Felix Eboigbe is the eldest son of a Benin tribal chief in Nigeria, West Africa. Today he is a Nigerian-American sculptor whose works are exhibited throughout America, Europe and Africa.

Eboigbe’s preferred medium is wood, “it is alive, almost a piece of sculpture already,” he believes. He sculpts mostly in walnut, cherry, ebony and sometimes Indiana Cedar. Though skilled in marble and ivory sculpture, he favors the beauty and texture of wood grains. When Eboigbe begins to sculpt, he uses his own hand-made ebony mallets to shape the wood. The only other tools he uses are chisels and an axe. He uses hand tools to record each detail of traditional African physical features or dress, creating an original work of art.

His favorite subject is the black female, usually rendered as an idealized image rather than as a portrait of a specific individual. The role of the black woman is crucial in his art. "Her presence is symbolic," he says. "She is Mother Earth; she is, after all, Dinkanesh, the oldest evidence of human presence, recently discovered in Ethiopia. She is the icon representing the cradle of humanity."