The Sharjah Biennial 16: Ndidi Dike in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu

Everything Is Connected · Apr 9, 2025 · 24m

On this episode I’m joined by Ndidi Dike as we discuss her newly commissioned works presented for 16 edition of the Sharjah Biennial, elucidated through the curatorial theme, to carry. Asking questions such as what does it mean to carry a home, a history, a language, a legacy, and a lineage.

Ndidi Dike was born in London. She returned to Nigeria to train as a painter and graduated from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, graduating with a BA degree in mixed media painting. Although internationally known as a sculptor, having taught herself to sculpt, with decades of transgressive sculptural…