Nigeria
Born in: 1990
Painting and Sketching
Born in 1990 in Ondo State, Nigeria, Kolawole Olalekan is an artist whose forms of expression are painting and drawing. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine and Applied Art from the University of Benin in 2013, with a major in painting. Since then, he has practiced as a full-time studio artist.
Kolawole’s art uses metaphoric illustrations to capture nuanced happenings of everyday life as it unfolds around him, his works can also be viewed as a commentary on society. While building his ideas for his art projects, his processes are conceptual, surreal, and spontaneous. Although Kolawole is yet to have a proper exhibition, his works have gained some local patronage, and have appeared a couple of times at Sogal auction. Kolawole lives and works in Lagos, Nigeria.