Magic, dreams and the imagination underpin Nneka’s work. This becomes clear as you are drawn further into each painting. At first glance a scene appears recognisable, familiar, ‘normal’, but as you step closer you realise how generous these paintings are: earrings made from oranges, shell doorknobs and knitted pears are just a few of the eccentric details that transport the viewer into Nneka’s imagination.

Green & Stone Gallery, Solo Show 2021

Education: London Fine Art Studios

Studio: London

AWARDS

2022 Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition - The RP Award

2020 Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition - The De Laszlo Foundation Award

2020 Green & Stone Summer Exhibition - The Green and Stone Art Prize

RESIDENCIES

2021 Watts Gallery - In 2021, Nneka became an Artist in Residence at the Watts Gallery creating mythological paintings in response to exhibiting artist Henry Scott Tuke. Her final paintings, along with the paintings, ‘Alix and Her Hair Crowns’ and ‘The Marine Room’, were displayed alongside the symbolist painter George Frederick Watts. This was also an honourable first for a contemporary artist, to have their works hung with within the Watts Historic Galleries.

2019 National Army Museum

EXHIBITIONS

Upcoming Solo show : Panter & Hall, 24th May - 9th June 2023

2022

Winners: Award Winning Artists 2020-2022, Mall Galleries

2021

Solo Show, The Green and Stone Gallery, London

Sons of the Sea, Watts Gallery

ROI, Mall Galleries, London

2020

Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition

Green & Stone Summer Exhibition

Horizons Exhibition, Osbourne Studio Gallery, London

2019

Artist of the Month, Foss Fine Art, London

ArtEast , Framsden Hall Barn Framsden, Suffolk

RBA Rising Stars Exhibition, Royal Over-Seas League, ​London

Group Show, Contemporary Art and Ritual Exhibition, Crypt Gallery, London

Summer Exhibition, Osbourne Studio Gallery, London

2018

Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition

2017

Group Show, The Studio Artists, Foss Fine Art, London

2016

Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition

SELECTED COMMISIONS & COLLECTIONS

Dr Beryl Gilroy, Roehampton University

Prof. Lyndal Roper, Regius Professor of History, Oxford University

Prof. Hindy Najman, Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture, Oxford University

Rowena Griffiths MBE, National Army Museum