Esewhaye "Teestar" Oghenetejiri

Esewhaye Oghenetejiri was born and raised in Nigeria and received a BSc. in Quantity Surveying at the University of Lagos. He is a self-taught expressive multimedia visual artist gifted with various styles of art; charcoal drawings, pen art, paintings, etc. His art covers a wide range of areas such as societal issues, life activities, the immediate environment, topical human stories as well as cultural diversity. He aims to always use his art to give hope to his audience and usher them into an artistic world of possibilities. He is influenced by the works of many artists among which include Nelson Makamo of South Africa, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Arinze Stanley, Ken Nwadiogbu, Njideka Akunyili Crosby amongst others. Part of his creative process before he begins drawing or painting is reading extensively as much as he can about a certain idea or topic he wants to recreate and express. He also explores many pictures online that are in tandem with such ideas to give a solid pictorial view and/or representation of the idea consequently serving as good inspiration for his work. He sees creating art as a super power. He

believes so much joy can be derived from creating something new that never existed before.

Art without a doubt gives him room to express his thoughts and ideas the best way that he can. He has participated in a few exhibitions including the Arthouse Contemporary (The Affordable art auction) held in 2020 and Black Joy virtual exhibition on Artsy with Tribes Art Africa Gallery (TAAG)