Ibironke Komolafe, professionally known as Ronke Komos is a Nigerian visual artist and amateur photographer (b. 1993, Kogi, Nigeria). She is a self taught artist who currently lives and works in Lagos, Nigeria. She schooled at Babcock University and earned a B.Sc in Computer Science.
Her art journey began when she was just a child, out of sheer passion, but became a career in 2012.
Her artistic inspiration has its roots in the hyperrealism drawing style with an infusion of mixed media. She tries to capture and relate the beauty of human emotions, drawing portraits and bringing them to life with charcoal, paint and fabric. Very recently, she has infused painting in her art style and uses the ‘acrylic paint pour’ technique to express her love of colours.
She considers her practice to be an exposé on emotional activism― subjecting her works to bring out real and unrehearsed emotional expressions as opposed to what is regarded as “normal” and “acceptable.”
She had her first group exhibition titled, “Beautiful: The Exposition” held at Kongi’s Harvest Art Gallery, Freedom Park, Lagos in 2019 and was curated by Kennii Ekundayo.
Ronke Komos exhibited her paint pour works for the first time in 2021 in a pop up show alongside Yadichinma Ukoha-Kalu organised by JCAA Lagos.
One with it All
2022
Acrylic on Canvas
24.01 x 38.58 inches
One with it All 2
2022
Acrylic on Canvas
26.77 x 41.92 inches
Ready, Set, TOSS 2
2022
Acrylic on Canvas
34.84 x 35.03 inches
Ready, Set, TOSS
2022
Acrylic on Canvas
26.08 x 43.89 inches
Return to Calmness
2022
Acrylic on Canvas
26.87 x 70 inches
Omoyeni Arogunmati is an award winning visual artist born in Nigeria. She is currently Blkarthouse Artist Advisory Board Member. Her love for art began at a young age. This encouraged her to study Fine Art at the Polytechnic of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Omoyeni expresses her thoughts and feelings through a series of identical portraits painted in an impressionist style with varied degrees of abstraction. Her passions expose fundamental human feelings, exploits, and events, both exterior and intimate. She concentrates on the representation of human facial gestures through abstraction and simplification, making works that reference both impressionism and abstract art trends.
The degree of abstraction changes only slightly from painting to painting, which has been a source of contention because it prevents visual conformity.
Short and long brush and palette knife strokes filled with a mass dollop of oil or acrylic paint applied on canvas are features in her work. This technique gives a layered impression and textured look.
The Last
2022
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
16 x 20 inches
You Know
2022
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
16 x 20 inches
No Rain, No Roses
2022
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
16 x 20 inches
Long Bend
2022
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
16 x 20 inches
It’s Complicated
2022
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
16 x 20 inches
It’s Complicated 2
2022
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
16 x 20 inches
Everything’s Coming
2022
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
16 x 20 inches
Evening Twilight
2022
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
16 x 20 inches
Defiance
2022
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
16 x 20 inches
Defiance 2
2022
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
16 x 20 inches
Faith Michael is a painter based in Lagos, Nigeria.
She holds a Higher National Diploma from the School of Art and Industrial Design, Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria (2021).
Faith is a budding artist with studio training from established artists such Kent Onah, Uzoma Samuel and currently with Simple Plans Studio run by renowned artist, Wallace Ejoh.
She has participated in various group exhibitions such as Sheroes National Art Competition organised by UNESCO Abuja (2020), Patches of Cloud organised by Afiong Ebekpo (2020), Embassy of Spain exhibition (2021), IVth International Online Art Exhibition by Nirantar (2021), Kurating Art (2021).
Inner Room
2022
Acrylic on Canvas
16 x 20 inches
The Yellow Scarf
2022
Acrylic on Canvas
16 x 20 inches
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