Uche Okeke — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works48

Museum Acquisitions

MoMA

Princeton University Art Museum

High Museum

Previous Sales 24

Sotheby's

Head of a Girl

Unknown

Sep 2024

Sotheby's

Osondu (Refugees) , 1968

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

Animals in Procession (Mural for the Children's Library in Enugu)

Bought In

Mar 2023

Sotheby's

Four Works on Paper

£4,000 ($5k USD)

Oct 2022

Arthouse Contemporary

UNTITLED, 1965

$2,500

Jul 2022

Arthouse Contemporary

LIFE II (FROM THE EXPERIMENTS ULI SERIES)

$4,000

Nov 2021

Bonhams

"Bring with You Ovu, the Early Bird", 1993

$27,485

Oct 2025

Bonhams

The Procession of the Animals

Bought In

Oct 2025

Bonhams

Portrait of Kwame Nkrumah

$60,197

Oct 2024

Bonhams

Crucifixion series, 1963

$58,525

Oct 2024

Sotheby's

Forest Landscape, 1981

$38,144

Oct 2023

Bonhams

Primeval Forest, 1965

$108,793

Oct 2023

Bonhams

Onwa, Face of the Moon, 1983

$14,035

Oct 2023

Bonhams

Madonna & Child, the Manger, 1965

$185,194

Mar 2023

Sotheby's

A Collection of 14 Printing Blocks, including Nza the Smart/Beautiful Nza (Nigeria) and Refugee Family

$26,499

Mar 2023

Sotheby's

1. Nza the Smart/Beautiful Nza (Nigeria); 2. Untitled (Gorilla); 3. Untitled (Woman with looking glass); 4. Untitled (Abstract figure); 5. Untitled (Abstract hands); 6. Untitled (Abstract); 7. Refugee Family; 8. Untitled (Landscape); 9. Untitled (Geometric forms); 10. Untitled (Couple's embrace); 11. Untitled (Uli drawing); 12. Untitled (Head); 13. Untitled (Angel); 14. Untitled (Muslim men reading)

$26,234

Mar 2023

Sotheby's

Jan Kei; On Salah Day '56 (At Prayer); Three Wise Men; Untitled (Landscape), 1957

$5,696

Oct 2022

Sotheby's

I. Egbenuoba; II. Head with Horn; III. Design for a Wrought Iron Work; IV. Untitled; V. Mansion in the Village, 1959

$16,392

Mar 2022

Sotheby's

Savannah Sunset, 1965

$9,835

Mar 2022

Sotheby's

(i) Plant Form from Uli Grove; (ii) Factories and houses, 1958

$8,196

Mar 2022

Bonhams

(i) Of the Primeval Forest; (ii) Growth (from the series 'Experiments Uli'), 1962

$23,250

Mar 2022

Bonhams

(i) Untitled; (ii) Untitled, 1958

$15,031

Mar 2022

Bonhams

Oja Suite, six drawings, 1959

$15,596

Oct 2021

For Sale 9

Nimbus - Pure Lagos · Artsy

Uche Okeke Series, 1958

US$750

Ink on paper

Nimbus - Pure Lagos · Artsy

Uche Okeke Series, 1958

US$750

Ink on paper

Nimbus - Pure Lagos · Artsy

Uche Okeke Series, 1962

US$750

Ink on paper

Ogirikan Art Gallery · Artsy

Lament for the great dead, 1970

£3,500

Monochrome Print on coloured embossed card

THE BENIN ART GALLERY · Artsy

Adegbola · Artsy

THE BENIN ART GALLERY · Artsy

Hulk In the forest, 1958

Price on request

Ink on paper

Ogirikan Art Gallery · Artsy

Debbie with Her Dog , 1963

£3,500

Monochrome Print on Coloured embossed card

Ogirikan Art Gallery · Artsy

Fortune Pot , 1959

£3,500

Monochrome Print on Coloured embossed card

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Market50 auction results

trending_upWorks on paper Range

$2.5K – $58.5K

13 of 15 works on paper lots with prices

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$16.0K

Object-type specific

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$14.0K

13 priced works on paper lots

calendar_todayLast Works on paper Sale

Oct 2025 · $27.5K

Latest tracked sale in this object type

categoryMarket by Object Type

Works on paper: $14.0K medianPaintings: $60.2K medianEditioned prints: $26.2K medianDecorative/non-core: $20.3K median

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BonhamsSotheby'sArthouse Contemporary Limited

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Biennial Selections1

Venice Biennale — Venice

2024 · Foreigners Everywhere · curated by Adriano Pedrosa

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Education1

Ahmadu Bello University Zaria Nigeria

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Current Exhibitions0

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Recent News8

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