Men Don’t Cry

Ibim Cookey (B. 1999) is a Multi award winning Contemporary Nigerian Artist from Opobo town, Rivers State, Nigeria. He is a graduate of Architecture From the University of Nigeria, Enugu. He is an Art Ambassador for the Rivers state Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Cookey works primarily with graphite, charcoal and acrylic paint in the genre of portraiture, where he creates photorealistic representation of his subjects. He has participated in over 15 exhibitions over the past 6 years where his works have been shown in Paris, London, Rio, Johanesburg, Naimey, Lagos, and Port Harcourt.

Cookey explores portraits of Africans in a wide range of everyday emotions as he strives to capture the underlying of the social structure within his habit.

Group Exhibitions

• Mente de Monda Group Exhibition, Lagos State Nigeria 2015.
• Bella A beau Group Exhibition, Lagos State Nigeria 2015.
• Love world music and art Festival, Johannesburg South Africa 2016.
• Coal City Art Exhibition , Enugu State Nigeria 2017.
• New Horizon Art Exhibition ,Niamey, Niger Republic 2017.
• New frames Group Exhibition with Nigerian Society of Artists, Rivers State Nigeria 2018.
• Fusion V contemporary Art fair, Cult House Gallery, London, England 2019.
• Afro festival of Arts and Culture, Rivers State Nigeria 2019.
• Faces of Africa Exhibition, Johannesburg, South Africa with ODA gallery, 2020.
• Modern and Contemporary Art; Disrupt space Gallery, Brixton, England 2020.
• “The Sacred in each of us” Virtual Exhibition; Uptime Gallery, Brazil 2021.
• “Salon ART Exhibition” with Delaroke Art Gallery, Nigeria 2021.
• “The history of all of us women” with uptime Art Gallery Brazil 2021.
• Focus Art Fair with Curator Hong lee, Paris, France 2021.
• Black Box Exhibition, Disrupt Space Gallery, Brixton United Kingdom. 2021
• On Display Africa Exhibition, Gallery at the Landmark, Lagos state,Nigeria . 2021