Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy (b. 1952-2012, Ondo State) studied at East Ham College and obtained a B.A. (hons) Degree in Graphic Design from Hornsey College of Art in 1978 and in 1988 became a professional artist.

Her paintings, prints and sculptures are figurative, in the genres of portraiture, still-life, landscape and narrative subjects. Chukwuogo-Roy, first gained international fame for painting the official Golden Jubilee portrait of the late Queen Elizabeth II, commissioned by The Commonwealth Secretariat. The full-length portrait was unveiled at a ceremony at Marlborough House by former Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon (27 February 1939–) on Commonwealth Day, 2002.

She was a member of Sudbourne Park Printmakers and has had many solo exhibitions including those at Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich; Mall Galleries, London; The Royal Commonwealth Society, London; Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia; Reve’s Cork Street Galleries, London; Connecticut University, USA; Didi Museum, Lagos; UNESCO, Paris; Snape Maltings Galleries, Suffolk.

In 2003, Chukwuogo-Roy was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by the University of East Anglia and in 2010 was made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for her contributions to art.