About The Collector


Femi Akinsanya is an investment banker, independent financial advisor and private equity investor. His interest in African art in particular and art generally dates back to his childhood in Ibadan, Nigeria where he grew up surrounded by indigenous artworks that played a major role in daily life, culture and religious rituals. He lives in Lagos, Nigeria.

About The Collector


Femi Akinsanya is an investment banker, independent financial advisor and private equity investor. His interest in African art in particular and art generally dates back to his childhood in Ibadan, Nigeria where he grew up surrounded by indigenous artworks that played a major role in daily life, culture and religious rituals. He lives in Lagos, Nigeria.

Traditional African Art


The Femi Akinsanya Traditional African Art Collection is a premier collection of African art located in Lagos, Nigeria, consisting of sculptures from all major regions of Nigeria along with canonical examples of artworks of Yoruba, Igbo, Urhobo, Cross River and Benue origins. It also includes interesting examples of bronze and brass sculptures from the late-dynastic and 20th Century interregnum periods of art from the Edo Kingdom of Benin.

The traditional art collection comprises artworks that are mainly sculptures in wood and metal (bronze, brass, copper alloys, and iron) from various regions of Nigeria.

The sculptures in the Akinsanya traditional African art collection are largely figurative and range in size from small Yoruba wooden effigies to monumental sculptures that top out at well over six feet in height. The collection is pan-Nigerian but is especially strong in artworks from Yoruba speaking peoples, and from the Benue River Valley region that stretches from the Niger-Benue confluence to the Cameroon border. It also has a number of ceramic objects and many Edo Kingdom of Benin artworks of pre-invasion dynastic provenance and newer mid-twentieth century bronzes made by Benin casters in the styles and iconography of canonical archetypes.

The Akinsanya collection demonstrates the continued existence of important indigenous artworks in Nigeria and also documents their changing forms.

Traditional African Art


The Femi Akinsanya Traditional African Art Collection is a premier collection of African art located in Lagos, Nigeria, consisting of sculptures from all major regions of Nigeria along with canonical examples of artworks of Yoruba, Igbo, Urhobo, Cross River and Benue origins. It also includes interesting examples of bronze and brass sculptures from the late-dynastic and 20th Century interregnum periods of art from the Edo Kingdom of Benin.

The traditional art collection comprises artworks that are mainly sculptures in wood and metal (bronze, brass, copper alloys, and iron) from various regions of Nigeria.

The sculptures in the Akinsanya traditional African art collection are largely figurative and range in size from small Yoruba wooden effigies to monumental sculptures that top out at well over six feet in height. The collection is pan-Nigerian but is especially strong in artworks from Yoruba speaking peoples, and from the Benue River Valley region that stretches from the Niger-Benue confluence to the Cameroon border. It also has a number of ceramic objects and many Edo Kingdom of Benin artworks of pre-invasion dynastic provenance and newer mid-twentieth century bronzes made by Benin casters in the styles and iconography of canonical archetypes.

The Akinsanya collection demonstrates the continued existence of important indigenous artworks in Nigeria and also documents their changing forms.

Modern & Contemporary Art


The Femi Akinsanya Modern & Contemporary Art Collection is mostly located in Lagos, Nigeria with few pieces in American and European locations.

The collection includes paintings (canvas, paper and other materials), sculptures in wood, bronze and other metals, by mostly Nigerian contemporary artists and others from around the world.

Modern & Contemporary Art


The Femi Akinsanya Modern & Contemporary Art Collection is mostly located in Lagos, Nigeria with few pieces in American and European locations.

The collection includes paintings (canvas, paper and other materials), sculptures in wood, bronze and other metals, by mostly Nigerian contemporary artists and others from around the world.