“The role of any artist is vital to any given society since art reaches out and touches people around the world, it provides pleasing emotion, colors, and also certain art can cause controversy or provoke a society.” The man who stated this, Martins Lawrence Akande, a.k.a. Teenez Martinez, an African artist, strongly believes in Nigerian art. It was at an early age that he became interested in art. He wants his art to be an influence on an international level and bring about change.