1978 born in Lagos, Nigeria lives and works in Almaty, Kazakhstan 2017 Almaty Art School, Kazakhstan 2015 Dolce Vita Modeling School, Kazakhstan 2008 BA Yaba college of Technology, BA. Fine Art Painting, Nigeria

Solo Exhibitions (selected) 20252024 African Surrealism, OOA GALLERY, Barcelona, Spain 2018 Ular Gallery, Kazakhstan 2016 Almaty, Kazakhstan 2010 “Timeless Energy” - Nike Art Center, Lagos, Nigeria Group Exhibitions (selected) 2025 "I'm just a boy", OOA Gallery, Barcelona, E "Son of shaman", Kulanshi Gallery, Astana, Kazakhstan 2024 “Ethereal Essence: Portrait of the African Diaspora”, Curtiss Jacobs Gallery – New York, USA 2023 Duo show with Opeyemi Matthew Olukotun, OOA GALLERY, Barcelona, E 2023 “How Far?” - Forte Kulanshi Art Space, Astana, Kasachstan 2022 The CAMP Gallery, Florida, USA 2021 Artfully Spaced Gallery, California, USA

Moses Zibor comes from Bayelsa in Nigeria, where the water and waves of the deep blue ocean are the children's playground and source of livelihood. The total area of the state is 10,773 kilometres with 180 kilometres of coastline along the Atlantic Ocean. Zibor grew up knowing the threat but also the beauty of the coastal region and its importance to the people who live there. Zibor's artistic training had a decisive influence on his genre painting. The Yaba College of Technology is one of the leading art schools in West Africa and one of the first in Nigeria where Zibor received his artistic training. During his training here in Lagos, the artist lived in the community of Ajegungle. This is where most of his artistic talents come from. It was in this region that Moses Zibor's artistic influences were nurtured and developed. His diaspora experience broadened his understanding of some social and political influences. Today, Moses Zibor presents paintings that show his struggle with the definition of modernity as a subject of subjective reality. His representationalism is evident in the narrative structure that emphasises his composition and in the logic of perspective. His paintings reflect the current struggle of the youth of Bayelsa, who exist without any future. For this reason, it has driven the artist into the diaspora. Zibor's paintings may appear to be direct, but his intention is to reveal the hidden in the body of human figuration, the energy trapped in the human body and emotions. One might ask, what is this relationship between his hiddenness and the human figuration? What would this relationship of recording things without leaving them in the abstract stage mean for our understanding of his painting? Art is not simply a projection of the mind. In painting, you can never predict what the outcome of an event will be, any more than you can read the future. But through careful interaction with other beings in the world, we begin to understand that painting reveals our collective history. Here the artist has presented his understanding and concept of reality to the audience. His thinking and depictions evolve from day to day, gaining strength and measuring the impact of a cultural influence. If one studies the surface of his canvas and reflects on his artistic energy, one will naturally accept that his paintings reveal the reality within his experience as an artist. Excerpt from a text by Irokanulo, Ikemefula Emmanuel PhD, Department of Fine art, Yaba College of Technology