ruby onyinyechi amanze is a brooklyn based artist and educator of nigerian birth and british upbringing. she has come to, not only accept this reality, but ultimately find empowerment in the authenticity of the hybrid. her drawings have been influenced greatly by textile processes, print-making, collage, architecture and the japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi that emphasizes the beauty in that which is transient.

during her time at tyler school of art in philadelphia, she studied photography and fiber/material studies. she then went on to earn an inter-disciplinary m.f.a. at cranbrook academy of art in bloomfield hills, michigan.