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TONY
NSOFOR

Born 1973. Tony Nsofor studied Fine and Applied
Arts at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and
majored in painting in 1997. He has participated
in exhibitions for the Nigeria British Council, the
Lagos National Museum and to mention few.
Nsofor is an intense painter, more instinctive and
emotional than cerebral. His art is not for the
mind, but for the eye and the heart.

LOT 55
Untitled, 2009
Mixed Media on Canvas
(W46 x H90) 18 x 35 in.
Signed and Dated (Lower Right)
N1,000,000 - N1,300,000
WIZ
KUDOWOR

Born in 1957 in Takoradi, Ghana, Wisdom ‘Wiz’
Kudowor’s painting career spans over 30 years.
He graduated from the University of Science
and Technology in Ghana with a first class
honours degree in Fine Art. His bold paintings
reference the traditional forms and symbols of
Ghana’s rich cultural history, while also drawing
inspiration from cubist and futurist styles. Wiz’s
instantly recognisable style of abstracted figures,
scenes and shapes are created using a palette knife and roller brush. The use of these tools – the brush
for laying large areas of colour and the knife for more detailed work – is a technique he developed early
on in his practice. Wiz’s public commissions include a relief mural at the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park
in Accra, Ghana. He has exhibited widely across Africa, Europe, Asia, and the US. His works can be found
in a number of international collections including the Ministry of Culture, People’s Republic of China; the LOT 56
African American Museum, Texas, USA; Ghana National Museum, Accra, Ghana; and the Osaka Prefecture Untitled, 2002
Contemporary Art Collection, Osaka, Japan. Wiz lives and works in Accra, Ghana.
Acrylic on Canvas
DUKE (W30 x H90) 12 x 35 in.
ASIDERE Signed and Dated
(Lower Right)
N1,000,000 - N1,300,000

was born in Lagos on
October 7, 1961. Trained
at the Ahmadu Bello
University (ABU), Zaria
from 1985 to 1990, he
graduated with B.A. (Fine
Arts) First Class Honours in
Painting. He also obtained LOT 57
MFA in Painting from the
same school. Asidere has The 16th, 2018
been a full time studio Oil on Board
artist after he angrily quit (W122 x H92) 48 x 36 in.
his job as a lecturer at the Signed and Dated
Auchi Polytechnic, Edo (Multiple)
State, in 1995. N2,500,000 - N2,800,000