Dennis Onofua

Biography

A Multi-faceted, figurative and abstract expressionist, exploring contemporary and modern art. He studies at Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo state, specializing in painting. In his practice, Since 2018 Professionally, Line, colour and form have been the connecting components in his aesthetic production. For Onofua, his figures are representatives of the human condition; simultaneously delicate, disconnected, and disfigured, but also diverse and full of depth. Through this systematic approach to mark-making, Dennis manages to find this balance of authenticity in his portraits, thus effectively communicating how we exist as humans with a nuanced thoughtfulness. Playfully exploring techniques of abstraction and figuration, he often finds inspiration from the human anatomy.

He has by the virtue of multidisciplinary dispositions in his dealings and consistency, exhibited in local and international galleries. He is a full-time based practicing studio artist in Lagos, Nigeria.

Artist statement

My works explores the experimentation and relationship between modern and contemporary conceptualization.

I am fascinated with the human forms; Hence, Special impressions became an expression through my emergent and constant exploration of divers mediums to depict. I implore the synergy of lines and colour processed through multimedia and media of acrylics, oils, charcoal, watercolor, and newsprint to identify my perceptions on any subject.

Quite often, my subjects capture the emotional gesture of the human figure, either by Abstractive facial expressions or postures in a consequential sequence related to the human condition.

In my paintings, my aim is to introduce the viewer to the soul, the progressive unrelenting divergence of the Human state and how attentive care can be allocated unto it such as it is obviously applicable to the physical bodies. Subjectively, my painting addresses emotional, physical, societal and religious systems in the contemporary.