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'In Praise of Beauty' at Arnolfini Arts

CV

Education:

•The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama [Masters]

•London Guildhall [LLB Law]

Museum/Institutional Solo Exhibitions:

• “In Praise of Beauty” [Arnolfini Arts, Bristol]-29 June - 29 Sep 2024/ [New

Art Exchange, Nottingham] 17 Feb - 4 May 2024.

• “Bitter Nostalgia” [SAATCHI GALLERY, London with Hyangmok Baik] 1 Dec - 25 Jan

2022

• “In Pursuit Of Flow” [UH ARTS, Hertfordshire] 2021

 

Solo Exhibitions:

•To Speak Out Loud, Galerie Kremers, Berlin, Germany (2023)

•The Power & The Pause, BEERS London, London (2021);

•Between Two Worlds, Galerie Kremers, Berlin (2020);

•Topia: A Reinvention of the Self, Serena Morton Gallery, London (2019);

•Babel, Galerie Proarta, Zurich (2019)

•Rituals of Colour, Public Gallery, London (2018).

 

Group Exhibitions:

•XIPPI, Heritage, and Metamorphosis: Voices in West African Art, August Wilson

African American Cultural Centre, Pittsburgh, USA (2024);

•Labryrinths, Galerie Kremers, Berlin, Germany (2023);

•Hues, Hannah Traore Gallery, New York (2022);

•Optimistic: The Power of Now, Serena Morton Gallery, London (2018);

•New Contemporary V Old, Galerie Proarta, Zurich (2017)

•Bolaji & Oyelami (A Dialogue Show), TAFETA, London (2017).

 

Public Installations/Sculptures:

•“The People’s Throne” Central Plaza Park, Acton Gardens-[installed October

2023]/ permanent public sculpture

 

Fairs:

•1:54, New York (2023);

•Untitled Miami, BEERS London (2021);

•Future Fairs Online, BEERS London (2020)

•Expo Chicago, BEERS London (2020)

•Art KARLSRUHE, Galerie Proarta (2020).

 

Artist Residencies:

•Yinka Shonibare MBE Guest Projects, London

•PRAH Foundation, Margate

•Galerie Proata, Zurich

•Chateau Des Alpilles, Saint Remy Provence -[inaugural residency 2024]

 

Awards:

•Current finalist nomination for Norval Sovereign African Art Prize 2025

 

Collections:

•Hogan Lovells

•Soho House

Notable Speaking Engagements:

•Mall Galleries, London

•Penn State University [visiting lecturer]

Directing:

•Park Theatre, London 2018 [Ex Nihilo Theatre Group]

Adébayo Bolaji by Gregg Houston
Adébayo Bolaji on BBC World service

 © Adebayo Bolaji 

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