Nigeria
Born in: 1975
Painting
Uche Edochie is a painter, writer, interior designer, and entrepreneur. Born in 1975, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree with a focus on Painting from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Edochie’s studio practice spans twenty-five years with over seventy national and international exhibitions held within this period. His works can be found in public and private collections all around the world, especially Africa, Asia, North America, and Europe.
Edochie’s works are a response to the socio-political realities and challenges of being human in our world today. He works mainly with acrylic on canvas but has explored a variety of media over time. He lives and works out of his studio in Lagos, Nigeria.
Exhibitions
Uche Edochie is widely exhibited in Nigeria, Spain, Switzerland, Paris, London, South Africa, and Mali. Below are some of these major commissions as well as some of his most significant international, national, solo, joint, and group exhibitions.:
MAJOR COMMISSIONS
1. Portrait of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo.
2. Delegate at the Commission for Africa Conference in Dakar, Senegal, November 2004.
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
1. Reflex, Sandton Convention and Exhibition Center, Sandton, South Africa, 2004.
2. Rites Sacres, Rites Profanes, Kornhausforun, Bern, Switzerland, 2004.
3. Rendez-vous de l’AFAA, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France, 2004.
4. 48 Hours With the Children of the Turtle, Espace Alberica, Paris, France, 2004.
5. 18 African Photographers, Contemporary cultural center, Barcelona, Spain, 2004.
6. Rituals: Sacred or Secular, 5th Bamako Photography Biennale, Bamako, Mali, 2003.
7. Jigida, The Great Room, Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London, Britain, 2002.
8. Art In The Year 2000, Musee Paris, Paris, France, 2000.
9. Take One Woman, Atrium Gallery, London, Britain, 2000.
NATIONAL SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1. Blue Rider, Afa Gallery, Victoria Island, Lagos, 2008.
2. Inertia versus Hysteria: An Artist’s Resolve, Terra Kulture, Victoria Island, Lagos, 2005.
3. Breathless, Cagna’s Place, Ikoyi, Lagos, 2005.
4. Legends and Illusions, Mydrim Gallery, Ikoyi, Lagos.
5. Soul Stirrings, Didi Museum, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria, 1999.
6. Prologue, Mbari Gallery, Mary land, Lagos, Nigeria, 1998.
7. My Evolution, American Guest Quarters, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria, 1998.
JOINT EXHIBITIONS
1. Journey to Mastery (with Ayoola Gbolahan), Didi Museum, Lagos.
2. Half Way through a Thousand Miles (with Tolu Aliki), Alpha One Tower, Lagos.
3. Intimate Spaces (with Rom Isichei), Asokoro, Abuja, 2007.
4. Mind Space (with Nkechi Nwosu -Igbo), Cagna’s Place, Ikoyi, Lagos.
5. Hybrid (With Nkechi Nwosu-Igbo), Galleria Romana, Ikoyi, Lagos, 2003.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1. Impart Art Fair, Eko Atlantic, Lagos, 2019.
2. Of Things Not Seen, MOCA, Lagos, 2019.
3. Born in Africa, Eko Atlantic City, Lagos, 2018.
4. Walking with the Masters, Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos.
5. The Rediscovery of Uli, Pendulum Gallery, Lekki, Lagos, 2005.
6. Art Expo 2002, Total Fina Elf Complex, Victoria Island, Lagos, 2002.
7. Art Expo 2001, Elf village, Port Harcourt, 2001.
8. Woman, Hour Glass Gallery, Ikoyi, Lagos, 1998.
9. Degree Exhibition, Ana Gallery, University Of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1998.
10. The Pulse Of Reason, Faculty Of Arts, University Of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1997.
11. Promoters Of Nigeria Arts 2 (With Obiora Udechukwu, Blaise Gbaden, and Nkechi Nwosu-Igbo), Goethe Institute, Lagos, 1997.
12. Drawings I, Ana Gallery, University Of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1997.
13. The Nude Figure Never Sleeps, Russian Cultural Center, Lagos, 1996.
14. Dance Of The Lyrical Lines, National Museum, Enugu, 1996.
15. Rivulets From Within, Institute Of African Studies Museum, University Of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1995.
16. Curator, Reflex, an exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures, Sandton, South Africa