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was born in asaba, delta state, nigeria, on the 8th of september, 1966. between 1984–1989, he was a student of yaba college of technology, lagos, where he obtained both ordinary and higher national diploma in fine arts,(specialising in painting).
seven years after graduation, rom criss-crossed three advertising agencies in various management positions before finally chanelling his energy into full time studio work since 1997.
he has exhibited widely, both within and outside Nigeria.
he lives and works in Lagos, Nigeria.

solo exhibitions
2009: “traces of being”, terra culture, lagos, nigeria
2007: “chronicles”, national museum, lagos, nigeria
2005: “eyes of the beholder”, goethe institut, lagos, nigeria
2003: “colours and creed”, mydrym gallery, lagos, nigeria
2001: “noble thoughts, vain shadows”, didi, museum, lagos
1999: “portraits of life”, didi museum, lagos, nigeria.

salon exhibitions
2008: rom at the studio of the italian embassy, abuja, Nigeria
2007: “show and tell”, chevron oil, lagos, nigeria
2005: “as time goes by”, chicago, usa
2000: “works” american guest quarters (gq), lagos, Nigeria

joint exhibitions
2007: “intimate spaces”, abuja, nigeria
2006: “2xnigeria”, bettendorffsche galerie, germany
2004: “magic of indigo”, gallery of ethnic art,
berkeley, usa
1998: “different strokes”, national museum, lagos

selected group exhibitions
2011: “cross currents” (nigeria/italy), lagos
2008: “threshold”, terra kulture, lagos
2008: recemt works, embassy of switzerland, abuja
2007: “h’art of africa”, afrem oil plc, london, uk
2007: “hellenic images”, embassy of greece, lagos
2006: “expositie”, galerie des beaux arts, heeze, netherlands
2005: “rejuvenation”, (sna), mydrym gallery, lagos, nigeria
2004: “without borders”, pan african university, ajah, lagos
2004: “paff”, (black history month), los angeles, california usa
2003: new works, galerie im schlossgarten, gauangelloch, germany
2002: “die kraft der farbe: malerei aus nigeria”, galerie im
schlossgarten, gauangelloch, heidelberg, germany
2002: “trinity”, mobil-court, lagos, nigeria
2001: “dreams”, didi museum, lagos, nigeria

listed
“who is who” in contemporary nigerian art,
smithsonian museum of african art library,
washinton dc., usa.
alfred spinler’s collection/publication of
contemporary art in nigeria and ghana.

workshops
2003, 2006: galerie im schlossgaten, gauangelloch, germany

art auctions
2008, 2009, 2010: arthouse contemporary ltd, lagos
2010, “africa”phillips de pury, new york

Contact

email: romisichei@gmail.com
www.facebook.com/romisichei