AKACHUKWU CHUKWUEMEKA

My works are presented as a collection of short stories. Each piece is a complete narrative yet it is linked to others; its completeness is drawn from others’. I want the viewers through my art, to arrive at a point where they can engage the artworks completely on their own. My purpose is to bring the viewer to a point where dialogue with each artwork becomes effortless, where the viewer can engage with the works losing conscious of time. 

Art to me is about narrative (storytelling), consciously or unconsciously. It is the platform for an endless dialogue with self and with others especially in a society like ours where there is too much struggles for survival and less time for quietude. 

My works explore what it means to be African through narratives from African storytellers; through themes of identity, religion, colonialism by using traditional African tie/dye technique and acrylic on canvas.