Chuma Anagbado is a multidisciplinary Nigerian artist and designer whose work sits at the intersections between Art and Architecture. He studied Fine and Applied Arts (Sculpture Majors) at the University of Benin, graduating in 2005. He later earned a Master’s degree in Design (Distinction Honours) from the University for the Creative Arts, Rochester (UK) in 2013 where his research focused on translocating the ‘Uli’ aesthetic.

His practice fuses hand-drawn traditions, digital innovation and industrial making techniques in creating works that merge hand-drawn sensibilities with precision mechanics. This hybrid process is central to his artistic philosophy: a conscious act of reclaiming cultural heritage through modern tools. His art is grounded in Uli, the indigenous Igbo artform known for its expressive linearity, symbolism, and fluid storytelling. Through this visual language, he explores themes of identity, memory, spirituality, and transformation, reinterpreting traditional motifs within a contemporary context. He views art as architecture for the spirit—structures of thought and feeling that transcend material limitations. His process is meditative, rhythmic, and often performative, reflecting an Igbo worldview where art is lived, not merely viewed. By creating work that exists between worlds—analogue and digital, past and future—he invites audiences to engage with the tensions and harmonies of postcolonial African identities.

Chuma’s works are held in public and private collections across the world.