Journal · 2026-10-05

Contemporary Nigerian artists to collect now: works sealed at AMIAF 2026

Painters, sculptors and photographers from the Artmiabo International Art Festival in Abuja, each work sealed by its maker and available to collect.

These works were all sealed by their makers at the Artmiabo International Art Festival in Abuja on 30 September 2026. They range from thick impasto market scenes and heritage portraits to terracotta and bronze-patina sculpture. Each one links to its own page, where you can read the artist's words, check the seal and collect it.

Painting

Basket of River FishBenjamin Ejiohuo

₦850,000 $639

I built thick, scraped layers to render a woven basket and five silver fish, catching afternoon light and the patient hands that sort a day's market catch.Collect it →

Kaibari na DaasuraSotonye Allen OrubuI stitched colour and cloth into a textured scene of figures carrying goods through sunlit fields, where patterned cloth and mosaic sky hold memory and daily labour.See it →

Lantern and Market LoadIbileke Jeremiah Ibitayo

₦350,000 $263

I painted a young vendor balancing firewood and cloth on their head while holding a warm lantern, the patterned green background murmuring of market evenings and steady, quiet dete…Collect it →

Different hue, same soulQuzeem olamide

₦850,000 $639

Regardless of or our skin color or the disability of the skin, either albino, vitiligo, dark skin, we all need to love ourselves and fancy up our beautyCollect it →

Roadside Fry StallOlowa EmmanuelAn art scene from the northern NigeriaSee it →

DUAL HERITAGEBECKLEY OLUROTIMI

₦1,300,000 $977

Identity can contain more than one story, memories, influences and histories simultaneously. This piece explores this complexity. Constructed around contrast and coexistence. Diffe…Collect it →

The market waitsKemi Adeleke

₦1,000,000 $752

I painted a market woman under an umbrella in mosaic-like blocks, offering fruit and conversation; the work holds warmth, crowded stalls and the rhythm of daily life.Collect it →

AlignedAisha waziri

₦1,700,000 $1,278

This piece explores how the people around us shape who we become. The two forms are separate, but they are also moving towards each other. To me, they represent human connection.…Collect it →

I CHOOSE PEACEAliobu Uchechi

₦800,000 $602

I painted a tall, serene figure with closed eyes and twin puffs tied with red ribbons, set against a layered, textured background to hold quiet strength and grace.Collect it →

Photography

Never MutedBabs JohnsonNever Muted is a statement of presence. Wherever we go, our roots remain loud.See it →

Sculpture

Leaning Terracotta TotemOwhor Eunice Nnwoakwu

₦200,000 $150

I stacked thrown terracotta vessels into a leaning totem, their punched holes and incised patterns catching the rain light and grounding the street with earthy calm.Collect it →

Silent watchEke Chigbundu Geoffrey

₦700,000 $526

I made a small reclining animal on a carved log, its dark patina and rough texture holding a quiet watchfulness that asks you to lean in and remember slow afternoons.Collect it →

Crown VesselUCHE AMAECHII braided thick coils into a tall vessel and painted it white so light and shadow travel through the open crown, suggesting a held conversation between weight and air.See it →

More work joins the collection every week.

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