About the artist
Jerry David is a Nigerian born artist. He graduated from The Ahmadu Bello University Zaria in 2015. His work focuses on historical African/Nigerian mythologies, using a mixed media approach, he creates figurative images that narrates the Nigerian cultural heritage and customs. Jerry had his first National exhibition in Abuja, Nigeria in 2017, two years after he began to explore and expand his art skills in different forms and mediums. He has won many local awards including the best creative artist of the year at a Nigerian national art competition. Jerry has trained and taught many young artists in Nigeria and he is currently in the MFA program at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Artist's statement
My work is a project that explores the conflicting ethnographic stories of the Nigerian point of view. I am an artist who is interested in anthropology, whose research highlights the Nigerian untold historical events and occurrences that has shaped a people’s contemporary cultures. I travel to different communities for my research, making inquiries and asking questions about the past events that occurred in those various ethnicities, and how it has impacted their present culture and practices.
