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About Hermes Iyele

Hermes Chibueze Iyele (b.2001) is a creative multi-hyphenate.

Primarily a performing artist, his art aims to tell the story of Africa in its essence and in the context of it’s relative importance to the collective existence of the human race.
Hermes’s talents and ingenuity cuts across different disciplines ,he is a paragon on the runway, an athlete whose work ethics inspires respect amongst his contemporaries.

CHIBUEZE was discovered in 2014 during a talent development project by Nigeria’s foremost creative organization for performing artists 

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About Hermes Iyele

Hermes Chibueze Iyele (b.2001) is a creative multi-hyphenate.

Hermes Chibueze Iyele (b.2001) is a creative multi-hyphenate. Primarily a performing artist, his art aims to tell the story of Africa in its essence and in the context of it’s relative importance to the collective existence of the human race.
Hermes’s talents and ingenuity cuts across different disciplines ,he is a paragon on the runway, an athlete whose work ethics inspires respect amongst his contemporaries.

CHIBUEZE was discovered in 2014 during a talent development project by Nigeria’s foremost creative organization for performing artists – Q-dance Center. Since that program, he has consistently performed as part of a group in Tfaasd! Q-dance Center(2015, Lagos, Nigeria), Rainmakers (TED Global 2017, Arusha, Tanzania), Yuropa (2018: Germany, 2019: Mali, Serbia, Holland).

In 2018, Hermes had his choreographic debut with a collaborative performance with Chioma Ebinama and I Am Isigo (2018, ArtX Lagos, Nigeria) Unsustainable Privileges (2018, Lagos, Nigeria). A solo artist with The Village in Me (2018, Bariga, Nigeria), and Path (2019, DIG dance international Glasgow, Het Nieuwe Institute Rotterdam, Lagos biennial, Lagos poetry festival.
Hermes is an astute believer in family creed, he is driven, and headstrong about what he believes in.

Hermes Chibueze Iyele, an incredible walking piece of artistic magnificence featured as a dancer in Grammy Award winning artiste Burnaboy’s “Minsters You Made”, and Davido featuring Focalistic’s “Champion Sound” video to mention a few.

in 2023, Hermes signed an ambassadorial deal with TrophyStout.