Taiye Idahor was born and grew up in Lagos Nigeria. She studied Fine Art at the Yaba College of Technology Lagos Nigeria where she graduated in 2007 with a Higher National Diploma (HND) in sculpture.
In the last six years, Taiye Idahor has worked consistently and significantly within the concepts of identity and women using “hair” as a visual language in her work. Tangled through the issues of trade, beauty, the environment and globalisation, she examines how these factors build the woman’s identity including hers in today’s
Africa but in particular, Lagos Nigeria where she has lived most of her life. Her work is included in the collections of the Zeitz MOCAA South Africa, Brooklyn Museum New York, Princeton University Art Museum, and Davis Museum, Wellesley College Massachusetts.