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born 1984
Taiye Idahor (born 1984) is a Nigerian visual artist who lives and works in Lagos. Her multidisciplinary practice includes drawing, sculpture, collage, painting and printmaking, and explores women's identity, memory, ancestry, history and power.
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Art is my own way of capturing a memory, fixing it, or, let's say, reviving a memory.
Art is something that never dies, The more you do it, the better you get at it.
I am interested in women’s stories and my work seeks to subsume those stories wherever I go.
We look for young people that are talented people that have been undiscovered and we give them visibility.
We need more institutions,more galleries, proper galleries who represent artists because for now all we do is go from gallery to gallery.
We also have a lot of young people who are beginning to collect arts which is good and encouraging
Art is my own way of recording a memory, fixing or lets say reviving a memory that otherwise could die with them when they age and pass away.
I think that the most important thing is to continue to make work and to trust your own vision and not worry about anyone
The main vision for my art is for it to grow and become accessible to a larger and more diverse audience, because I love the discussions that art raises.
Everything I used to make this body of work is based on things my parents told me based on their memories, the experiences they had and things they heard.
Creating art is a gift that anyone who possesses shouldn’t waste, so like any other profession, it’s my job so I feel mandated to create because I can and it’s fun at the same time.
It led me into thinking about memory and how we as people should value the memories that we have and we make, especially our parents. Because this project was also based on the memory of my dad and my mum.
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