Timi Kakandar

Timi Kakandar is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans painting, drawing, and collage, driven by a fascination with the human form as a vessel of identity, resilience, and cultural memory. His work confronts the challenges and joys of living within the African space, weaving social and political narratives into vibrant visual language. Known for his bold use of raw color and gestural line, Kakandar creates compositions that pulse with energy and presence, inviting viewers into dialogues of heritage, sovereignty, and empowerment. His figures, often rendered with dramatic hues reminiscent of Fauvism, embody both vulnerability and strength, transforming personal and collective experience into striking contemporary African art.

Kakandar began his creative career soon after graduating from the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria in 1999.

The repertoire of Timi is widely collected worldwide. In more than two decades of studio practice, he has held four solo exhibitions and more than thirty group exhibitions within and beyond Nigerian borders.

In 2021, he was featured in the "Next Generation of Master Artists" section of Saatchi Art (United States of America).

As a special guest on the TVC Wakeup Nigeria Live television broadcast, he discussed the cultural influence of his art.

Recent exhibitions by Timi have included "Obsidian-In Luminous Flux" at the Madlozi Art Gallery in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Akka Project hosted the ArtZero exhibition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Faces and Forms: Contemporary Art Expo 3 at the Onikan National Museum in Lagos, Nigeria.

Colour Codes at the Thought Pyramid Art Center in Abuja, Nigeria.

Artankara Contemporary Art Fair, Ankara, Turkey's capital (March 2022).

Istanbul's Art Contact Contemporary Art Fair (May 2022).

Queensland, Australia hosts the InstaLive International Group Art Exhibition (May 2022).

Salon Afrique: A Homecoming Reimagined is an Art Exhibit at the Madlozi Art Gallery in Cape Town, South Africa (June 2022).

He works and resides in Lagos. He is a dedicated member of the Lagos Chapter of the Soc...