – Lagos, Nigeria
- 2013 – “Building bridges” – Nigerian Independence Day celebrations – Kenya
- 2013 – World Bank Art Exhibition – Abuja, Nigeria
- 2012 – Art Basel Miami Art Fair – Miami, USA
- 2012 – “New works by Ayoola Gbolahan and Bob-Nosa Uwagboe” – Nigeria Now – Abuja, Nigeria
- 2012 – “The Children of the World” – German Cultural Centre – Lagos, Nigeria
- 2011 – “Do not resuscitate” – Cora Art Festival – Freedom Park – Lagos, Nigeria
- 2011 – “The Last Picture Show” – Le Méridien – Cameroon
- 2011 – “Generational Statement” – Thought Pyramid Art Gallery – Abuja, Nigeria
- 2011 – “The last picture show” – La Galerie Vendôme” – Paris, France
- 2009 – “Beyond Figuration”- Omenka Gallery – Lagos, Nigeria .
- 2009 – Art Exhibition – French Woman Association – African Art Foundation (AAF) – Lagos, Nigeria
- 2009 – “Last picture show V.I.” – Maison du parti – Douala, Cameroon
- 2009 – Collocation 5 Art Exhibition – Though Pyramid Gallery – Abuja, Nigeria
- 2002 – Edo State Sports Festival Art Exhibition – Edo State Council for Art and Culture – Oba Ekenzua Cultural Centre – Benin City, Nigeria
- 2001 – Art Exhibition for Nigeria Artists – Lagos State Council for Art and Culture – Lagos, Nigeria
- 2001 – “Treasure of our time” – Pendulun Art Gallery – Lagos, Nigeria
Select Works:
Unlabelled 2, 2022, 122 x 183 cm, Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
Resistance, 2022, 86.36 x 91.44 cm, Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
“Good News” II, 2022, Acrylic and spray paint on textured canvas, 107 x 120 cm
“Good News” I , 2022 Acrylic and spraypaint on textured canvas 86 × 91.5 cm
Bob-Nosa-Uwagboe-Together-for-ever-2019-acrylic-spray-paint-on-textured-canvas-106cm x 122cm