Neec Nonso (b, 1990 in Aguleri, Anambra state) is a visual artist working across photography, performance and augmented reality. His practice spans from the documentary to the deliberately posed, capturing textures of everyday life and rites of passage as well as their nuances in communities across Nigeria. Driven by a goal to catalyse critical conversations, Nonso aims to evoke emotions while inviting audiences to excavate memories and experiences as they encounter his work.
In October 2018, Neec Nonso founded Aguleri stories - an online-based media platform that focuses on telling the inside stories of Aguleri; an Igbo community of south-eastern Nigeria, notorious for its boundary wars with neighbours. In 2019, he also emerged as the winner of Best Portfolio, LagosPhoto Festival, and was awarded a one-year residency programme with African Artists’ Foundation, Lagos. Selected group exhibitions include; Young Contemporaries 2022, Rele Gallery Lagos, Good things come in threes, Rele Gallery Los Angeles, A pot of hot soup, Brunei Gallery/SOAS, London, 4000 daily, Kunsthaus göttingen, Germany and Wa na wari, Wa na wari Art space, USA. He lives and works in Lagos.