Philips Agwu Igiri Akwari is a visual storyteller who expresses himself mostly through documentary photography.
His series of exhibition “The Rich Abiriba Heritage” cultural documentary of his hometown Abiriba was in 2019 showcased in the Nigerian cities of Lagos, Abuja, Enugu and Abiriba and was also billed to be exhibited in Boston Massachusetts and Toronto in July and August 2020 respectively before the arrival of the global pandemic on the shores of the US.
Akwari has a Bachelor’s degree in Geography from the University of Nigeria Nsukka and a Master’s degree also in Geography from the University of Ibadan both in Nigeria.
He has a Diploma in Photography from the Centre for Research in the Arts of Films and Television (CRAFT), New Delhi India.
Akwari is a Mentee at the Nlele Institute a centre for contemporary arts based in Lagos, Nigeria. He has also trained more than 30 aspiring photographers in his community in Lagos.