Uche studied sculpture at the University of port Harcourt art school in Nigeria, graduating with honours, and started taking photographs in 1996. He works closely with a network of like-minded photographers and painters working to promote photography and improve the perception of photographers and photography in Nigeria. Lagos. Just like any major city provides a huge whirlpool of elements to explore, in that sense, Uche tries photographically to harness the strict organisational discipline beneath the visual chaos that greets any onlooker.
The work leads Uche to construct or set up performances that are captured. Still, the artist employs text and uses graphics on image surfaces to find a sculptural accent in his work, in an attempt to address certain issues both socially and generally.
With regards to technique, Uche’s approach is largely construction and deconstruction of the visual plane: trying to find the relationship and the workability between two and three-dimensional design.
Uche is currently a director at Photo Garage, a company that provides logistics as well as offers an indigenous platform for domestic and global intellectual photography exchanges. His exhibitions have been shown globally.
