« As an artist, I reflect on the urban African environment I live in and how this environment fits within the wider global context. »
Gabriel Jideonwor is an award-winning artist based in Nigeria whose paintings have been exhibited nationally, as well as in Luxembourg, Germany, the Netherlands, India, South Korea, Turkey, England, and Norway. He describes his works as seeking to explore the impact of human interactions in view of universal human values, emotions, and the need for human dignity that connects us all despite our differences. Jideonwor's distinctive style fuses expressionism with impressionism and realism.