Olamide Ogunade Olisco

Presentation

OLAMIDE OGUNADE NIGERIAN, B. 1996 Fusing bold colours and prints to convey a uniquely West African identity, Nigerian artist Olamide Ogunade Olisco uses the canvas to open discourses around individualism, beauty and race. He has exhibited in several group exhibitions in Lagos and Ogun state as well as internationally. Recent exhibitions include Temporary Generation, Suburbia Contemporary, Barcelona (2022); Voices for Love, PRIOR Art Space, Barcelona (2022); 40 under 40, WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town (2021); Polychromatic, Daniel Raphael, London (2021); Frieze London, The Breeder, London (2021); Stop, listen!, CFHILL Gallery, Sweden (2021); Afrika First, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg (2018). Ogunade Olisco's work is in private collections in Burkina Faso, Austria, USA, Germany, France and Sweden.