Nigeria
Born in: 1978
Painting
Mr. Makinde James OlaDapo (A.K.A Adubi Mydaz), was born in Oyo State. Adubi is a self-taught professional artist. He graduated in 2007 from Olabisi Onabanjo University with a Bachelor’s degree in History and Diplomatic Studies.
Adubi consistently exhibits artworks of a broad representational style; expressive abstract compositions that are inspired by contemporary life. As one examines the semi-abstract pictures closely, these images which symbolize faces and forms of age-long Afrocentric sculptures re-register the uniqueness embedded in African originality. His body of work is currently entrenched in identifying African customs’ subtle yet effective resistance against the tension and complexities of contemporaneous global cultural diffusion.
Adubi lives in Nigeria where he explores his artistic passion in a private studio as a full-time painter.