Known for his exploration of memory, cultural values and humans as embodiments of family and traditional teachings, Sidney Osioh is an artist whose work is highly contextual. His practice of using a part to represent the whole lends complexity and fluidity to his works, one that connects humans to their cultural and indigenous morals. He began his artistic career by...
Known for his exploration of memory, cultural values and humans as embodiments of family and traditional teachings, Sidney Osioh is an artist whose work is highly contextual. His practice of using a part to represent the whole lends complexity and fluidity to his works, one that connects humans to their cultural and indigenous morals.
He began his artistic career by enrolling for his National Diploma at Ogwashi-Uku Polytechnic and thereafter proceeded to Auchi Polytechnic for his Higher National Diploma Degree. After his academic adventure, he had his internship under the tutelage of Mr. Mike Ikobi for an expose into stained glass exploration.
Osioh Sidney
Her form is shadowed, yet powerful an Afro framing her silhouette like a halo of strength. In one hand, she holds a yellow wrapper, glowing like sunlight against her stillness. Golden Grace is a quiet celebration of the feminine spirit bold, unbothered, and beautiful in her most natural state. It's not about what is seen, but what is felt freedom, pride, and the light she carriers.
Osioh Sidney
She has no face, yet her presence speaks volumes. Draped in leaves like sacred skin, with a deep red cloth embracing her lower half, she becomes a vessel of nature, of womanhood, of mystery. Rooted in Her Absence explores identity beyond identity, inviting the viewer to feel rather than define. It is raw, sacred, and elemental a body caught between earth and emotion, silence and meaning.
Osioh Sidney
She stands unhidden, yet fully adorned her rich skin kissed by light, her Afro bold like a crown of freedom. A delicate rope of leaves wraps around her, not to conceal, but to connect. Perched on the greenery, a butterfly rests drawn to the stillness, to the beauty. Earth Wears Her Gently is a tribute to natural grace, to the quiet strength of femininity, and to the sacred bond between woman and nature.
Osioh Sidney
Bathed in warm yellow hues, the houses behind her glow like stories whispered by the sun. She stands gracefully red scarf tied with quiet pride, blue off-shoulder dress draping her like a breeze, a single earring catching the light. She Belongs to the Light captures the essence of a woman rooted in her place, her style, and her softness. Every colour sings; every detail holds a memory.
Osioh Sidney
A lone silhouette, dark and defined, stands in quiet tension_one knee bent, both hands pressed to his core. Is it pain, prayer, or reflection? Weight of Silence invites you into that pause where emotion lives unnamed. With no face to read, the body becomes the language speaking of struggle, strength, and the unseen battles carried within.
Osioh Sidney
She stands without a face, yet full of presence wrapped in a soft towel, surrounded by blooming flowers against a warm yellow glow. Becoming explores identity beyond features, inviting the viewer to see the woman not as who she is, but what she represents: softness, healing, transition. In this moment of stillness, she is shedding, blooming, and becoming all at once.
