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Uche Okpa-Iroha is a photographer and visual artist who lives and works in Lagos, Nigeria. He studied at the Education Federal University of Technology, Owerri. Okpa-Iroha’s first major project, Under Bridge Life, was published in 2008 and later awarded the Seydou Keita Prize for best photographic creation at the 8th Bamako Encounters.

He is a leading member of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Photography Project and a founding member of the Blackbox Photography Collective. He is also founder of the Nnele Institute (African Center for Photography) and was a fellow of the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kusten, Amsterdam.

Okpa-Iroha recently exhibited his series The Plantation Boy at LagosPhoto 2013 in Lagos, Nigeria and the JoBurg.
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All artworks of Uche Okpa-Iroha
Photography, Game I, Uche Okpa-Iroha

Game I

Uche Okpa-Iroha

Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$2,202

Photography, Confluence, Uche Okpa-Iroha

Confluence

Uche Okpa-Iroha

Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$3,953

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Uche Okpa-Iroha is a photographer and visual artist who lives and works in Lagos, Nigeria. He studied at the Education Federal University of Technology, Owerri. Okpa-Iroha’s first major project, Under Bridge Life, was published in 2008 and later awarded the Seydou Keita Prize for best photographic creation at the 8th Bamako Encounters. He is a leading member of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Photography Project and a founding member of the Blackbox Photography Collective. He is also founder of the Nnele Institute (African Center for Photography) and was a fellow of the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kusten, Amsterdam. Okpa-Iroha recently exhibited his series The Plantation Boy at LagosPhoto 2013 in Lagos, Nigeria and the JoBurg.

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When was Uche Okpa-Iroha born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1972