Woman's glory

NIKE OKUNDAYE

Chief (Mrs.) Nike Monica Okundaye popularly known and called “MAMA NIKE” by her numerous fans was born on the 23rd May 1951 at a very quiet and hilly village of Ogidi-Ijumu in Kogi State of Nigeria. She is the Owner/Curator of the Nike Art Galleries at Lagos, Osogbo, Ogidi-Ijumu, and Abuja. She is also an accomplished professional artist, a painter, a textile artist, weaver, embroider and an awards winner at many national and international art shows. Nike is a member of many national and international bodies including Society of Nigerian Artists, ASA of USA and Canada, ACASA, Society of Nigerian Women Artists, Member of Osun Support Grove, Board member of the National Heritage Council of Nigeria, Member of the Board of Trustee of Osun State Centre For Black Culture and International understanding, etc. She is also principally a social entrepreneur and a well know philanthropist championing the cause of the neglected Nigerian rural women using art as a tool to accomplish these noble missions.