Okpara (First Son) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Neo-Expressionism, 2024

Paschal Ugwu  

Paschal Ugwu is a Nigerian artist born in 1996 in Orba, Enugu State. He is currently based in Abuja where he creates his captivating artworks. Ugwu obtained his Bachelor's degree from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and has since developed a unique style that showcases disjointed human images with dark skin tones, achieved through paint drippings. His figures possess one ear and exaggerated eyes, all rendered using acrylic on canvas as his preferred medium. Ugwu's work is a powerful expression of the human form and a thought-provoking commentary on the human experience.

Paschal has been to numerous exhibitions in Nigeria. In 2021, he participated in Bootcamp, organized by Rele Art Foundation, under Rele Gallery, Nigeria. In 2020, a group exhibition "In Time like This" by Orange Gallery in Calabar, Nigeria.“The Manifesto I and The Manifesto II, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Library, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 2020. "Dreams Alive 13", at the Marlima Basement in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (2018). He participated in the exhibition "; Life in My City Art Festival" at Thought Pyramid, Abuja, in 2018, and in 2017, a "Walls and Patterns Painting Workshop" by Alliance Francais, Enugu State.

He has also been featured in publications; "As Shoutout Miami" Los Angeles, 2022, "Artmatazz"; Art magazine, Nigeria, 2020 and "Voyage Houston Magazine, New York, USA, in 2019.