Diana Ejaita
Diana Ejaita is a Nigerian-Italian illustrator and textile designer.Biography
Ejaita was born in Italy. She studied fine art in France and Germany. As of 2020, she was based in Berlin, Germany, and Lagos, Nigeria.
In 2014, Ejaita started a fashion label, called WearYourMask, inspired by West African traditions and her Italo-Nigerian heritage.
In 2019, Ejaita's work was featured in a group exhibition at Berlin's Kunstgewerbemuseum, called Afro Futures. Fashion – Hair – Design. That same year, she illustrated a Google Doodle commemorating the 119th birthday of Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, a Nigerian educator and women's rights activist. Ejaita has designed two covers for The New Yorker magazine.
