Victor Sonoiki is a Nigerian multi-discplinary artist born in 1998 in Ogun State. His artistic journey began at an early age when he started drawing on walls and notebooks. He attended the Yaba College of Technology in Lagos state, Nigeria, where he studied painting and graduated with a National Diploma in 2016 and a Higher National Diploma in Painting in 2019.
Sonoiki is known for his striking pen and ink portraits celebrating black beauty and excellence. He uses expressive line work and intense shading and detail to achieve a certain display of emotions that places the emphasis on the eyes of his subjects.
His work has been featured in several exhibitions, including “Crossroads” by SMO Contemporary Art , Lagos (2022), “The Stories We Tell” by Chilliartprojects, London (2022), “Wilderness Within” by Prior Artspace, Barcelona, (2022), and “Open House Exhibition” School of Art, Yabatech.Lagos (2015).