Chinwe Chukwuogo Roy
Chinwe Chukwuogo Roy (born in Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria) is a visual artist who has lived in Britain since 1975. Her paintings and prints are predominantly figurative, in the genres of portraiture, still-life, landscape and narrative subjects.
Collections and Exhibitions
Examples of Chukwuogo-Roy's work are held in many public and private art collections, including that of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and that of His Excellency Chief Olusegun Obasanjo GCFR, (formerly) President of Nigeria. In 2002, the artist completed an official portrait of Queen Elizabeth, commissioned by The Commonwealth to mark the Golden Jubilee of the British head of state [1]. The artist has exhibited throughout Britain[2], as well as internationally[3].
Education
Chukwuogo-Roy obtained a B.A. Hons. Degree in Graphic Design at Middlesex Polytechnic (formerly Hornsey College of Art) in 1978.
Concepts
Chukwuogo-Roy's naturalistic portraiture is usually optimistic or celebratory in tone. However, she has also created many works that, according to Sandra Gibson, writing for 'Nerve' elicit "complex feelings of desperation, dread and aspiration"[4]. Notable among such works are her 'Migrants' series and her 'Slavery' series.
Related Practice
In 2002, Tamarind books published a biography of Chukwuogo-Roy [5]. In 2003, the artist was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by the University of East Anglia[6] and in 2008, she was invited to address the Cambridge Union[7].
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