Kelechi amadi biography of rory and ryan

And looking back, his family should have known all along that he was going to be an artist. Growing up in the eastern region of Nigeria, in the city of Umuahia, he quickly developed a passion for drawing. I realized that I had talent with visual arts and I started to draw. With the encouragement of those around him, he was spurred on to improve his skills.

Unfortunately in the neighborhood where he grew up, there were no museums, art schools or galleries where he could hone his skills.

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Even with his passion for drawing and the visual arts, his family put his career choices down to law or medicine. Amadi-Obi chose law and duly enrolled at university. Ironically though university exposed him to art in a way he had never encountered before. The law student became the talk of his campus as his artwork surpassed that of the art students.

Yet he kept hitting the law books and graduated to take up a job as barrister. He only wore his gown and wig for one year after being called to the bar. Photography came gradually.