Juliet
Ezenwa Maja-Pearce was born in 1968. She graduated from
the Delta State University, Abraka. She is versatile in watercolours, acrylics,
oils, pastels, gouache, print-making, ceramic-sculptures and installations.
This multi-media artist is constantly experimenting with materials and methods;
in her own words: ‘I have delved into different media in search of how best to
express my art. My primary purpose is to produce art that will remain relevant
and endure.’ A native of oil-producing Delta State, she has been in the
forefront of the campaign for upholding the rights of women and the girl-child
in Nigeria. Her works on those themes were exhibited at the Female Genital
Mutilation Exhibition in Canada, Germany, the UK and the US. She currently runs
an NGO, Future-Perfect, which organises creative workshops and trainings for empowering
women and young people. Her gallery, Yemaja art Gallery in Surulere Lagos, takes
on students on industrial attachment and apprenticeship. She is very widely exhibited.
Her recent works are a collector’s must-have. She has many solo exhibitions to
her credit. She is usually found at the annual Harmattan Workshop organised by
the Bruce Onobrakpeya Foundation, which takes place at Agbahra-Otor, Delta
state. Migrations, her most recent solo exhibition of plates, prints and
installations, took place (on August 2012) at the Nike Art Gallery in Lekki,
Lagos, Nigeria.
