EminoArt

My practice explores the relationship between lived experience and visual memory. Working across expressive, abstract and surreal painting, I respond to African and Nigerian life, identity, home and the everyday. Acrylic, palette knife, impasto and mixed media allow me to build surfaces that hold gesture, texture and emotional tension. Each work is an attempt to translate memory into a visual language that remains open, personal and lived.

An evolving painting series that explores identity, memory and human experience through the stitched figure. Drawing from African homes and communities, I use stitching as both an artistic structure and a metaphor for how experiences, relationships and cultural influences shape who we become. The series reflects the continuous process of transformation, fragmentation and reconstruction that defines human existence.

Eminoism is my evolving artistic philosophy and visual language, developed from my identity as EminoArt. Drawing from abstraction, surrealism, expressionism and African cultural narratives, I explore identity, memory, emotions and contemporary African experiences through painting. It represents my personal approach to transforming lived experiences and imagination into distinctive visual expressions.

Available for selected commissions, murals and collaborative projects. I create original paintings and large-scale artworks for private collectors, businesses, galleries and public spaces.

Original paintings: unique hand-painted artworks for collectors, interiors and special commissions.

Murals and site-specific work: large-scale murals and site-specific installations for hotels, restaurants, offices, homes and public spaces.

Selected collaborations: open for collaborations with brands, galleries, institutions and creative projects in art, culture and community.

Agwunobi Ekene Emmanuel, known professionally as EminoArt, is a Nigerian visual artist whose practice moves across expressive, abstract and surreal painting.

His work explores African and Nigerian life, memory, identity, home and everyday experience through energetic mark-making, layered surfaces and emotionally charged forms.

The studio presents the artist and does not sell: the artist does not sell their own work. Works are sold only by galleries, dealers and brokers Oxi has authorised, on Oxishops.

Every sale comes with OxiCert certificates issued by this studio: a certificate of authenticity and provenance, and a certificate of ownership in the buyer's name, both kept on OxiRecord, where anyone can check them by scanning. Already own a work? Find it here and choose "Ask for its certificates".