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.
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
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178 x 117cm · Acrylic
The forest as mother, as provider, as memory. Ogbonna's most tender work in this collection.
#8
Under Negotiation
147 x 81cm · Acrylic
The griot remembers. The moon bears witness. Every story told here was almost lost.
#13
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178 x 107cm · Acrylic
Music as memory. The breath that carries it is the most human thing there is.
#18
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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.
#24
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79 x 147cm · Acrylic
The spirits do not leave at sundown. They simply become harder to see. Ogbonna makes them visible.
#27
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178 x 114cm · Acrylic
Sky, palm, woman, song — the four elements of Ogbonna's universe, gathered in one extraordinary canvas.
#29
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150 x 86cm · Acrylic
The baobab is older than everything. It has heard things. Ogbonna asks what it remembers.
Tell us which piece has spoken to you. We respond within 24 hours.
"Works are leaving the collection. The conversation starts here."