Feliz Osuchukwu

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Born to Nigerian immigrant parents, Chinedu Felix Osuchukwu’s early years were spent between his birth place of Washington, DC and his parent’s native of Nigeria.  During these early years he enjoyed creating and was greatly influenced by both his American and Nigerian cultural. 

Chinedu attended the infamous Duke Ellington School of the Arts and received his BFA from Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington, DC.  At the Corcoran, Chinedu studied under the tutelage of such artist as John Dixon, Kendal Buster and William Newman.  While there, he began to develop a painting style of his own and developed a love for his chosen medium, oil paint.  During his senior year Chinedu found his life’s purpose, which has become the theme of his life, “live to create.”  Chinedu uses his God-given gift of creating art, whether oil on canvas, board, paper or even in sculpture to bring awareness to social injustice globally.

His body of work is a compilation of everyday life situations and reflects people everywhere.  Most of his work is oil on canvas and as Kandinsky so eloquently stated, Chinedu also, “applies streaks and blobs of colors onto the canvas with a palette knife and makes them sing with all the intensity they could.”  His paintings reflect a wide use of vibrant colors and he currently has three series of paintings.  “Ritual Dancing” is inspired from the cultural influences of growing up in Nigeria.  The “Lonesome” series of paintings is a group of paintings representative of the need to be alone and introspective.  The last series is “Chinedu”, which is a group of self portraits.