Iké Udé was born in Laos, Nigeria and later emigrated to the United States where he is now based in New York City.  His work is held in the permanent collections of the Solomon Guggenheim Museum, NY and the Smithsonian National Museum, Washington DC. Udé is the founding editor and publisher of aRUDE magazine, a quarterly devoted to art, culture, style, fashion, and the author of Style File: The World’s Most Elegantly Dressed, a comprehensive monograph just released by Harper Collins.