Anthony Ezeokoye
Igbo HeritageAnth
Illustrator & Co-founder
19
Works on Raknida
$55–$450
Price Range
3
Exhibitions
1
Public Collections
19 works
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A single balloon, four strings, and a lion who clearly disagrees. Anth Ezeokoye turns the Igbo proverb Onye kwe, chi ya ekwe into a deadpan…
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The building every Lagosian can draw from memory, its roof shaped like a general's cap, with a working crane standing beside it. Anth Ezeok…
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One plane parked, one lifting away: the two halves of every trip home. Anth Ezeokoye spells the airport's name across the terminal exactly …
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Of all the Made in Lagos scenes, this one carries the most weight. Anth Ezeokoye honours the Lekki toll gate during EndSARS as a moment of …
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Look long enough and the noise resolves into order: the whole field is built to read the same upside down. Anth Ezeokoye's training as an a…
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Before it was a square it was a racecourse, and the horses never left. Anth Ezeokoye puts the rearing horse statues at the centre of the gr…
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Look twice: what reads as a single heart is two, conjoined, cut from brilliant crystal shards. Anth Ezeokoye makes the join almost invisibl…
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In Lagos, CMS is as much a direction as a building. Anth Ezeokoye gives the church its place in Made in Lagos. It is a series made to prese…
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In the rest of Made in Lagos a yellow sun shines over the scene. Above the Central Mosque, Anth Ezeokoye turns it into a crescent moon. It …
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The molue at the front of this picture has mostly left Lagos roads, which is exactly why it belongs here. Anth Ezeokoye parks the old Merce…
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No candle ever loses its light by lighting others. Anth Ezeokoye gives that saying fiery colour, so the light seems to burn from inside the…
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Find the small figure on the winding yellow road, and the long shadow behind them. Anth Ezeokoye drew Discovery of Self so the distance alr…
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Lagos is a city held together by its crossings, and Anth Ezeokoye gives one of its newest landmarks the same affection as its oldest. In Ma…
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A building made of angles, drawn so that it seems to move while standing still. Anth Ezeokoye catches the Civic Centre from the road, with …
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Most people see Makoko from the bridge. Anth Ezeokoye brings us down to the water, where a man poles his canoe and children ride beside him…
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Courage in the letterforms, serenity in the leaves, wisdom in the balance between them. Anth Ezeokoye sets Niebuhr's prayer in bold white o…
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The prayer builds line by line to a single word, Life, lettered larger than everything above it. Grace asks for a life measured by what it …
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About twenty insects, each on its own thread, lift a rhinoceros that seems entirely at peace with the arrangement. Anth Ezeokoye's pen draw…
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Watch the last word swell until it nearly fills the page. Loved is a prayer for ordinary days, when the noise gets in. Anth Ezeokoye letter…
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Anthony's Made in Lagos series documents the architectural and cultural landmarks of Lagos. Its warm-line illustration treats the city as living heritage, not postcard nostalgia.
About Ezeokoye
Education & Training
Representation
Public Collections (1)
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Exhibitions & Recognition
3 exhibitions and recognition entries
- 2022 Exhibitor, 1st Preview — A Queen And More NFT Project, Fair & Fest, House of Glamour
- 2016 Exhibitor, Sao & The Muse 1, Sao Cafe, Lagos
- 2017 Exhibitor, Sao & The Muse 2, Sao Cafe, Lagos
- 2014ABSOLUT Open Canvas - Transform Today
How the work is made.
Line-led illustration built from observation of Lagos streets, bridges, and civic landmarks.
Digital drawing refined for archival giclée — colour fields kept warm and readable at print scale.
Each Raknida edition comes with a Cultural Passport naming the place and story behind the work.
Cultural motifs in this work
Lagos landmarks
Civic and cultural sites rendered as heritage memory, not tourist cliché.
Warm-line draughtsmanship
Contour and tone that hold at every print size, from Studio to Limited Edition.
Why Raknida
Why buy Anthony Ezeokoye on Raknida
Named and credited
Works by Ezeokoye are presented with his name, the tradition each work draws on and museum-quality production for every edition.
3 exhibitions
Shown at Fair & Fest, House of Glamour (2022) and Sao & The Muse 1 and 2, Sao Cafe, Lagos (2016, 2017). His Made in Lagos series carries that storytelling on Raknida.
Numbered editions
Available as Studio Editions from $55 and Limited Editions from $450 (with a signed Certificate of Authenticity). Every artwork is a numbered, museum-quality giclée on museum-grade cotton fine art paper.
Cultural Passport
Every work comes with a Cultural Passport — written with Ezeokoye, reviewed by Raknida's curatorial team. It documents the Igbo heritage embedded in the work.
Tradition
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