Nissi Ogulu is a Dynamic Creative - Fine artist, Singer-songwriter, Engineer, Recording Artiste, Entrepreneur and Creative Director.
Nissi studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Warwick in the UK but that didn’t interfere with her passion for music &Art.
Nissi draws inspiration from musical instruments spanning the entire African continent. Her works are stylised as puzzle pieces, part of a larger image of the continent’s creative history. Amongst them features West Africa’s gan gan, or ‘talking drum’, whose stocky hourglass shape is one of the most universally recognisable African instruments. From the East, Nissi focuses on Griots, storytellers who use a range of instrument to mimic the sound of a town crier.From North Africa, she was inspired by the horns of the Hamar tribe which are “made from the horns of animals, and form part of the celebration when a child comes of age.” And, from the South, comes the Mouth Bow, an instrument derived from the bows and arrows used by hunting parties. “These hunters were also innate musicians,” says Nissi. “They started to use their mouth to hit on the string of the bow to formulate sounds and make music.”Nissi is the founder of an art based creative consultancy company called 3MSKTRZ, an entity that makes custom designs for fashion and products.In December 2021, Nissi staged another solo art exhibition in London for her new “Puzzle” collection. In May 2022, she was commissioned to design the mural on the wall of the Andaz hotel on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles.In January 2022, Nissi Ogulu hosted exclusive guests to a live exhibition of her art collection which she titled, “Puzzled” where she showcased her dexterity and prowess in an event that encapsulated her essence in a scenic ambience of naturalness drawn from her paintings, which gave the guests a feel of where she is at and where she's going as an artist & artiste.
