Maryam Maigida is a 29-year-old visual artist, freelance painter, and arts historian from Yobe State. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree
in Fine Arts from Ahmadu Bello University. Her studio, ‘The Art Cave Studio & Gallery’ is situated in Abuja. During her undergraduate days, she was the only female Muslim student in her class… in Fine Arts from Ahmadu Bello University. Her studio, ‘The Art Cave Studio & Gallery’ is situated in Abuja. During her undergraduate days, she was the only female Muslim student in her class prospecting in a profession that is tabooed in the Northern part of Nigeria.
As a woman, Maigida faced countless prejudice and serotype regarding her career path. She participated in several exhibitions in Nigeria and most recently in Apex Art, New York, Obsidian Group Exhibition Black History, London, and World Art Dubai, U.A.E. because her style of painting ranges from mixed media, near naturalism, and abstracts.
What do your parents think about your chosen career, especially in Northern Nigeria, where women are excluded from certain professions? My parents have been very supportive of my career choice, in fact, they encouraged me one hundred per cent, and provided me with all my art supplies, even when I was having a hard time in the university, they gave me hope, making me know I would be a very good artist in the future. They had people criticising them for letting me study fine arts, but it didn’t affect them at all.
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