She is a trained as a ceramic artist at the Department of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. In 2009, on completion of her MFA in ceramics, she was offered a teaching appointment at the Nsukka art department. For the past decade, she has combined art teaching with studio practice. Her first solo exhibition, Connecting Deep, was held at Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA) Lagos in 2018. Ezema’s sculptural installations, made by suspending hundreds of terracotta pieces, from the shaes of amorphous vessels. She represents a new generation of contemporary Nigerian ceramists who infuse modernist sensibilities into an age-old traditional art form, radically challenging long-established notions that locate ceramics within the limiting frame of its utilitarian function. Using her personal experiences as a point of departure, her work addresses issues relating to identity, family, and womanhood.
Exhibition Dates: February 12, 2025 – May 31, 2025
Location:CCA, Lagos, 9 McEwen Street, Sabo, Yaba, Lagos
Curator: Favour Ritaro (@fave_rita)
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