Ada Udechukwu

Born in Enugu, Udechukwu was the daughter of an Igbo father and an American mother.[1] She grew up in Nigeria, moving with her family to the United States at the start of the Biafran War and returning when it was over.[2] She studied under the author Chinua Achebe, earning her bachelor's degree in English and literature at the University of Nigeria in 1981. A few years later she began to paint on fabric, painting designs on clothing using a restrained linear style. In 1988 she began to make drawing on paper, using ink and watercolor. These drawings are more personal than her other work, reflecting her attempts to balance being a woman and an artist. Her work also examines the complexities of multicultural and intercultural identities, inside and outside Africa. Her work is in the collection of The Newark Museum of Art. [3] [4]Udechukwu is one the few women artists associated with the Nsukka group[5]

Primarily a poet, Ada Udechukwu is also a well-regarded short story writer. Her book of poems and drawings, Woman, Me,[6] was published by Boomerang Press (1993). Her short story "Night Bus" was published in the Fiction Issue of the journal The Atlantic (August 2006).

• Bio from the National Museum of African Art