title: George Edozie
text: # George Edozie
  
  George Edozie (born 1972), is a Nigerian painter. living in Lagos, Nigeria.
  
  ## Early life and education
  
  George Edozie was born on 11 May 1972. He attended the University Primary School, Nsukka, Washington Memorial School, Onitsha. Edozie studied Fine & Applied Arts at the University of Benin in Benin City where he majored in painting and graduated with a BA degree in 1996.
  
  ## Career
  
  George Edozie has featured widely in group exhibitions in Nigeria and abroad. Some of them include: "Six Egbeda Artists" at the National Museum, Onikan, Lagos, 2002; "The Search" at the French Cultural Centre, Ikoyi, Lagos, 2004; "With a Human Face" at the Pan-African University, Lagos, 2006; and "A Kaleidoscope of Nigerian traditional costumes" at Abuja, 2009.
  
  His work is part of the collection at the Pan-African Heritage Museum in Accra, Ghana.
  
  He has been on several exhibitions alongside other veteran Nigerian artists Ebenezer Akinola, Olusegun Adejumo and Gerald Chukwuma.
  
  