Achike Anayo Miracle, born in 1986 in Anambra State, Nigeria, is a multidisciplinary artist based in Lagos. He holds a Higher National Diploma in Painting from the School of Art and Design at Auchi Polytechnic. An experimental artist, Achike explores various mediums, including acrylics, oils, charcoal, and pens, often incorporating other media and found objects to create collages and mixed media works. He is highly known for his distorted human figures.

The human figure typically embodies the narratives he wishes to share with his audience. For instance, he covers the eyes of police officers with Nigerian or foreign currencies to delineate their obsession with extortion and bribery. The bulging eyes of his subjects depict the notion that we live in a generation where everyone is exposed, knowledgeable, and wise in their own eyes, without realizing that they can also self-imprison themselves with their knowledge. The stretched necks of his figures portray the insatiable nature of humanity; despite their achievements, individuals continue striving for more. The absence of ears in his figures signifies his observation that people of his generation often do not listen and frequently go against advice, counsel, or rebuke.

Achike uses his art not merely as a hobby but as a means of communicating, preaching, and advocating for global peace, love, tolerance, justice, self-esteem, and a better world for the human race. He is a member of the Society of Nigerian Artists (SNA) and the Pan-African Circle of Artists (PACA). His works have been exhibited both in Nigeria and internationally and are increasingly featured in global art collections.

Artist Statement

Listening to social commentaries and banter in his immediate environment, the fight against injustice, corruption, fraud, racism, bribery, religious intolerance, ethnicity, and many other inhuman treatments is central to his practice. He acknowledges that society is rife with kidnapping, dilapidated schools, police harassment, extortion, and war.