Aleruchi Kinika (b.1997) is a visual artist living in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Her mediums include photography, writing and pen on paper drawing. She started photography in order to preserve her culture and understand her identity. Her works explore individual storytelling through an intersection of surrealism and chiaroscuro. She aims to express deep seated emotions and cultural values through storytelling in effective and exciting ways.
Kinika’s work also highlights femininity, beauty and fashion and is deeply inspired by cinema and baroque techniques which involves the play of light and shadows to further dramatize her subjects and drive her story. She expresses her personal struggles, passion and joy as well as those found around herin her daily life with the use of photographs.
Kinika has showcased her work in both local and international group exhibitions such as Untapped exhibition by ImnoArt, Chicago and Love, Redifined in A White Space Gallery, Lagos. Kinika has participated in two art residencies which are Divergence, 1952 Art Accelerator Programme. Lagos, Nigeria and Alternative Heritage by StoryMi x French Embassy in Nigeria x The Republic Magazine.Ibadan, Nigeria.