Richardson Ovbiebo is a sculptor and installation artist whose work reflects the tension between the public and private in Nigerian society, incorporating such diverse elements as doors, locks, wheels, mirrors, shoes, and mannequins. Ovbiebo’s work concentrates on the social dynamics that emerge from his environment and the roles individuals play as mirrors of their environment. He describes his practice as an investigation into how people’s actions and inactions seem to be a result of a systemic construct. Ovbiebo graduated from the Yaba College of Technology with a major in sculpture. Ovbiebo won the Fashion Designer’s Association of Nigeria Award for Best Design Inspired by Fashion, and he was nominated for Nigeria’s Future Award in 2010. Ovbiebo lives and works in Lagos.http://www.africanartists.org/assets/1021653781-Nigeria-Now-small.pdf