"WaZoBia I" Drawing
Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
24 W x 36 H in
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This drawing series is a journey into the Nigeria cultural landscape. Exploring the strength which is also the uniqueness of each of her Major tribe which is what forms the title “WaZoBia” The term WaZoBia means “come” in the three major tribe which are the Yorubas, Hausas and Igbos. The terms Wa...
Year Created:
2024
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Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
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24 W x 36 H x 0.5 D in
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No
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Not Framed
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Oluwakayode Bankole (BOF) is a Nigerian contemporary visual artist whose practice centers on the human figure reimagined as a vessel of light. Through a distinctive anthropomorphic language in which the head is replaced by a candle, he examines identity, consciousness, spiritual authority, and the fragility of perception.
Working primarily with graphite, charcoal, pastel, colored pencil, and acrylic paint, Oluwakayode constructs psychologically charged compositions defined by disciplined draftsmanship and symbolic restraint. The melting candle functions as both metaphor and mechanism, representing illumination, erosion, sacrifice, knowledge, time, and the cost of visibility. In his work, light is not passive; it consumes, reveals, diminishes, and transforms.
By removing the conventional human face and replacing it with flame, he destabilizes traditional portraiture and challenges assumptions about individuality and power. His figures exist in a state of becoming, burning, fading, or intensifying, confronting the tension between appearance and essence, presence and disappearance.
Oluwakayode’s evolving body of work positions the candle not merely as an object, but as a philosophical structure through which themes of faith, authority, vulnerability, and inner revelation are interrogated. His long-term vision is to develop a cohesive, museum-scale exploration of light as identity, establishing a distinct contemporary African voice within global figurative practice.
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