Home Away From Home Painting

Dipo Kehinde is a winner of the Academy Press Award for Excellence in Visual Arts in Nigeria and the Faculty Award for Professional Excellence, Yaba College of Technology, School of Art, Design and Printing Technology. He mostly paints in oils. He is also an accomplished Batik Designer and Media Practitioner. He has won the Nigeria Media Merit Award (NMMA), Newspaper Reporter of the Year; Diamond Award for Media Excellence (DAME), Press Reporter of the Year, and a BBC Prize for Excellent Reporting. Dipo Kehinde, a member of the Society of Nigeria Artists (SNA), Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), and the Rotary Club, is the founder and President, Creative Chambers, a stable of consummate avant-garde artists and writers, who explore countless creative capillaries to encourage young people to work productively and peacefully, harnessing their talents, intelligence and skill to fuel economic growth in order to fulfill national aspirations and socio-political regeneration. Creative Chambers was one of the 36 Non-Governmental Organizations brought together in 1998 to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). He had participated in several group exhibitions. He is presently a full-time studio artist at the Creative Chambers.