Jacqueline Suowari creates large-format, figurative works on paper, using ballpoint pens, ink, fabric cuttings, gold leaf and acrylic as she spends countless hours bringing the figures to life. Her drawings seem so real that they are reminiscent of photographs, from which the emotions and perceptions of the figures are transferred directly to the viewer. Jacqueline is a young, modern woman who is deeply inspired and closely connected to Nigerian cultural history. She transports this connection into her work through symbols of ancient art from pre colonial Nigeria, significant motifs and commemorative clothing. I am thrilled to be working with Jacqueline as I feel that we have a special bond as two women, despite the thousands of kilometers between us. Our partnership reflects the extraordinary and special ways that art connects continents and whole cultures.
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Prizes & awards
2015 Award of Excellent Performance, Society of Nigerian Artists. 2009 Award of Excellence, Faculty of Humanities, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, NG 2008 Award of Excellence, Faculty of Humanities, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, NG 2007 Award of Excellence, Faculty of Humanities, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, NG Solo exhibitions
2024 "Adorn" Andrea Toulouse Art Agency, Paris, France 2022 “The Way They See Us” London Lighthouse Gallery, London, United Kingdom 2021 "Now I Wear Myself" - The Exhibition Tour ABUJA Retro Africa Gallery, FCT, Abuja, NG
LAGOS | African Artists' Foundation, Victoria Island, Lagos, NG2020 “Body Language” Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami, Florida, USA Group exhibitions
2023 “Homecoming” Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja, Nigeria 2022 Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary Art Fair, Florida, USA - Avant Gallery 2021 "Art is life" - Avant Gallery, New York, USA
"Be of Good Courage" by Mashonda Tifrere - World Trade Center, NYC Culture Club, New York, USA2020 Prizm International Art Fair, Miami, Florida, USA - Retro Africa Gallery 2019 Art New York Modern + Contemporary Art fair, New York, USA There Goes the Neighborhood: New Art for The New, Avant Gallery, New York, USA
Avant Gallery, Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary Art Fair, Florida, USA
2018 Avant Gallery, Art Miami, Florida, USA. - Collecta, Avant Gallery, Florida, USA New Frames, Society of Nigerian Artist, Rivers State, NG
Sisters, The Art of Nigerian Women, Columbus Metropolitan Library, Columbus Ohio, USA
2017 New Frames, Society of Nigerian Artist, Rivers State, NG Be Bold for Change, Nike Art Gallery, Lagos State, NG
The Affordable Art Auction, Art House Contemporary Ltd. Lagos State, NG
2016 Exhibition of Contemporary Artists, Art in the House, F.C.T. Abuja, NG. Pledge for Parity, FEEAN, F.C.T. Abuja, NG
2015 Modern and contemporary Art Auction, Art House Contemporary Ltd, Lagos, NG Modern and contemporary Art Auction, Art House Contemporary Ltd, Lagos, NG
Women make it happen, FEAAN, F.C.T. Abuja, NG
2014 Home Coming, Art in the House, F.C.T. Abuja, NG Interventions, National Art Competition, African Artists Foundation and Nigerian Breweries, Lagos, (Finalist) NG
Building goodwill and better friendship, American Embassy Abuja in collaboration with Open Mic Forum, Federal ministry of tourism culture and national orientation and Federal Capital Territory Administration, F.C.T. Abuja, NG
Women in National Development, FEAAN, F.C.T. Abuja, NG
Expression of interests... the rise of creativity, Art in the House, F.C.T. Abuja, NG
2013 Nigerian Tribute to Lorca, Visual Arts Competition, Spanish Embassy, F.C.T. Abuja, NG Art burst, Society of Nigerian Artists, Rivers State, NG
Plights of women, FEAAN, F.C.T. Abuja, NG
2012 Issues of the moment, Female Artists Association of Nigeria (FEAAN) Exhibition, Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State, NG 2011 Awakening, National Gallery of Art, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, NG The Bayelsa State Art and Craft Tourism Expo, NG
“A Decade of Realistic Art Texture” - Female Artists Association of Nigeria 10th Anniversary - Art Exhibition, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, NG
Strings of hope, FEAAN Exhibition, Port Harcourt Rivers State, NG
2009 Frame Masters Miniature Art Exhibition, Lagos State, NG Education
B.A Fine Art and Design (Painting), University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
