Ikechukwu Anyiam-Osigwe is a visual artist, communicator and project coordinator based out of Lagos, Nigeria with a bachelor’s degree in Illustration and Animation from the University for the Creative Arts, United Kingdom.
He has worked on a host of projects and events, such as the Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe Lecture Series, Emotional Wellbeing Conference, and Lagos Creative Enterprise Week, in various capacities as artistic director, organiser and convener. He is also a member of artist collectives. He engages in these activities and projects to democratise ideas, information and skill acquisition, as well as reduce barriers of entry.
Ikechukwu’s artistic work aims to tell the stories of the everyday and those of cultural importance, heavily influenced by cultures and the world around him.
Rita Odum is a product manager, designer and artist, passionate about experience design and storytelling. She graduated with a degree in architecture, then moved on to get certifications in customer service and in project management. She has dipped her toes in the comic book pool as a graphic novel artist, in the animation industry as a concept artist, and now in the gaming industry as a producer/production manager. She found her groove after being accepted as a Spark Fellow where she got a certification in product management from PMcademy.
Tobi Bolaji Idowu is a curator and arts program manager whose work engages the intersections of art, museology, and social practice. With a background in Sociology and Anthropology, his practice examines how archival and contemporary artistic positions can contribute to shaping resilient communities and spaces that remain in dialogue with heritage and the future.
His research interests focus on uncovering colonial and postcolonial frameworks that trail African arts, museums, and archival public institutions, while reimagining and vitalising these spaces for more inclusive and accessible engagement today. This extends into facilitation and project coordination, including the NGA Inventory and Conservation Project (Goethe-Institut Nigeria X National Gallery of Art Nigeria, 2025) and the Connecting the Dots Museum Project (Goethe-Institut Nigeria, 2023–2025). He also programs the Ethereal Futures Lab at the Didi Museum (2025), where, together with the MAiMF collective, he explores the evolution of African indigenous epistemologies in a digital age.
Tobi has contributed to curatorial projects at ART X Lagos since 2019. He has participated in international fellowships and exchanges, including the Rave/IFA Research Fellowship at the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum in Cologne (2025) and the Itinéraire Culture Seminar in Paris (2022). He regularly contributes to dialogues on collection management, cultural stewardship, and anti-colonial artistic and scholarly positions, and leads workshops on research-led art and social practice.
Chukwuemeka Anyiam-Osigwe is a business development professional with nearly a decade of experience in the integrated marketing communications industry. He has worked on Nigerian and international brands in varying sectors such as manufacturing, telecommunications, education, FMCG, finance, publishing, and nonprofit.
Currently, he heads the marketing function of Inspirational Kitchens, a kitchen design and production company, while coordinating the public relations activities at Pride Creative Enterprise and Multimedia Ltd, the publisher of Pride Magazine Nigeria and convener of the annual Emotional Well-being Conference (formerly Pride Women Conference). He is also the co-convener of the Lagos Creative Enterprise Week which has trained over 4,000 youths who are pursuing careers in the creative industry how to make a sustainable living from their creativity since inception in 2019. He led digital business development Nitro 121, one of the leading brand agencies in Nigeria.
He also invests in others. In his role as President of the Catholic Youth Organization of Nigeria (CYON) Lagos Archdiocese, Chukwuemeka was instrumental in securing a partnership between Jobberman Nigeria and CYON Lagos Archdiocese, which has seen over 5,000 youths in Lagos Archdiocese attain an internationally recognised certification in soft skills. Chukwuemeka was also instrumental in helping over 2,000 youths from across the archdiocese receive sales/marketing training and eventual employment following their successful completion of the training as full-time employees of Jiji Nigeria.
Chukwuemeka obtained a BSc in Geology from the University of St Andrews, the third oldest university in the English-speaking world and the number one ranked university in Scotland. He also holds an MBA from Lagos Business School, which is the second-ranked Business School in Africa and 40th in the world.
Osamudiame Akhidenor (Samie) is a visionary and one with a highly intuitive eye for art and beauty in general, with a dual degree in psychology and sociology with minors in theatre arts and philosophy. He is an accomplished chef, a professional photographer, and an artist, among other talents. He has worked with various galleries in Nigeria and in the United States. He has a unique view when it comes to the arts and passions about life. Just like his art, he is truly unique.
