Fola David

DR. FOLADAVID
BIOGRAPHY
Dr Foladavid is a medical doctor and visual artist. He obtained his Bachelor of Medicine,
Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Lagos in 2018 and has been in active medical
practice since then.
A master charcoal pencil user, He creates his art with a focus on socioeconomic issues
and on skin conditions especially those that affect the black skin and has done several
exhibitions of his artworks across the globe. He has worked with several organisations globally to help
propagate the use of art in raising awareness on skin diseases. He typically merges his work as a doctor with his artworks by telling the true stories from real people living with skin conditions like vitiligo, acne, icthyosis, albinism and many more. He also offers support to people living with skin conditions through his clinic in Nigeria.
He is Nigeria’s Foremost Speedpainter having the ability to create colourful portraits
upside down in less than 5 minutes. A form of performance art called Speedpainting for
which he received nationwide recognition from the President of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu
and was also featured on all of the President’s official social media pages.
He has been popularly tagged the “doctor by day, artist by nigh...

Insanity Art Exhibition, Omenka Gallery 2016
It’s not furniture Art exhibition, Omenka Gallery 2017
Arta Libera for the Exhibition "Divinity- Perspektiven einer Höheren Macht" in Berlin 2018
Impart Art Fair, Alpha One, Eko Atlantic
FLUXUS with Jelmoni Studio Gallery at Oratory of the Passion, Basilica of S. Ambrogio in Milan, Italy 2021