BIOGRAPHY
Nike Monica Okundaye is the Owner/Curator of the Nike Art Galleries at Lagos, Oshogbo, Ogidi-Ijumu and Abuja. In 1996, Nike established a textile (Aso-Oke) weaving center in Ogidi-Ijumu near Kabba in Kogi state for the women of the village, employing and empowering more than 200 women at the center.
In June 2002, Nike established an Art and Culture research center in Piwoyi village, FCT Abuja with an art gallery and textile museum – the first of its in Nigeria. The center provides a functional platform for research into Nigerian traditional textile industry in the Federal Capital Territory are of Abuja. In furtherance of these noble endeavors, Nike is currently the Managing Director and Founder of the following organizations in Nigeria: Nike Art Productions Limited, which she incorporated in 1994; Nike Art Gallery Limited, which she incorporated in 2002.
Also in 2007, Nike founded the Nike Art & Culture Foundation with some notable and eminent Nigerians as trustees. The main aim and objective of the foundation is fostering Nigerian cultural heritage.
WORKS
A Selection of Mama Nike’s Artworks
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Basket Weavers
Nike Okundaye, Basket weavers, 53 x 41.5 inches, Acrylic, pen and ink on canvas, 1988
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Celebration
Nike Okundaye, Celebration, 41 x 53 inches, Acrylic, pen and ink on canvas, 1984
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Communal Effort
Nike Okundaye, Communal effort, 52 x 41.5 inches, Acrylic, pen and ink on canvas, 1985
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Communal Effort II
Nike Okundaye, Communal effort II, 41 x 51 inches, Acrylic, pen and ink on canvas, 1987
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Daily Bread
Nike Okundaye, Daily bread, 52.1 x 42.5 inches, Acrylic, pen and ink on canvas, 1988
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Fura Sellers
Nike Okundaye, Fura sellers, 53 x 41.3 inches, Acrylic, pen and ink on canvas, 1982
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Masking True Feelings
Nike Okundaye, Masking true feelings, 47 x 28 inches, Acrylic on canvas, 2005
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Reflection of Life
Nike Okundaye, Reflection of life, 42 x 23 inches, Acrylic on canavs, 2000
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Sales Girl
Nike Okundaye, Sales girl, 59 x 39 inches, Acrylic, pen and ink on canvas, 1984
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Sweet Mother
Nike Okundaye, Sweet mother, 41 x 53 inches, Acrylic, pen and ink on canvas, 1981
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The Bridesmaid
Nike Okundaye, The bridesmaid, 41 x 42 inches, Acrylic, pen and ink on canvas, 1983
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The Maiden Procession
Nike Okundaye, The Maiden procession, 53.5 x 40 inches, Acrylic, pen and ink on canvas, 1981
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The Trip to My Root
Nike Okundaye, The trip to my root, 42 x 25 inches, Acrylic on canvas, 2003
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The Weaver
Nike Okundaye, The weaver, Acrylic, pen and ink on canvas, 41 x 40.5 inches, 1986