Victor Ehikhamenor
Victor Ehikhamenor (b. 1970) is a Nigerian multimedia artist, writer, and photographer based in Maryland, USA and Lagos, Nigeria.
His work blends traditional Edo iconography with contemporary abstraction to explore themes of spirituality and memory. A 2020 National Artist in Residence at the Neon Museum, Las Vegas, and 2016 Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Fellow, Ehikhamenor has exhibited widely, including at the 57th Venice Biennale (2017), Dak’Art Biennale (2016), and Biennale Jogja XIII (2015).
His writings have appeared in The New York Times, Guernica, BBC, CNN, and more.
He is also the founder of Angels and Muse, a residency space and thought laboratory based in Lagos and Benin City, Nigeria, conceived to support multidisciplinary practices across art, literature and culture in Africa and its diaspora.