I. LIVE AND DIE Painting

___________ BIOGRAPHY ___________ Dolapo Obat is a Writer, Visual Artist, Entrepreneur and Engineer living in London, England. He grew up in Abuja, Nigeria, and later moved to Manchester, England, when he was 16 to pursue higher education. He is now a graduate of the University of Manchester with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and a Master’s degree in International Business and Management – for which he spent a semester in Sydney, Australia, as an exchange student at the University of New South Wales. Art has always been his real passion, and his dream in life is to leave a legacy in the arts. To further his passion, he studied part-time and during summers to develop his creative skills. He studied photography at London School of Photography; fashion editorial at Paris College of Art; and creative direction at Central Saint Martins. ___________________________________ ARTIST STATEMENT ___________________________________ I am fervent about image-making and insightful storytelling focused on dichotomy. I am mostly influenced by soul music that uses cultural commentary as a tool for contemplation and performance art that strains the limits of the body and the potentialities of the mind. Furthermore, I enjoy critically acclaimed books and films embedded in abstract and epistemological themes, exploring human morality, the pliable nature of individual identity, and the psychological and philosophical effect of birth, love and death.