Ismail Lawal

Lawal Ismail was born 2nd of April 1983 in lagos. He studied fine and applied art at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Ogbomoso in Oyo state and graduated in 2008. He is a full time studio artist living in lagos, Nigeria. He has participated in several group exhibitions in Nigeria and abroad. He is a figurative, still-life, semi abstract and a landscape painter working with various medium including oil, acrylic, pastel, charcoal and graphite pencils.

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo state, Nigeria.

B. Tech Fine and applied art

(1) Reflection of Niger, group exhibition of paintings and sculpture, Niger state, Nigeria,2010.

(2) The launch of Owiwi art gallery, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, a group exhibition of paintings, 2012.

(3)Thoughts in lines, group exhibition of pencil and ink drawings, Alliance francaise, Lagos, Nigeria, 2014.

(4) Cupid, a group exhibition of paintings and sculptures, Alexis galleries, Lagos, Nigeria, 2014.

(5)Thoughts in lines, a group exhibition of drawings, Alliance francaise, Lagos, Nigeria, 2015.

(6)Oreze V, a group exhibition of paintings, sculptures, ceramics, photography and installation art, Onitsha, Nigeria, 2017.

(7) Union bank centenary art challenge 100 finalist, 2017.

(8) Oreze vi, a group exhibition of paintings, sculptures and ceramics, Onitsha, Nigeria, 2018.

(9) Faces and phases 6, a group exhibition of paintings and sculptures, Terrakulture, lagos, Nigeria, 2018.