Samuel Semako Vittu

b. 1991, Nigeria

Samuel Semako Vittu (b. 1991 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian painter. He studied art education at Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education and later completed a bachelor's degree in painting at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. His work is characterised by anthropomorphic portrait painting in which human and animal silhouettes merge. Through this form he addresses forced migration caused by climate change and the loss of cultural memory, traditions and identity. In 2022–2023 he was a resident of the Noldor Residency in Accra, Ghana. His work has been shown at the Institute Museum of Ghana, the National Museum in Lagos and in exhibitions in Antwerp and Tel Aviv, and is held in the Sir David Adjaye, Olym and other collections.

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