Artist Of The Day – Arinze Stanley

ARINZE STANLEY EGBENGWU (B. 1993) IN LAGOS, NIGERIA AND GRADUATED FROM IMO STATE UNIVERSITY WITH A B.ENG IN AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING.

STARTING AT AN EARLY AGE OF 6, ARINZE HAD ALWAYS BEEN ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT DRAWING REALISTIC PORTRAITS ON PAPER. BEING EXPOSED TO HIS FAMILY’S PAPER CONVERSION BUSINESS, ARINZE GREW TO LOVE PAPER AND PENCILS AS HIS TOYS AT A VERY TENDER AGE. OVER THE YEARS HE GRADUALLY TAUGHT HIMSELF HOW TO MASTER BOTH PENCILS AND PAPER IN HARMONY AS A MEDIUM TO EXPRESS HIMSELF THROUGH WHAT HE CALLS HIS THREE P’S NAMELY PATIENCE, PRACTICE AND PERSISTENCE. THESE HAVE GUIDED HIM THROUGHOUT HIS JOURNEY AS AN ARTIST.

USING HYPER-REALISM AS A TOOL AND INSPIRED BY HIS PERSONAL EXPERIENCES LIVING IN NIGERIA, ARINZE DRIVES AT CREATING ART THAT TRIGGERS A DEGREE OF EMOTIONAL CONNECTION BETWEEN HIS VIEWERS AND THE STORIES IN HIS ARTWORKS WHICH MOSTLY GEARS TOWARDS SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ACTIVISM,

ARINZE’S DEBUT GROUP SHOW HELD AT THE OMENKA GALLERY LAGOS, NIGERIA IN 2016, SINCE THEN ,HE HAS EXHIBITED HIS DRAWINGS INTERNATIONALLY BOTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ALL AROUND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND HAS PARTICIPATED IN NOTABLE ART FAIRS AROUND THE WORLD INCLUDING ART MIAMI, SCOPE ART FAIR AND 1-54 CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART FAIR.