Mary is a vastly experienced and consistently inspired designer with a portfolio of remarkable work over the past decade. Sauntered into art as a kid from exposure to great music, storytelling, and visual arts through creatively inclined teachers and mentors who went beyond the art, to the heart, Mary believes in the potential of art to influence people and solve problems, and this brings an evidently fresh perspective to her work.

For over 10 years, she has worked as a creative director and collaborated on projects with several notable brands across different sectors, including Urgent Action Africa where she worked with leaders from 5 countries across East Africa; UK-based FoodLama, as well Nigeria’s leading VC firm, Ventures Platform, to name a few.

Mary holds a B.Hons in Fine and Applied Arts (Obafemi Awolowo University) where she majored in painting and minored in graphic design, earning a feature in the prestigious Best of Ife Art Hall of Fame (2015).

Mary is committed to the development of young people honing their skills in design and art, and she has expressed this through participating in countless design trainings, creating a curriculum that has been employed in teaching hundreds of designers across the country, sharing her ideas on major platforms like the Social Media Week Lagos and most recently launching her book on colours — a topic everyone looks up to her for in the Nigerian creative industry.

She speaks English, Yoruba, and Greek, sings so well like she could have made it as a musician, and boasts of daily waking up to the most beautiful smiles in the entire universe — her two kids and husband. We agree.