Onyeka Ibe was born in Anambra State, Nigeria. He was recently featured in World Art Business News and has been described by the Atlanta Journal as one of the most exciting young painters to emerge from Sub-Saharan Africa since the 1990s. He looks for inspiration in the natural and humanistic tradition of contemporary impressionism. His paintings express the entire spectrum of nature, human emotions and exhilaration and cheerfulness to contentment. Encouraged by his father, a painter himself, as a child Ibe was introduced to drawing and how to observe and take notes of inspiring subjects.
He achieved youthful success at the age of 16 when he first exhibited his works at National Gallery of Modern Art in Lagos, Nigeria. Trained at the University of Benin in Nigeria, his performance at school earned him first class honors in Fine Arts from the esteemed university. Since graduation, Ibe has traveled extensively throughout the United States, Mexico, South America, Europe, Asia and Africa to show his works, participating as well in seminars and fine arts workshops. Ibe's work has been recognized nationally and internationally through numerous awards in juried shows and competitions and has been featured in major art publications, museums, private collections and galleries around the world.

Recognition for Ibe's work has led to his involvement with prestigious art organizations in the United States, especially, "The Portrait Society of America". He is also a member of "Portrait Society of Atlanta", "The African American for the Arts" and "The Quinlan Visual Art Center" in Georgia. Ibe, who is always willing to share his gift and passion for art with others, occasionally invites college students of fine art to his Atlanta Studio to study and learn his technique and style.

He has continued his passion, painting portraits of the President, musicians, the political "Who's Who", Hollywood personalities, and people just like you, who appreciate his work. Ibe is currently preparing for a worldwide traveling art exhibition. His work will be showing in New York, Los Angeles, Lagos, London, Paris, and Tokyo in 2003. Onyeka Ibe lives in Atlanta, Georgia.