Azuka Muoh
Azuka Muoh (b. 2000) is a multidisciplinary artist born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. Her work explores the intricate relationship between memory, identity, and place, using visual storytelling to challenge the narratives that shape collective and personal histories. Drawing from her own lived experiences, Muoh reimagines cultural memory, interrogating how shared pasts influence the present.
Her creative process is deeply rooted in design and film, a foundation that allows her to wield colour, form, and composition with striking intentionality, seamlessly merging technical precision with raw emotional depth. The result is a body of work that is both visually compelling and conceptually rich—works that carry weighty introspections on nostalgia, and kinship.
At the heart of Muoh’s practice is a desire to question long-held societal norms and disrupt conventional perspectives. As a Nigerian woman navigating a deeply complex society, she uses her art to confront the interplay between tradition, modernity, and autonomy. Her pieces often serve as a commentary on generational shifts, highlighting the tension between inherited cultural values and the evolving realities of younger generations.
Muoh sees art as both a mirror and a megaphone—a way to reflect lived realities while amplifying new possibilities. As she merges indigenous patterns with contemporary forms to question how identity evolves across borders, Muoh calls her peers to change—making for a common goal; to study the generations before them, so that they can better shape the world for themselves.
