Adéọlá Ọlágúnjú Explained

Adéọlá Ọlágúnjú
Other Names:	Adeola Olagunju
Birth Place:	Nigeria
Nationality:	Nigerian
Awards:	Lagos Photo Festival Award Seydou Keïta Prize (African Photography Encounters Bamako Biennial 2019)
Education:	Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Folkwang University of the Arts

Adéọlá Ọlágúnjú is a Nigerian visual artist working with photography, video, sound and installations.

Early life and education

Adéọlá Ọlágúnjú grew up in Nigeria during the era of military dictatorship a tumultuous period that influenced her future work by teaching her, in her own words, that "rebirth comes with chaos, confusion, and destruction".^[1] Adéọlá Ọlágúnjú attended the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology in Ogbomosho, Nigeria, where she graduated in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in Fine and Applied Arts. In 2021, she earned a master's degree in Photography Studies and Practice at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany.^[2]

Exhibitions

Ọlágúnjú's work has been exhibited at galleries and museums including Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles,^[3] Bonhams in London,^[4] Rencontres d'Arles,^[5] Lagos Biennial,^[6] Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam^[7] Palais de Tokyo Paris,^[8] African Photography Encounters,^[9] Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris,^[10] and Galerie In Situ, Paris.^[11]

Publications with contributions by Ọlágúnjú

• Africa Under the Prism: Contemporary African Photography from LagosPhoto Festival. Hatje Cantz, 2015. With texts by Chimamanda Adichie.
• The Art of Nigerian Women. Ben Bosah, 2017. .
• A Stranger's Pose. Cassava Republic, 2018. By Emmanuel Iduma. .
• The Journey: New Positions in African Photography. Kerber, 2020. Edited by Simon Njami and Sean O'Toole. .

Awards

• 2012: Lagos Photo Festival Award^[12]
• 2019: Seydou Keïta Grand Prize Award "Best photographic creation" at the Bamako Encounters International Biennial for Photography^[13]

See also

• List of Nigerian women artists

Notes and References

1. Web site: Quadri . Sultan . Africa’s new futures were showcased at this year’s Art X Lagos . TechCabal . October 7, 2022 . November 13, 2021.
2. Web site: About . adeolaolagunju.com . October 7, 2022. Ọlágúnjú. Adéọlá.
3. Web site: Dey your Lane ! Bozar Brussels . 2022-10-08 . Bozar . en-BE.
4. Web site: Bonhams : Exhibition of early and contemporary Nigerian photography at Bonhams celebrates a nation's centenary . 2022-10-08 . www.bonhams.com.
5. Web site: d'Arles . Les Rencontres . Tear My Bra . 2022-10-08 . www.rencontres-arles.com.
6. Web site: Lagos Biennial . October 10, 2022 . lagos-biennial.org.
7. Web site: Zachtzinnig Radicaal Arti et Amicitiae . 2022-10-08 . www.arti.nl.
8. Web site: City Prince/sses - Palais de Tokyo . 2022-10-08 . palaisdetokyo.com . en-US.
9. Web site: Rencontres de Bamako Reveals Participating Artists for 2019 . 2022-10-08 . Contemporary And . de.
10. Web site: agence . GAYA-La nouvelle . The Power of My Hands . 2022-10-08 . www.mam.paris.fr . fr.
11. Web site: Solo Show: Togethering: 12.02.22 Otobong Nkanga . October 10, 2022 . www.insituparis.fr . fr.
12. Web site: Adéọlá Ọlágúnjú Bio . . October 7, 2022.
13. Web site: Adekunle . Ibukun . July 6, 2022 . Bop Photographer of the Week: Adeola Olagunju. October 7, 2022 . Business of Photography.