Onye Ndika

Onye is a geometric bead artist. Her primary method of creating art is weaving beads. Her art is always driven by and created from a place of geometric spatial exploration and interaction.  Thanks in part to social media networking, she’s enjoyed various creative opportunities, such as being a member of the BeadInfinitum.com Design Team, creating art for the Indianapolis Downtown Public Library’s Meet The Artist exhibits, styling models at local fashion events, teaching classes to elementary-school children for ReGeneration Indy, teaching classes at the 2017 Bead and Button Show, creating commissioned artwork for private clients as well as collaborative work with other fine artists. Additionally, her beaded artwork has been published within the Bridges Organization, the Joint Mathematics Meetings, and “1000 Beads,” a Lark Crafts publication. 

Onye became fascinated with beads at age 13.  She taught herself some basic stitching techniques with seed beads, then began making and selling jewelry to friends and classmates. Circa 2007, she became enamored with three-dimensional bead-weaving, and began specifically incorporating geometric concepts. While designing and creating with small beads and monofilament, she has diligently explored and engineered components that are aesthetically pleasing while being functionally and structurally sound.