Polly Alakija (born 1966) is a British muralist, artist and children’s book author. Born in Britain, she moved to Nigeria upon marrying her Nigerian husband and most of her works focus on Nigerian-themed concepts. She was an artist in residence for the 2015 Cheltenham Jazz and had a solo exhibition at the Quintessence Gallery, Ikoyi also in 2015. A number of her works are composed of paintings of objects such as Cycle rickshaws called Marwa in Nigeria, molue bus and Volkswagen Beetles. In 2019, Alakija was featured in the Polaris catalogue produced by Visual Collaborative, she was interviewed alongside other practitioners from around the world.