Aroko si Fenusi 1(Encrypted message to Venus 1) Print

Olushola Olajobi, is an African visual artist and Independent art history scholar from Nigeria. He is a graduate of Art history, University of Benin, Edo state, Nigeria (2016) in addition to a National Diploma certificate in Art and design from The Polytechnic Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo state (2011). Olushola employ the use of minutes amorphous silhouettes in narrating his thematic expressions, an exploration which he has embarked on for more than 8 years as a visual artist vis-a-vis his art history profession with a number of art exhibitions and commisions to his credit. By drawing from the abundant societal issues as source of inspiration, he calls the public attention to the foundation of the society; family, home, tribe, origin, nation and race so as to question every human activities in themes such as identity, freedom, migration, social commentaries, cultural norms and human relationship. His art process which are spontaneous and mostly conceptually-driven in which the idea dictates the flow are carefully rendered using ink on cardboard papers and canvas with most recently the inclusion of the local dye, Gadura. His new works; Aroko series, take an introspective view into the history of message encryption, a trend which has been long practice in Yoruba culture before the advent of the Europeans.