Adébayo Bolaji British-Nigerian, b. 1983

Overview

Bolaji adopts a mixed-media practice featuring bold colors and geometric abstraction alongside elements of figuration. 

Adébayo Bolaji  is a British-Nigerian multidisciplinary artist whose paintings reflect on the process and narrative of change, examining questions of identity, power, and cultural history. Bolaji adopts a mixed-media practice featuring bold colors and geometric abstraction alongside elements of figuration. Bolaji’s paintings adopt a metaphorical language that reflects on the physiological and the social. His work references history, anthropology, religion, and popular culture. For 1-54 New York, Bolaji presents two new mixed paintings, incorporating acrylic, spray paint, and oil pastel.

Biography
Adébayo Bolaji

Adébayo Bolaji lives and works in London and graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama. Bolaji has exhibited internationally with artist residencies in New York and Margate, including an artist residency with Yinka Shonibare MBE Guest Projects. His work was recently featured in a two-person exhibition, Bitter Nostalgia, at Saatchi Gallery in London in 2023. Bolaji is a multidisciplinary artist who has also trained as a lawyer, actor and writer, and has had prominent speaking engagements with Penn State University and Mall Galleries. Additionally, Bolaji belongs to the prominent Soho House Collection as well as the Hogans & Lovells Collection. Solo exhibitions include In Pursuit of Flow, UH Arts, Hertfordshire (2021); The Power & The Pause, BEERS London, London (2021); Between Two Worlds, Galerie Kremers, Berlin (2020); Top ia: A Reinvention of the Self, Serena Morton Gallery, London (2019); Babel, Galerie Proarta, Zurich (2019) and Rituals of Colour, Public Gallery, London (2018).

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