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Comment: Any sources not local and from Aug 2025 to show wider notability? KylieTastic (talk) 14:05, 26 August 2026 (UTC)
- Comment: See WP:BLP1E. Reference 1 is not in-depth, and reference 3, as an interview, is not independent. Kovcszaln6 (talk) 13:28, 26 August 2026 (UTC)
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Chubby Daniels | |
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| Known for | Sculpture and mixed media using recycled materials |
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Chukwubuikem Ndubuisi Daniels, known professionally as Chubby Daniels, is a Nigerian-born visual artist based in Leicester, England, who makes sculpture and mixed-media work from discarded materials including bottle caps, nails, wire and scrap metal. He also runs community workshops under the name Trash to Art, combining art-making with sustainability education.[1][2]
Early life and education
[edit]Daniels moved to the United Kingdom from Nigeria and settled in Leicester. He studied civil engineering before completing a master's degree in architecture and sustainability at De Montfort University.[1][2] He has worked as an architect alongside his art practice.[1]
Artistic practice
[edit]BBC News reported that Daniels uses bottle caps, condemned clothes and plastic to create his work, and featured images of a portrait of the footballer Jamie Vardy constructed from bottle tops and a lion's face made from waste materials.[1]
The Leicester Mercury reported that Daniels is a member of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management and draws on its published material for the educational components of his work. In the same report, Daniels described his approach as showing people that discarded objects can be made into something meaningful, and expressed an ambition to extend his practice across the East Midlands.[2]
Trash to Art
[edit]In August 2025, the Leicester Mercury reported that Daniels had secured funding from Arts Council England and De Montfort University to run Trash to Art, a series of free monthly community workshops running from August to November 2025 at The Centre Project off Granby Street in Leicester.[2]
The newspaper reported that participants would work with materials including shredded paper, scrap wood, discarded clothing and bottle tops collected from local offices and pubs, producing mosaics mounted on wood and wearable pieces from plastic caps. Each session was to open with an educational component on safety and sustainability before moving to practical art-making, with participants given a full month to develop their projects between workshops. The programme was to culminate in an interactive public exhibition with a curator explaining to visitors that all works had been made from recycled materials.[2]
BBC News separately covered the programme, reporting that all materials were provided by the Arts Council and that pieces from the workshops would be exhibited in November with some available for sale.[1]
References
[edit]General references
[edit]- "How the Trash to Art project is helping to build a circular culture in Leicester". Circular Online. Chartered Institution of Wastes Management. 19 November 2025. Archived from the original on 17 April 2026.
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[edit]Category:Living people Category:Nigerian contemporary artists Category:21st-century Nigerian artists Category:Nigerian emigrants to the United Kingdom Category:Artists from Leicester Category:Alumni of De Montfort University
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