Nike Davies Okundaye: Promoting Art practice, Art Security and Entrepreneurial Development in Nigeria

Abstract

Nike Davies Okundaye probably destined to be a textile designer and a painter; the foremost female, Nigeria artist, emerge from the complexity and form structure of her humble beginning on how she learned the art of weaving and textile design from her great-grandmother from the age of six today she is a renowned female artist, internationally acclaimed and a prominent entrepreneur. This paper will focus and examine on Okundaye's art practice, art security and her role on entrepreneurial development in empowerment of rural community women and young people, income generation, environmental stewardship, socio-cultural, religion and political implications of her works in entrepreneurial development in Nigeria.