A Tale of Shared Experiences - Artist Profile: Olamide Ogunade.
A Tale of Shared Experiences is an art exhibition that explores the themes of gender, self, and identity. From July 17 to August 31, 2021, Artpedia Gallery will display the works of six young and brilliant Nigerian artists. Learn about one of them below.
Olamide Ogunade
Meet Olamide Ogunade, a fine arts student at Yaba College of Technology. While his fascination with art began at an early age, his mastery has been down to rigorous training and research.
Olamide is versatile as his body of work reflects several art mediums like a ballpoint pen, acrylic, oil paint, charcoal and pencil. He uses these tools to translate his personal experiences and observations into stimulating art. Little wonder local and international art collectors covet his art pieces. His works have also featured in exhibitions like Stop, Listen, at the CFHILL gallery, Sweden, and Africa First at the Valerius gallery, Luxembourg. And in 2020, Olamide won the Tecno Art challenge.
Come see Olamide’s series “In Search of Thyself”, at A Tale of Shared Experiences. The series interrogates the social construction of masculinity. Olamide depicts his figures with expressive and emotive gazes which evoke self-awareness.