Chika Idu
Chika Idu (born 1974) is an exciting artist who studied painting at the Auchi Polytechnic in Edo State from 1993-1998. He was instrumental in the creation of the Defactori Studios, a collective of dynamic new generation artists. He also created Nigeria’s first Water Colour Society of Artists (SABLES). Idu has taken part in numerous group and solo exhibitions. Idu’s works are characterised by a heavy texture and hazy rendition technique, which he calls ‘light against visual distortion‘. For the past 16 years, he has been committed to exposing the plight of the African child; recently he began an environmental campaign on the risks faced by children living in coastal slums.