About

Ifeanyi Onyejekwe started intricate line drawings at an early age. As a teenager, she decided to put her ink drawings on large pieces of paper. Each detail on the paper sprouted new ideas and she found pleasure in watching her work grow.  Each drawing shows how her subconscious imagination intertwines with structured fine lines and patterns to form a beautiful co-existence of fantasy and reality. 

Ifeanyi is not a trained artist and as a biomedical engineer by profession, she struggled to embrace the title of “artist” until adulthood. Although she is not one to be boxed in, there was comfort in knowing that there is a niche for untrained artists. 

 Born in California and raised in the United States, Nigeria, Zimbabwe and South Africa, Ifeanyi has carried this self-taught skill with her. Over the years, her art work has become a form of personal expression. Although her style has remained consistent, her drawings have evolved over the years. Each piece is unique, open to interpretation and cannot intentionally be recreated.

“I have to allow my subconscious to flow. A dot on a page can sprout a garden of unexpected fantastical surprises. I love that people have their own interpretation and can see different things when looking at my drawings, it says a lot about the human mind. Mental and physical diversity is beautiful and is something to be appreciated. Creating is also a form of prayer, I try to do it as often as I can.”