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Join us as we wrap up International Women’s Month with an Open Studio at Nchedo Arts Foundation! ✨ We are so excited to open our doors and share the incredible work created by our brilliant artists-in-residence: Essel Ekuban @_tessels , Chinaza Nkemka @chinaza_nkemka , Oluchi Anaghoba @oluchianaghoba , and Lawrencia Ozioko @lawrencia.ozioko . Come connect with the artists, explore their creative processes, and celebrate these dynamic voices in our space. Sunday, March 29, 2026 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM 33 Onasanya Street, Off Ishaga Surulere We can’t wait to welcome you! 🤎 This program is made possible through the generous support of Open Spaces Project. @weopenartspaces #nchedoartsfoundation #openstudio #internationalwomensmonth #artistresidency

This month we’re celebrating #InternationalWomensMonth by opening our doors to four incredible artists: @chinaza_nkemka , @_tessels , @oluchianaghoba and @lawrencia.ozioko Chinaza Nkemka is a Lagos-based visual artist from Imo State whose work is both intimate and expansive, explores deeply personal themes such as personal and social values, human desire, and existence. Essel Ekuban is a Ghanaian photographer and filmmaker whose work centres on memory, identity, and cultural history. With particular attention to lives and histories that are often left unrecorded, they dedicate their work to archiving existence within Ghana’s shifting social landscapes. They are currently exploring the intersections of identity, plant-based processes, and textile through experimental photo transfer. Oluchi Anaghoba is a Nigerian visual artist whose paintings and mixed media practice explore memory and survival. Through layering, collage, and screenprinting, she examines how personal and collective histories shape how we understand identity, belonging and selfhood. Lawrencia Nnedinso Ozioko is a contemporary visual artist born and raised in Enugu, Nigeria, currently practicing in Lagos. Her works explore the fragility of human existence, inequality, and the risks associated with negligence in healthcare. From photography and painting to experimental mixed media, these women navigate the delicate intersections of memory, identity, and survival. Wish them well. And as usual, see you soon! Ka o di. Photos: @byamarachinnoli

Illegal mining is poisoning our water bodies and destroying the very lands that feed our nation #stopgalamsey Protest 2024

Portrait of a Wulomei ‘priest’ Seed sowing festival Homowo Jamestown 224

Beautiful women clothed in white at Odwira festival. Adukrom 2026

Funeral in K’Town Koforidua, Ghana 2024

I was coming back from a long day of shooting when I saw my friend getting his hair braided. And I just had to take the shot. Takoradi, 2024.

NDC rally in Madina. Accra 2024

Takoradi Naval Base Sekondi, 2024.

Random photo taken while I was documenting the Homowo Festival. It seemed like they were just returning home from a soccer match. Jamestown, 2024.

Fishermen weaving their nets between takes. A moment from a film set. Teshie 2024.

Nurse Fati. Before this photo, we had a short conversation about mental health. As a nurse in the psychology department, she shared how people in the town often perceive mental illness and why there is still a need for more understanding. Taken in Akwadum, a small town in the Eastern Region. Akwadum 2024