Iké Udé

is a New York–based, Nigerian-born artist. He founded the iconic art/fashion/culture publication aRUDE (1995–) and is the author of three books: Beyond Decorum (MIT Press, 2000); Style File: The World’s Most Elegantly Dressed (HarperCollins, 2008); and Nollywood Portraits: A Radical Beauty (Skira, 2016). His most recent solo exhibition, “Iké Udé: Nollywood Portraits” (2022–23), was staged at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art in Washington, DC. The artist was a consultant for and contributor to the 2025 group exhibition “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. In 2022, Udé was inducted into Vanity Fair’s International Best Dressed Hall of Fame.