Mama Nike Urges Artists To Unite Under One Umbrella

One of the Africa biggest art collector, Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye who is also the founder of the Nike Art Gallery has called for more support for female artists in Nigeria as she appealed to all Nigerian artists regardless of their affiliations to come together under one umbrella as seen in the movie industry to promote artists and their works and to attract government’s attention with one voice.

She said, "I am calling on all artists to come together under one umbrella in one voice so that we will be able to approach the government. The way we promote nollyfilm we need to come together to promote our work. And We need more support for female artists in Nigeria.

In Nigeria, Nike Art gallery/Foundation has been at the forefront of promoting virtual arts both contemporary art pieces and master class pieces with collections of over 25,000 art pieces. And have trained about 3,000 youths and women in art works free of charge at their various training centres and workshops in Oshogbo, Kogi state and Abuja.