Chuma Anagbado is a Nigerian artist and designer. He majored in Fine and Applied Arts (Sculpture) at the University of Benin, graduating in 2005. In 2013, he completed a master’s degree in Design with distinction honours from the University for the Creative Arts, Rochester, UK.
Chuma co-founded Aziza Design in 2014 and Mbari Uno in 2018. In 2021, he transitioned to full-time studio Art practice. He creates pyrography art by using industrial laser technology to etch his digital drawings on physical surfaces, resulting in a ‘phygital’ artform – combining traditional and digital techniques. Chuma’s ‘Uli Art’ styled spirited drawings are centred on Identity, illustrating themes from material and non-material aspects of Igbo culture, both past and present. He has created bodies of work with reclaimed wood and is currently working with plexiglass and integrating his work into architecture.
