Anthony Azekwoh

Anthony Azekwoh is a Nigerian contemporary digital artist, entrepreneur, and author. He began his writing career at 13 and has since authored five books, along with several essays and short stories. In 2017, he won the Awele Trust Prize for his short story "The Fall of the Gods.”

He began his career in digital painting in 2016 after first drawing on paper. Anthony soon began posting his drawings on social media and received commissions both locally and internationally. In 2020, he created The Red Man, a digital portrait that became his breakthrough work. Initially painted as a personal experiment with no commercial intent, the artwork went viral upon posting, accumulating over 220,000 likes and later selling as an NFT for $25,000, bringing Azekwoh international recognition.

Since beginning his digital career, Anthony has designed album and single artwork for Nigerian and international musicians, including Adekunle Gold, Blaqbonez, Show Dem Camp, Masego, Simi, Jae5, and Young Jonn, and has gone viral several times on social media for his artwork, including a 2025 case where his collection ‘The Wedding’ went viral on social media.