Visual Artist and Furniture Designer
Sector: Creative Art

Gerald Chukwuma born 1973 is a celebrated visual artist and furniture designer with an enthusiastic local and international following. He graduated from the prestigious Nsukka Art School, University of Nigeria, with a first class degree specializing in painting. Chukwuma’s bold works using a multitude of found objects have an unforgettable visual language, in which he uses African symbols and patterns in refreshing new ways; he uses a combination of textures, lines, symbols and colors laid out on painstakingly etched wooden panels.

Source: http://www.smocontemporaryart.com/artist-details/gerald-chukwuma/

Writer, Director, Producer
Sector: Creative Art

Aderonke Adeola is a writer, director and producer. She is currently promoting her short documentary Awani, which recently won a UNESCO award. Awani was supported by the Ford Foundation and has been screened at the Ake festival, Yale Africa Film Festival, Durban International Film Festival, New York African Film Festival and Africa International Film Festival. Awani also won an award of merit from the Impact documentary awards 2019. She is currently researching her next project. In addition to filmmaking, she is a freelance writer and has written for the Guardian and Thisday newspaper. Her writing covers art, culture, interviews and gender. As a filmmaker, she has worked on projects for RedTV and worked on the award winning film Half of a Yellow Sun.