Omenka Gallery


Omenka Gallery is a Nigerian contemporary art gallery, which represents Nigerian and international artists at its exhibition space in Lagos.

History

Omenka Gallery was founded in Lagos in 2003 by Nigerian artist, curator and art administrator Oliver Enwonwu. Enwonwu's father, Ben Enwonwu, was one of Nigeria's leading, 20th-century, modernist artists.

Exhibitions

Since 2003, Omenka Gallery's programme of solo and group exhibitions has introduced new work by established and emerging Nigerian and international artists. Exhibitions, like the 2009 show, A perspective on contemporary Nigerian photography, focused public attention on developing trends in the Nigerian artworld by featuring new talents, like George Osodi , alongside renowned masters such as J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere. Omenka gallery also hosted 'Insanity' the first Hyperrealism group exhibition in Nigeria which featured hyperrealists like Arinze Stanley, Ken Nwadiogbu and Ayo Filade. In the following decade, the gallery's programme developed its international profile, with exhibitions such as Having Travelled Far, which showcased a group of established, Europe-based artists of African heritage: Godfried Donkor, Owusu-Ankomah, Manuela Sambo, EL Loko, and Ransome Stanley. The gallery has also participated in international art fairs, including Art15 in London, Art Dubai in the United Arab Emirates
, and The Armory Show in New York.

List of represented artists

Abass Kelani
Cedric Nunn
Dominique Zinkpè
Duke Asidere
Ebenezer Akinola
Gary Stephens
Ima Mfon
Joel Mpah Dooh
Kimathi Donkor
Nathalie Mba Bikoro
Nnenna Okore
Owusu-Ankomah
James Iroha Uchechukwu
Williams Chechet