Fidelis Joseph

Fidelis Joseph is a visual artist from Adamawa state in the northeastern part of Nigeria. He began his formal education in Art in 2009, at the Federal College of Education, Yola. He started his artistic career in Lagos after graduating with a B.A in Fine Arts from the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Kaduna state, Nigeria. At the end of his undergraduate studies, Fidelis became the most influential artist, and won the Artist of the Year Award in the department of Fine Arts ABU, Zaria, in 2017. His most recent award is the Cranbrook Art Museum Purchase Prize Award, at the completion of his MFA in the painting department Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan in 2023.