Agumadu Favour Chiagozie is a professional fine artist born on May 9th, 1992 in Imo state, Nigeria. He went to Logos International Secondary school and was awarded the best fine art student in the cause of his study. He studied fine and applied arts at Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria and graduated as the best graduating fine art student in 2017. He relocated to the UK in 2022 where he did his masters degree programme in Fine arts at the University of Hertfordshire. He graduated in 2023 with distinction and has participated in over eight international art exhibitions in the last eight years. He co-founded an exhibition that holds annually themed “Experience”. He organised the exhibition “Experience” the 2nd in 2021 that was televised on channels tv news and artworks were sold.

Favour is experienced in curating artworks and is a practicing fine artist. He has been commissioned to carry out over 250 artworks in the last 6 years of which one was for the state governor of imo state in 2017. Favour’s artworks have evolved throughout the years and have been like a journey. He calls his works 2.5d works because it breaks the traditional understanding of 2 dimensional works and is not fully 3 dimensional. Some of his mediums include hair, paper, canvas, beads and unconventional materials.

His themes cut through cultures, spirituality, human emotions, mental health and stories that heals the mind. One of his themes like “Origin” dig back up to 5 centuries seeking the origin of the Igbo tribe in Nigeria.

EDUCATION

Fine Arts (MA) - University Of Hertfordshire (2023)

Fine and Applied Art (BA) - Abia State University, Uturu  (2017)

Business Administration and Management (OND) - Federal Polytechnic, Nekede (2012)