Ekene Emeka-Maduka

Ekene Emeka-Maduka (b. 1996, Nigeria) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Winnipeg, Canada. Working across painting, sculpture, film and community-based projects, she draws on personal memories and experiences of migration to explore identity, belonging, psychological fragmentation and collective memory.

Her practice weaves together intimate narratives and broader historical and social contexts, examining the complexities of displacement and the construction of individual and collective identities. Through an approach that combines artistic experimentation with community engagement, Emeka-Maduka creates spaces for dialogue, connection and shared experience. Her work often reflects on the relationships between personal histories, cultural heritage and the search for belonging.

She holds a BFA Honours from the University of Manitoba and her work is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden (MACAAL). In 2024, she received the Royal Bank of Canada ON THE RISE Award, presented by the Winnipeg Arts Council.

Zurich – Lord of the Flies: The Plot Thickens

Ekene Emeka-Maduka

12 Jun - 12 Sep 2026

We are delighted to announce Fabienne Levy Gallery's first participation in the Zurich Art Weekend, presenting a new body of work by Nigerian artist Ekene Emeka-Maduka. Conceived as a cohesive...

Lausanne – Almost forgot, we're moving

Group Show

11 - 21 Mar 2026

After seven years at Avenue Louis-Ruchonnet 6, our Lausanne space is preparing to relocate closer to the lake at Avenue d’Ouchy 70, 1006 Lausanne. Over these seven years, we’ve hosted...

From Print to Presence: An Exhibition of Inspiration

March 14 - May 11 in Geneva / March 15 - May 11 in Lausanne

14 Mar - 11 May 2024

Step into the dynamic world of "From Print to Presence," where each poster is not just a visual masterpiece but a portal into the profound inspirations that birthed them.

Ekene Emeka-Maduka – Lord of the Flies: The Plot Thickens

October 8, 2026

Conceived as a cohesive narrative arc, this new body of work by Ekene Emeka-Maduka (Nigeria, b. 1996) unfolds within the fictional architecture of a Nigerian boarding school, a system she once inhabited, rendered here as a condensed model of society. Drawing on adolescence as a formative and globally legible stage, the artist constructs a narrative that resists autobiography: rather than an illustration of lived experience, the exhibition presents a multitemporal memory palace shaped by unreliable recollection and shared imaginaries. References to Lord of the Flies and Things Fall Apart surface...