Tosin Oyeniyi

Tosin Oyeniyi, An indigenous Multi-talented Visual Artist, Cultural preacher, Storyteller and illustrator; with several years of professional practices both in and outside art studio.
He specializes in LINO-Paint, hybrid printmaking, mixed media art, installations among other art forms.

ARTIST STATEMENT:
I am being constantly inspired by my unquenchable thirst to preserve and project the African culture in the global arena. Through my art, I am unrepentantly determined to give beauty to the sight; heal emotional and psychological wounds; emphasize love; preach peaceful co-existence; highlight societal ills and injustices; advocate for the teeming poor; unite families and bind lesions that are occasioned by inevitable disagreements; educate the African youths about her brave legends; reconcile the Blacks with her beautiful roots; and magnify the heavenly creator for His wonderful creations.
While unravelling her under-appreciated pasts through my practice, I also narrate the Blacks unscripted socio-economic stages of developments. My works also deliberately mirrors and reflects the unpalatable plights of the poor, the predicaments of a typical African woman, the quagmire of the many out-of-school children and the frustration of t...

B. A. Ed. Fine And Applied Arts from Obafemi Awolowo University

My creative prowess has been exhibited in several reputable Museums, Art shows, Galleries and Monuments across Africa and the World at large, some includes;
- ⁠Woolwich Print Fair, London UK.
- ⁠Kingsborough Art Museum, Brooklyn, New York
- ⁠International Cultural Center of Hammamet, Tunisia
- ⁠Museum of Unity, Ibadan, Nigeria
- ⁠Centro Cultural Esquel Melipal, Argentina
- ⁠ART SantaFe, Mexico, USA.
- ⁠Elbirou Art Gallery, Sousse, Tunisia
- ⁠5 points Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
- ⁠Fresco Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria
- ⁠1stDips Auction House.

*And there are several others lining up for me.