After her first solo exhibition in 2006 titled, Patterns of Life that tried to draw the attention of the female folk on the need to catch up with others in the events of life, one of Nigeria’s female studio artists that is bent on making a statement in the male dominated art world, Chinyere Ofodile Okanume is out again with another solo exhibition titled Beyond Bound, an exhibition of paintings, oil on canvas, mixed media with fine stones, fabrics and native mat.

The exhibition which can be seen as a great innovation compared to her previous exhibition where she centered on paintings on canvass, is scheduled to open on 23rd March and runs till 5th April 2013, at the National Museum Onikan.

Featuring about 30 recent works through which the Fine and Applied Arts graduate of Institute of Management and Technology Enugu tries to artistically comment generally on some of the issues happening in the country.

According to the artist, who said that she is greatly influenced by her environment , the works really address some of the ills in the society. Some of them include; Journey of life, I better pass my neighbour, Last sacrifies , Empowerment, Irony of life 1&2, I did not do it, Togetherness, Scarcity 1&2, The Friendship etc.

On why the exhibition  is coming up seven years after her last show, the experimental artist  said : “I try to express myself by being creative in so many ways, not just the conventional way of painting with oil ,acrylic or water colour, though this is my first time working with stones, I still make the works appealing to the eye.”  A look at the works reveals that she has really added new forms to her works. For example, She has added installation, mixed media, stone paintings and some figures which she did not do before.