Adéọlá Ọlágúnjú
Seydou Keïta Prize (African Photography Encounters Bamako Biennial 2019) • Website — http: adeolaolagunju.com • 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.
Adéọlá Ọlágúnjú
- Name
- Adéọlá Ọlágúnjú
- Birthplace
- Nigeria
- Awards
- Lagos Photo Festival Award
- Occupation
- video artist · photographer · painter · contemporary artist
- Education
- Ladoke Akintola University of Technology · Folkwang University of the Arts
- Languages
- English
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Seydou Keïta Prize (African Photography Encounters Bamako Biennial 2019) • Website — http: adeolaolagunju.com • 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.
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• Name — Adéọlá Ọlágúnjú • Other Names — Adeola Olagunju • Birthplace — Nigeria • Awards — Lagos Photo Festival Award
Early life and education
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". 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.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Ọlágúnjú's work has been exhibited at galleries and museums including Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Bonhams in London, Rencontres d'Arles, Lagos Biennial, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam Palais de Tokyo Paris, African Photography Encounters, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, and Galerie In Situ, Paris.
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..
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Awards
• 2012: Lagos Photo Festival Award • 2019: Seydou Keïta Grand Prize Award "Best photographic creation" at the Bamako Encounters International Biennial for Photography
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