SAM OVRAITI

This highly intuitive and prolific artist was born in Zaria in 1961.
He studied at the Auchi Polytechnic, and the University of Benin where he obtained a Masters of Fine Art degree in Painting.

Apart from showing the characteristic trademark of the colouristic influence of Auchi Polytechnic, he mostly draws inspiration from the features of the Fulani’s lives, their love, and their environment.

Using motifs from the Fulani’s body and ornamental embellishments, he creates a kaleidoscope of iridescent colours.
He uses the motifs as decorative patterns that serve purely aesthetic functions in the paintings.