Ikegwuonu Godlove Chimaeche was born in 1989 in Bamenda, Cameroon and graduated from Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture.
Chima in his own words has always found art interesting and irresistible. Over the years he has improved his skill and knowledge of the art through experience and practice. He is a lover of art and aims through his artistic expression to impact positively in society, by not only awakening a collective consciousness for a better life in society but also contributing to societal growth and development. In his works, he attempts to heal the wounds in society by not only capturing the pains and gaps but also painting the joys of the moment and painting the future.
Artist’s Statement
"In making my paintings I use mainly primary colors such as blue, red, yellow, orange, white, and black. I combine pointillism and impasto painting styles using a tiny brush and a palette knife respectively. In a nutshell, all that I do is to drop tiny dots of different colors on my canvas as my own unique way of expressing myself. In my paintings, I share my own experience of life. Like the dots that I drop on my canvas, so also do I communicate the complexity and many different aspects that life is. I place different concepts and ideas side by side in a bid to understand them and how they affect me and others around me. My ideas are shared from the left of my canvas to the right in one long painting or in a series of two or more works depending on content.
For me, art is life and life is art. I think that my work as an artist is vital in my society as it can give direction, education, and entertainment. My art is born out of a desire to be myself. I am myself when I am free, and when I am true. This attempt to be original holds my art around the challenges that I experience in my society and also the success and joys of the moment, sometimes I go philosophical and spiritual, all in a bid to understand why we as human beings behave the way we do, and the possibility of us to evolve from this present reality or not. Finally, everything that I do starts in my mind, doing my work well gives my audience an opportunity to see the world through my eyes with the hope that through my works, they, as I, can become the change we need."
