REWA is a self-taught visual artist, born and raised between Nigeria and England. Whilst never having received formal art training, she obtained a BSc. In Physiology and Pharmacology from University College London (UCL). Her formal academic training prepared me for what’s become an exciting and inevitable journey.

Her inspiration for her work is drawn from life itself and deeply anchored in a place and culture from which it was derived. This is the Igbo culture pertaining to one of the three major tribes of Nigeria who comprise the largest group of people living in south-eastern region of the country.

REWA chooses to label her work as Igbo Vernacular Art because she believes that she has created a truly original body of work that exists outside formal academic or Western dialogue.
How a culture survives depends on its people’s capacity to learn and transmit it to succeeding generations. Post-colonialism, the country imported Western practices and customs. “Through my art, I would like to provide viewers with an understanding of who we are as a people, educate about our rich legacy and educate a wider audience on the symbolic practices of our forebears before it is lost entirely.”