Nike Davies-Okundaye was born in 1951 in Nigeria, is one of the internationally known and renowned female designers and artists.  She was brought up amidst the traditional weaving and dying practice in her native village of Ogidi in Western Nigeria.  Her artistic skills were nurtured by her parents and great grandmother, who were musicians and craftspeople specializing in the area of cloth weaving, adire making, indigo dying and leather.  Nike spent the early part of her life in Oshogbo which is recognized as one of the major centers for art and culture in Nigeria.

During her stay in Oshogbo, her informal training was dominated by indigo and adire.  She is today a proud product of the famous Oshogbo Art School.  The dynamism of ...