NIKE OKUNDAYE
KOGI, NIGERIAPRESENTED BY NIKE ART GALLERY
Nike Okundaye is a painter, textile artist, weaver and embroiderer whose works are inspired by the traditional patterns of Yoruba culture. She received her grounding in art from her great-grandmother, a weaver and adire maker and dyer. A renowned social entrepreneur and advocate of the arts, Okundaye is also the founder of the Nike Art and Culture Foundation, from which emerged the first textile museum in Nigeria and a series of art galleries and centres aimed at preserving the country’s textile heritage and training aspiring artists. She has been recognized with numerous awards and has exhibited and given talks about traditional Nigerian art and design across Europe, Japan and the United States.
