Amara Okafor

Amara Okafor

Lagos, Nigeria

Textile artist weaving stories of Lagos street life. Over the years my practice has grown from small studies into larger series in which repetition and variation play a central role. I work slowly and deliberately: every…

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Selected exhibitions 2025 — Group show, Gallery North, Lagos 2023 — Solo exhibition "New Work", Nigeria 2021 — Art fair selection, affordable art fair Work in private collections across Europe and the US.

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