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Aàdesokan (b.1994 Lagos, Nigeria)
Lives and works in Maastricht, Netherlands
EXHIBITIONS
2021
Fordili: A Cenotaphic Allusion to Cognition (solo), Large Scale Outdoor Installation, Stenen Hoofd, Amsterdam (NL)
2020
PVC Meatway, Foam Talents 2020, Fotografie Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
Fordili: A Cenotaphic Allusion to Cognition, Contemporary Black Photography presented by Photo Schweitz, Zurich (CH)
PVC Meatway, Foam Talents 2020, European Month of Photography, Kühlhaus, Berlin (DE)
2019
Aàdesokan: Flowers for the Soul (solo), Bloom Art Gallery, Lagos (NG)
Waste Identity: Passport for Plastics, LagosPhoto Festival, Lagos (NG)
Nigerian Culture Day in Berlin (Curated by Ugoma Adegoke), Nigerian Embassy, Berlin (DE)
Masculine Fecundity, African Artists’ Foundation, Lagos (NG)
Storied Bodies, facilitated by the embassy of the Netherlands, H-Factor, Lagos, (NG)
2017
Aàdesokan: Almost Delirium(solo), 16/16, Lagos (NG)
COMMISSIONS/COLLABORATIONS
2020
Medusa Jan, Portrait of Jan Hoek, mixed media, commissioned by De Volkskrant, Breda (NL)
2018
PVC Meatway, Fashion Photo Documentary on Lagos Butchers, WeTransfer & King Kong Magazine, Amsterdam (NL)
Third Space(d) Out!, Residency Exchange Presentation Performance with Jumoke Adeyanju, Arthouse Foundation and Goethe Institute Nigeria, Lagos (NG)
2017
Numb Tantrums, Illustrated Anthology of Poems by Yakeeb, Arts & Africa, Lagos (NG)
Before I Die Wall Mural, A Global Art Project, Mixed Media, Freedom Park, Lagos (NG)
RESET, mixed media, commissioned by Lights Camera Africa! (LCA) Film Festival, Lagos (NG)
AWARDS & GRANTS
2019
Foam Talent 2020, Young artists shaping the future of photography (NL)
Heinrich Böll Stiftung Foundation, Photography Research Grant (MA)
RESIDENCIES
Jan Van Eyck Académie (NL), Research on expanding the concept of Waste Identity (2020-21) (More Information)
COLLECTIONS
Fries Museum (NL) – Waste Identity: Bola Bola Living & Waste Identity: Passport for Plastics Series
Fotografie Museum Amsterdam (FOAM) (NL) – PVC Meatway Series
PRESENTATION/LECTURES
2021
Who is Fordili?, Artist Q&A with Azu Nwabogu for Fotografie Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
Understanding your visual language and its relation to identity, Artist Masterclass for MKStart theme week, Amsterdam (NL)
2020
Photography in limbo: Nurturing talent in the time of crisis, Artist talks and Q&As organized by Fotografiemusuem Amsterdam, for European Month of Photography, Berlin (DE)
2019
Appropriation, Collaboration & Elaboration, Artist Q&A with Sanna de Wilde, Somi Nwandu & Stephen Tayo, Lagos Photo Festival, Lagos (NG)
2017
Art as Therapy, Artist Talk and Q&A, 16/16, Lagos (NG)
PRESS
2020
Sarah Van Binsbergen, In this exhibition the models are given a radical say, De Volkskrant (link)
2019
Roli O’tsemaye, “Issues of Borders, Migration and Our Humanity at LagosPhoto 2019” (link)
Ayodeji Rotinwa, “Jan Hoek Workshop - Creativity in Nigeria”, WePresent (link)
Ayodeji Rotinwa, “PVC Meatway”, Fashion Photo Documentary, King Kong Magazine, Issue #7
Azu Nwabogu, “PVC Meatway”, Portfolio Review, FOAM Magazine, Talent Issue #55
2017
Enam Obiosio, “Aàdesokan in Almost Delirium Outburst of Dialogue with the Self”, Guardian Nigeria #44
Aàdesokan (b.1994 Lagos, Nigeria)
Lives and works in Maastricht, Netherlands
EXHIBITIONS
2021
Fordili: A Cenotaphic Allusion to Cognition (solo), Large Scale Outdoor Installation, Stenen Hoofd, Amsterdam (NL)
2020
PVC Meatway, Foam Talents 2020, Fotografie Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
Fordili: A Cenotaphic Allusion to Cognition, Contemporary Black Photography presented by Photo Schweitz, Zurich (CH)
PVC Meatway, Foam Talents 2020, European Month of Photography, Kühlhaus, Berlin (DE)
2019
Aàdesokan: Flowers for the Soul (solo), Bloom Art Gallery, Lagos (NG)
Waste Identity: Passport for Plastics, LagosPhoto Festival, Lagos (NG)
Nigerian Culture Day in Berlin (Curated by Ugoma Adegoke), Nigerian Embassy, Berlin (DE)
Masculine Fecundity, African Artists’ Foundation, Lagos (NG)
Storied Bodies, facilitated by the embassy of the Netherlands, H-Factor, Lagos, (NG)
2017
Aàdesokan: Almost Delirium(solo), 16/16, Lagos (NG)
COMMISSIONS/COLLABORATIONS
2020
Medusa Jan, Portrait of Jan Hoek, mixed media, commissioned by De Volkskrant, Breda (NL)
2018
PVC Meatway, Fashion Photo Documentary on Lagos Butchers, WeTransfer & King Kong Magazine, Amsterdam (NL)
Third Space(d) Out!, Residency Exchange Presentation Performance with Jumoke Adeyanju, Arthouse Foundation and Goethe Institute Nigeria, Lagos (NG)
2017
Numb Tantrums, Illustrated Anthology of Poems by Yakeeb, Arts & Africa, Lagos (NG)
Before I Die Wall Mural, A Global Art Project, Mixed Media, Freedom Park, Lagos (NG)
RESET, mixed media, commissioned by Lights Camera Africa! (LCA) Film Festival, Lagos (NG)
AWARDS & GRANTS
2019
Foam Talent 2020, Young artists shaping the future of photography (NL)
Heinrich Böll Stiftung Foundation, Photography Research Grant (MA)
RESIDENCIES
Jan Van Eyck Académie (NL), Research on expanding the concept of Waste Identity (2020-21) (More Information)
COLLECTIONS
Fries Museum (NL) – Waste Identity: Bola Bola Living & Waste Identity: Passport for Plastics Series
Fotografie Museum Amsterdam (FOAM) (NL) – PVC Meatway Series
PRESENTATION/LECTURES
2021
Who is Fordili?, Artist Q&A with Azu Nwabogu for Fotografie Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
Understanding your visual language and its relation to identity, Artist Masterclass for MKStart theme week, Amsterdam (NL)
2020
Photography in limbo: Nurturing talent in the time of crisis, Artist talks and Q&As organized by Fotografiemusuem Amsterdam, for European Month of Photography, Berlin (DE)
2019
Appropriation, Collaboration & Elaboration, Artist Q&A with Sanna de Wilde, Somi Nwandu & Stephen Tayo, Lagos Photo Festival, Lagos (NG)
2017
Art as Therapy, Artist Talk and Q&A, 16/16, Lagos (NG)
PRESS
2020
Sarah Van Binsbergen, In this exhibition the models are given a radical say, De Volkskrant (link)
2019
Roli O’tsemaye, “Issues of Borders, Migration and Our Humanity at LagosPhoto 2019” (link)
Ayodeji Rotinwa, “Jan Hoek Workshop - Creativity in Nigeria”, WePresent (link)
Ayodeji Rotinwa, “PVC Meatway”, Fashion Photo Documentary, King Kong Magazine, Issue #7
Azu Nwabogu, “PVC Meatway”, Portfolio Review, FOAM Magazine, Talent Issue #55
2017
Enam Obiosio, “Aàdesokan in Almost Delirium Outburst of Dialogue with the Self”, Guardian Nigeria #44