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Titi Omoighe was born in 1966. She grew up in Lagos and graduated from the Yaba College of Technology with a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Painting in 1989, being awarded the Best Life Drawing Student Award of the year.
She started her career as Artist and Designer at the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) in Lagos and Abeokuta. After twenty years working in television and completing a Master of Fine Art (MFA) in Painting at the University of Benin in 2013, Titi returned to her alma matter (Yaba College of Technology) as a lecturer in painting and drawing. While teaching and pursuing her PhD. at the University of Benin, Benin city.
Her artistic practice has focused on interpreting literature through painting. She has taken part in major exhibitions in Lagos, Nigeria, including the Nigerian Association of Female Artists Group Exhibition in Lagos (2007); School of Art and Design Staff Exhibition, Yaba College of Technology (2010); Branding Contextual Values in Forms, Yusuf Grillo Art Gallery, School of Art, Design and Printing Technology, Yaba College of Technology (2016); and the Bruce Onobrakpeya and the Harmattan Workshop Exhibition at the Lagos Court of Arbitration (2017).
Titi is married to fellow artist, Mike Omoighe, and has three children.
Titi Omoighe
Titi Omoighe was born in 1966. She grew up in Lagos and graduated from the Yaba College of Technology with a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Painting in 1989, being awarded the Best Life Drawing Student Award of the year.
She started her career as Artist and Designer at the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) in Lagos and Abeokuta. After twenty years working in television and completing a Master of Fine Art (MFA) in Painting at the University of Benin in 2013, Titi returned to her alma matter (Yaba College of Technology) as a lecturer in painting and drawing. While teaching and pursuing her PhD. at the University of Benin, Benin city.
Her artistic practice has focused on interpreting literature through painting. She has taken part in major exhibitions in Lagos, Nigeria, including the Nigerian Association of Female Artists Group Exhibition in Lagos (2007); School of Art and Design Staff Exhibition, Yaba College of Technology (2010); Branding Contextual Values in Forms, Yusuf Grillo Art Gallery, School of Art, Design and Printing Technology, Yaba College of Technology (2016); and the Bruce Onobrakpeya and the Harmattan Workshop Exhibition at the Lagos Court of Arbitration (2017).
Titi is married to fellow artist, Mike Omoighe, and has three children.
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