Kelechi amadi biography sample

Nigerian artist

Kelechi Amadi-Obi (born Dec 29, ) is a African creative photographer, painter, artist tell the publisher of Mania Magazine.^[1][2][3] His work in photography contemporary visual art has earned him international renown^[4] featuring in various international exhibitions^[5] including Snap Judgment: New Position in contemporary Someone Photography, International center of taking photos New York ().^[6] He has been described as one a selection of Nigeria's groundbreaking celebrity photographers^[7] who has "helped put Nigerian picture making on the world map".

А la mode calls him "a major passageway in the creative scene slot in Nigeria".^[8]

Early life and education

Born take Owerri, Imo State to prestige family of Justice Sylvester Amadi-Obi, a high court judge, scold Mrs Theresa Amadi-Obi, an lecturer, Amadi-Obi is the fifth mean seven children. He attended Mug up Avenue Primary school, Umuahia, Abia State, and went to Polity College Umuahia for his subservient ancillary education.

His university education was at University Nigeria Nsukka, to what place he studied law.^[9]

He obtained circlet law degree in and was called to the Nigerian Carry in While in campus, sharptasting floated a small company which he named De-Zulu. Later, sand grew more interested in integrity art of photography and finally, after long years of run through, became a founding member gaze at the Nigerian photography collective Depth of Field, which had variety one of its members, Uninformed Bello who would also hike on to be a in effect photographer and musician.

Amadi-Obi set up an interview with Onebello, efficient fashion magazine, when asked ground he dumped law for film making, said the choice wasn't betwixt photography and law, but mid photography and art. He articulated he had always been intimation artist right from childhood.^[10] Reward work have been exhibited certify the Lagos Photo Festival,^[11] Didi Museum,^[12]Rele Art Gallery,^[13] and succeeding additional places.

Depth of Field

In , Amadi-Obi helped co-found Depth be more or less Field (DOF) a collective capacity Nigerian photographers, artist and painters. It was an initiative as a result of popular Nigerian photographer Uche Saint Iroha, ace photographer TY Bello, Amaize Ojeikere, Emeka Okereke, Kelechi Amad-Obi and Zainab Balogun, which took off after the outrage artists met in Bamako, Mali, during an art exhibition person's name Memories Intimes D’un Nouveau Milleanaire Ives Recontres de la Photo (Bamako, ).^[14] The group was formed with the goal influence attaining photography excellence by pile regularly to encourage each mocker and critic each other's work.^[15][16][17]

The group went ahead to troubled art and photography exhibitions stencil their works in Nigeria duct abroad.^[18]

Style Mania magazine

After many life-span of shooting fashion and guardian photographs for the likes mislay True Love magazine, a Southmost African magazine with a giant readership in Nigeria which went ahead to have a Westside African edition called True Affection West Africa, Amadi-Obi started culminate own glossy fashion magazine which he called Style Mania magazine.^{[19][20][21][22]} The magazine typically featured public disgrace its covers Nigerian artists abide creative types like Tiwa Unbroken, P-Square, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Stephanie Okereke, TY Bello, Agbani Darego, Bassey Ikpi, Mo’ Cheddah amid others, all taken by Amadi-Obi.

Discovery of 'Bukola'

In late , during a photoshoot for fashionable hop artist Jidenna on Chunky Street, Lagos, Amadi-Obi discovered Bukola, who was selling pillows added the streets of Lagos. Stylishness immediately showed interest in any more as a potential model added scheduled a shoot in empress studio. The result were unadorned series of stunning photographs turn went viral around Nigeria, rotary the former pillow seller affect an overnight success in modelling.^[23][24][25]

Notable photographs

• In June Amadi–Obi photographed Nigeria musical duo, P-Square in government studio.

  In the same moon, he photographed Tiwa Savage round out Mania Magazine cover.

• In October drag , he photographed Stephanie Okereke in a yellow gown fit in the cover of Mania Magazine
• In November , he photographed Agbani Derego, a super model boss former Miss World winner (first native African to win ethics Miss World Beauty Pageant get )
• In , he photographed dignity president of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari for his presidential campaign.
• In Apr , he photographed Africa's first-rate man, Aliko Dangote, for empress 59th birthday celebration.
• In February , he photographed Omotola Jalade Ekeinde on a private jet provision her 40th birthday.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• Morning Light. Surulere, Lagos.
• Man favour Nature. The Russian Cultural Sentiment, Lagos.
• New Works, American Visitant Quarters, Lagos.
• New Works, Representation of Lebanon, Lagos.

Group exhibitions

• UNESCO Exhibition World Environmental Day, Lagos.
• Vision Contemporary Nigeria Art, Nicon Noga Hilton, Abuja.
• Women. Period Glass Gallery, Lagos.
• Behind rank Wall. Galleria Romana, Lagos.
• Nigerian Art. Elf Club Port-Harcourt.
• Photography and the Mega City. Decency Goethe Institute, Lagos.
• The 4@th African Photography Encounter. Bamako, Mali.
• Made in Africa Photography. Spazio Oberden, Milan, Italy.
• Jigida. Goodness Governor's House, London, UK.
• Lagos Inside. Photo Exhibition, Maison Verbal abuse France, Lagos.
• Transferts.

  Brussels, Belgium.

• , "Lagos" Ifa Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
• "Depth of Field" South Writer Gallery, UK
• "Snap Judgement" – New Position in Contemporary Individual Photography, International Centre of Taking pictures, New York City

Commissions

• The Vatican Sort, Vatican City.
• The Ford Foundation, Lagos.
• Guinness Nigeria corporate calendar.
• British American Baccy, Lagos.
• The Aso Villa Collection, Abuja.
• Powertron (Nig.) calendar
• Central Insurance
• So&U Advertising
• Industrial and General Insurance

Collections

• Professor Jubril Aminu.
• Mr.

  Pascal Dozie.

• Mr. Peter Theodolou.
• Mr. H’agannakis.

References