Art exhibition to support children with autism

Artist Ekene Ngige is set to make a meaningful impact on the lives of children with autism through his solo art exhibition, ‘This Little Light of Mine’.

The exhibition, which began on November 3, 2024, at the Nomadic Art Gallery in Victoria Island, Lagos, will run until December 14, 2024.

A portion of the proceeds from an auction piece will directly support initiatives for children with autism.

The exhibition features a captivating collection of coffee paintings that celebrate the optimism and resilience of childhood.

Ngige’s artwork embodies the essential light of hope needed for nurturing children, a theme that resonates throughout his pieces.

In discussing his choice of using only coffee to make his artworks, Ngige noted that he dropped other forms of painting the moment he discovered coffee painting in 2015.

Ngige also shed light on what inspired the exhibition, stating, “I was a victim of medical error as a child, and people thought that would be the end of me, but I had a dream of being either an animator or a doctor, and I followed it through. I couldn’t let go of Fine Art even if my parents wanted me to study medicine. This is the little light of man, and every child has theirs. There is a light that leads every child to their dream no matter how life has treated them. It helps them to focus.”

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