Boladale Ige

Boladale Ige was born in Ibadan, Oyo state, in Western Nigeria, His instinct in art work started far back in the eighties' while helping to criticize the art project done by his childhood friend, Abiola at the art college, now a renown international artists, he always offers to be of good help practically being together always then.

He later found his inbuilt / inherent ability and talent in his interest in our native clothing embroider designs, adire batik dyeing making which he practiced tremendously using both local and contemporary style. He became a professional designer working mostly with both fabric and wood. His profound interest in art and experience as wood worker inspired him to develop a unique relief wood surface to express his ideas and emotions with sculpting and.painting using beads and natural materials, like local twine, bamboo, mat etc.

Being a geologist by profession, he sought after artificial stone and marble technology which set him up to begin to create sculpture using both natural and manufactured stones.

He obtained Higher National Diploma degree in The Polytechnic Ibadan,at the departments of Geology.

2023 Virtual Exhibition Catalog #29 Connecting the Dots - The Bridge to the African Diaspora. Guichard gallery Chicago Illinois

2008 National Black Art Festival, Atlanta, USA..

2006 at the Washington DC, USA, international art show.

2003-2007 had major exhibitions in galleries in
-Chicago
--Los Angeles.
-Oakland
-Atlanta
-Menisota
-New York
-Ohio
-Iowa
-Guichard gallery Chicago Illinois.
Just to mention a few


1887, Boladale had a major art exhibition along with Abiola in IITA (International Institute of tropical Agriculture,) in Ibadan. Organized by Mrs Peju Wilson.