Jude Anogwih

Jude Anogwih (born 1975) is a Nigerian multimedia artist, curator, and educator. He was born in Sokoto, Nigeria, and has worked extensively in contemporary art, video art, drawing, painting, and installation. He is a founding member and co-coordinator of Video Art Network Lagos and has worked with the Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos. His artistic practice explores subjects including identity, mobility, migration, memory, and place. Quotes My drawings are kind of maps that retrace and reinterpret my constant – physical and imagined – movement within my local environment and my travels afar. Jude said this during an interview My video works are more of drawings with the camera. Jude made this statement during an interview It is not only about “changing city and shifting spaces it is also about negotiating these changes and shifts. Jude said this during an interview This body of work deconstructs modern spaces and encourages you to re-imagine your cities and reconstruct it with less money and segregation but more understanding and communality. Do it. Jude said this during an interview I’m inspired by my personal encounters, travels and ideas that redefine the cityscape. My works are not political, but they just address common knowledge and senses and look at it from a perspective that is layered with metaphors of colour, form and abstraction. Jude made this statement during an interview My works are not political, but they just address common knowledge and senses and look at it from a perspective that is layered with metaphors of colour, form and abstraction. Jude made this statement during an interview The essence for the viewer is to connect to the moving image, not to deduce a direct meaning but perspectives of interpretations. Jude made this statement during an interview The unsteadiness of the camera is a conscious reflection of the moving hand that is holding the pen and making inscriptions on a surface. Jude said this during an interview It may seem painterly, but for me, it is drawing, working with lines, because lines connect in different ways. Jude said this during an interview We should take out that word ‘national’ and reconstruct that word ‘theatre’. It could become a play house or an artist city. Jude made this statement during an interview with Ayodele Arigbabu I am putting more emphasis on collaborative ideas, and the flexibility to bring them to fruition Jude made this statement during an interview with Ayodele Arigbabu I am inspired by the physical structure of the National Theatre, the beauty of the landscape and the diversity of interest. Jude made this statement during an interview with Ayodele Arigbabu External Links Q3810970 Category:Artists from Nigeria Category:Living people Category:1975 births Category:People from Nigeria