Matthew I. Eguavoen
Lives and works in Lagos, Nigeria

EDUCATION
The University of Port Harcourt, River State, Nigeria

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 – Ukhurhę, Afikaris, Paris
2022 – Akate, 23. PM/AM, London.
2022 – Egbé Okpá, Afikaris, Paris.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 – Color Coded. BODE Gallery, Berlin
2022 – Voyage. Nothing At All art space, Hong Kong.
2022 – Shout Plenty. Presented by African Artists’ Foundation in collaboration with Alliance Française, Ikoyi.
2022 – Classique! Afikaris, Paris. 
2022 – Voices for Love. Prior Artspace Barcelona, Spain. 
2022 – Smiling & Suffering Together (With Onguene Tassi). Out of Africa Gallery, Barcelona. 
2022 – What Now? PM/AM, London. 
2021 – It’s Not Only a Portrait. Galería Badr El Jundi, Marbella, Málaga. 
2021 – 40 under 40. WHATIFTHEWORLD X Krone. A collaboration with BMW Young Collectors Co., an initiative of FNB Art Joburg, at Twee Jonge Gezellen wine estate Tulbagh.
2021 – I No Be Gentleman (At All O). ADA, Accra.
2021 – Live In Color. Mitochondria Gallery, Texas.

ART FAIRS
2022 – Investec Cape Town Art Fair, South Africa
2022 – Geneva Art Fair, Geneva
2022 – 1-54 Art Fair Paris, France
2022 – Chicago Expo, Chicago, USA
2022 – Volta Art Fair, NY
2023 – Chicago Expo, Chicago, USA
2023 – Volta Art Fair, NY
2024 – Zona Marco Fair, Mexico

CHARITY PROJECTS
Auction for Ukraine, Badr El Jundi Gallery
Autumn/Winter Auction for Hepatitis C Trust, Art on Postcard, UK

MUSEUM SHOW
2022 – The New African Portraiture, Shariat Collection, Kunsthalle Krems Museum, Austria
2023 – Africa Supernova, Schulting Art Collection, Kunsthal Kade Museum, Netherlands

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Perry Art Collection
Schulting Art Collection
Cmart Collection
Lenoir Art Collection

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Works are held in numerous private collections within the United States and Europe

PRINT PUBLICATIONS
“How out-of-school girl inspired my painting.” Daily Trust Magazine. Volume 14. Nov 24 2019. Page 21, 22.
“Matthew the Artist.” The Vision Magazine. Volume 1. Feb 2015. Page 27, 53.
“A falling leave heralds’ autumn” Noise Magazine. Volume 2. Nov 20 2022
“Contemporary illustrations, Art & Creative Culture” WRAP Magazine. Issue 13 Paradise 2023