The Chuck Gallery Mission

Founded in 2016, Chuck Gallery is an independent art space devoted to the appreciation and promotion of modern and contemporary African art.

Based in Manchester, we bridge African creativity with global audiences, highlighting stories of culture, memory, and identity through the lens of visual art.

Chuck Gallery is the first private art space in North West England dedicated to the promotion of contemporary African art in Manchester, and our focus is the provision of a varied collection of high-quality, original artwork and exceptional art services.

Our tastefully curated collection comprises of an eclectic mix; ranging from realism to abstract impressionism, ensuring our tastes are a reflection of the cutting-edge of African culture.

Our collection is an eclectic mix of paintings by emerging and established African artists, as we aim to generate interest in African art within Manchester and beyond. We seek to engage and delight the public in our extensive collection through various exhibition projects and gallery programs spanning the entire year.

The foundations of Chuck Gallery are rooted in Nigeria, West Africa, where various gallery exhibitions and art fairs have been held, particularly in globally renowned metropolitan cities like Lagos and Abuja.

The gallery, through Marvel Arts — a sister company — has played host to young discoveries like Joel Aruaye and seasoned professionals including the likes of Fidel Oyiogu. In these exhibitions we have sought to promote budding artists, exposing what the gallery considers as prospective latent talents. The move from the shores of Nigeria to Manchester, one of the top three most visited cities in the UK, is in pursuit of our vision of bringing the attention of the international community to the artists represented.

The gallery has a unique position of being a private gallery led by Chukwudi Onwudiwe, a well-known Lagos art dealer and collector of young Nigerian artists. He is also the founder of Lagos-based art dealing firm Marvel Arts Ltd, and is responsible for developing and managing the collection of Chuck Gallery — with the primary purpose of promoting the creation, enjoyment, and appreciation of visual arts by way of art fairs, exhibitions, salons, seminars, and workshops.

Chuck Gallery is excited to bring our audience an appreciable range of good quality paintings and other creative expressions. Our collections management policy requires that the collections are original and produced by top-rate, established artists. Often, Chuck Gallery's collections are inspired by an assiduity for respectable standards, and the collections team ensures that these pieces are intricately selected.

The gallery's survival and growth is dependent on continuing patronage by appreciators and collectors — a role we take very seriously.