Oswald Anayo Uruakpa comes from Umuohii Oboama Exinihitte Mbasie LGA Imo state of Nigeria. Born 19th June 1969.
By 1991 he was awarded a provisional scholarship by the Government of Imo State to study Fine and Applied Arts and he eventually secured admission to study arts at the prestigious Institute of Management & Technology (IMT) Enugu.
He was awarded a national “Certificate of Merit” at the 2nd National Visual Art Competition in Oct. 21st, 2009. Position – 1st Prize.