ARTIST

Hi, I'm Victor Obot

Lagos

Exploring memory and archives as means to navigating loss, absence and grief through erasure

Creative Statement

My works are inspired by archives, aged photographs and memories. I’m interested in creating works with archival quality that evokes a sense of nostalgia, erosion and antiquity; while exploring themes like familial and communal erasure, identity, loss, decay of time and the impermanence of memory. I express my narrative through mixed media which in...

Biography

Victor Obot (b. Lagos, Nigeria) is a visual artist whose practice engages with the art industry beyond studio production, extending into exhibition operations coordination, curatorial support. His experience spans art workshop facilitation, art tutoring, and set design. He holds a BA in Fine and Applied Art (Painting) from the University of Benin a...

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Education

University of Benin
Ebonylife creative Academy

Exhibitions / Auctions

Rooms we carry, The Art Hotel
Sketch, Alliance Francaise de Lagos
Time and Memory, Virtual room 1 - Memory box

Experience

June Creative Art Advisory
Pots by Ablesworth

Recognitions/Residency

70 years of Music in Nigeria Residency

Portfolio Tour

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Contact information

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