Magzoid Magazine - Luxury Magazine in the Creative Space | June 2023

Applying hyperrealism and engineering
formulas to evoke emotions and
relatable feelings
“I’m inspired by young people, the fun, the challenges, the struggles and the ups and lows that
come as a result of being part of this present generation,” says Nebolisa
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Nebolisa Kelly Chieloka was born in
1998, he is a self-taught Nigerian
artist, born and raised in Lagos,
Nigeria. He specializes in a genre
of art known as hyperrealism. A graduate of
Chemical Engineering from the University of
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra
State. From as early as he could remember,
Nebolisa kelly began drawing at a very
young age, he started off by drawing his
favorite cartoon characters and eventually
matured into a full-time artist exploring the
use of charcoal, graphite pencil, pastel,
prints and acrylic on paper/canvas. He is
best known for his realistic life-size portraits
mostly of young people, relating to matters
of mental health, love, social and political
activism. He is known for the emotion his
art evokes in the viewer and often time he
applies Engineering formulas in his artworks
which further explains the unique concept
behind his art. He believes that there is a
strong relationship between science and
art, he often says ‘Even Science is a work
of Art’. The hyper-realistic artist sets out to
arouse relatable feelings and always passes
a societal judgment on what should be. He’s
always keen to deliver a message through
his art. He works mostly with reference images
and through his imagination. Nebolisa
Kelly is currently based in Awka, Anambra
State, Nigeria and has participated in a
group exhibition titled Talented Individual
Art Festival, Portharcout Nigeria (2020).
“I’m inspired by young people, the fun, the
challenges, the struggles and the ups and
lows that come as a result of being part
of this present generation. I always want
to arouse relatable feelings in my viewers
and be intentional about passing a societal
judgment on what should be and what is not
. This inspired God’s Engineering series, the
urge to direct people from the usual lifestyle
they know to how God really engineered it
to be. It’s a series of Enlightenment and
revelations of God’s mind,” says Nebolisa
kelly Chieloka.
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