Education
B.A Accounting - 2016
Selected Exhibitions
Persons and identities, group exhibition, Alexis Galleries, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. Feb 17th - March 2nd, 2024
Memesis group exhibition, Black Liquid ART, Viterbo, Italy. February 4th - April 1st, 2023
The Natural, Coningsby Gallery, London, 2023
Shared memories exhibition, NK art space., Lagos, Nigeria. August 27th - September 19th, 2022
Context art Miami fair, Florida, USA. Nov. 30th - Dec 5th, 2021
Tenacity, a Nigerian contemporary group exhibition, Lagos, Nigeria. February 27th - March 8th 2021
MONIKER ART FAIR NYC, Greenpoint terminal, Brooklyn. May 3rd - 6th 2018.
COMMON THREAD exhibition, the black and white building, Shoreditch, UK. Aug 30th - Sept 1st 2018.
INSANITY group exhibition, Omenka gallery, Ikoyi, Lagos state, Nigeria. Nov 26th - Dec 9th 2016.
Awards
Beautiful Bizzare magazine: Winner of 2022 Beautiful Bizzare art prize, Artnation People’s choice award
Award of Excellence, Benue Youth Choice awards, 2016
Press
Beautiful Bizzare magazine: Winner of 2022 Beautiful Bizzare art prize, Artnation People’s choice award
Buzzfeed: Using fire to make portraits
Beautiful Bizzare magazine: An Inferno Starts With a Single Flame, African Artist Creates Stunning Works Of Art By Woodburning.
Prazzle Magazine: Alex Peter Idoko Uses Pyrography to Express African Realities and Re-brand Black Stories.
Omenka online: Alex idoko Peter on pyrography and Liberating Africa from her Past
BBC: Alexander Peter Idoko na artist wey dey razor blade dey draw ontop burnt wood.
nwe: So talented……draw with fire on wood!
Reddit: This is how Alex Peter Idoko draws with Fire on wood.
Pubity: This is just incredible, the detail is insane all over… talent like this should not go unnoticed
Upworthy: Pyrography' artist makes hyper-realistic portraits on wood using only fire and razorblades
Worldstar: Alex with another amazing fire portrait!
ArtsHelp: Artist Alex Peter: Global Goal 8 on Decent Work and Economic Growth
Artnet gallery network: 4 Emerging Artists to Get on Your Radar, According to Milan’s Mon Share Art
TIMESLIVE SEBENZA: This artist uses wood to create hyperrealistic pieces.
TRTWORLD: Setting art alight in Nigeria | Unusual artforms.
DAZED: Four artists unpacking black identity that you should know.
NAIRALAND: Alex Peter, Nigerian Artist Who Draws With Razor Blade On Wood.
INFORMATION NIGERIA: SEE THE TALENTED NIGERIAN ARTIST WHO DRAWS WITH RAZOR BLADE ON WOOD.
NATIONAL HELM: Talented Nigerian Artist Uses Razor Blade And Wood To Showcase His Drawing Skills.