Nkiru Ogbonna

African Contemporary Artist

Nkiru Ogbonna creates richly layered acrylic compositions that explore feminine spirituality, nature, and ancestral memory. Her work draws on the deep well of West African tradition to produce canvases of striking beauty and quiet power. Each piece is a conversation between the seen and the unseen — the forest, the moon, the griot, the spirit — rendered with a luminosity that seems to glow from within. Her seven works in this collection represent some of the most emotionally resonant pieces in the entire Art for Impact 2026 exhibition.

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Original Works

Nkiru Ogbonna's Collection

Each piece comes with a certificate of authenticity. Every acquisition funds neuroscience-based programmes for neurodivergent young people in Tower Hamlets through St. Katharine's Trust.

#3 Available

"Fruit Bearer of the Forest"

178 x 117cm · Acrylic

The forest as mother, as provider, as memory. Ogbonna's most tender work in this collection.

Estimated Value£3,500

#8 Under Negotiation

"Echoes of the Moonlit Griot"

147 x 81cm · Acrylic

The griot remembers. The moon bears witness. Every story told here was almost lost.

Estimated Value£2,200

#13 Available

"Breath of the Painted Flute"

178 x 107cm · Acrylic

Music as memory. The breath that carries it is the most human thing there is.

Estimated Value£3,500

#18 Available

"Cycle of the Wine Tapper"

175 x 114cm · Acrylic

The palm knows the season. The man who climbs it has done so a thousand times — and will do so a thousand more.

Estimated Value£3,500

#24 Available

"Sunset Over the Water Spirits"

79 x 147cm · Acrylic

The spirits do not leave at sundown. They simply become harder to see. Ogbonna makes them visible.

Estimated Value£2,200

#27 Available

"Rhythms Beneath the Palm Sky"

178 x 114cm · Acrylic

Sky, palm, woman, song — the four elements of Ogbonna's universe, gathered in one extraordinary canvas.

Estimated Value£3,500

#29 Available

"Whispers Beneath the Baobab"

150 x 86cm · Acrylic

The baobab is older than everything. It has heard things. Ogbonna asks what it remembers.

Estimated Value£2,200

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