Behind the Curtains Painting

Akolo Emmanuel Olusegun is a self-taught contemporary visual artist from Kogi, Nigeria, A Civil Engineering graduate of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. He is a traditional artist who is known for using earth colours on the skin of his figures, drawing inspiration from the environment, he’s largely concerned with documenting social injustice, struggles and occurrences and He hopes to influence the world and humanity to embrace, tolerate, and love one another despite race, cultural or religious differences and beliefs. As a traditional contemporary artist he has exhibited in several exhibitions in Lagos and Abeokuta, Nigeria including the Art Varsity Awakening in 2016, Signature Sogal Acquire Auction 2019, as well as several other group shows. He was also selected as a candidate of Saatchi Art’s 23 artists to collect in 2023 he was also the only nigerian nominated. His works have been collected by art collectors from different countries- United states, Nigeria, China, United Kingdom among others.