Babalola Iyanuoluwa

Iyanuoluwa Babalola is a Nigerian Painting Therapeutic Artist and Visual Artist whose practice centers on healing, identity, moral teachings, storytelling, historical memory, and childhood experiences. His works translate personal and collective narratives into expressive visual language that speaks to emotional restoration and cultural continuity. Through layered textures, symbolic imagery, and thoughtful composition, his paintings function as visual stories, tradition and modern life while offering viewers space for reflection, healing, and self-discovery.
Iyanuoluwa draws inspiration from Fiditi, Oyo State historically celebrated as the "Home of Fruits." In many of his portraits, fruits appear as earrings or are intricately woven into the body of the subject, serving as visual markers of place, ancestry, abundance, and belonging. This recurring motif has evolved into a signature element of his practice, transforming familiar objects into symbols of cultural identity and inherited memory.
Another significant feature within his work is the incorporation of Abàjà, the traditional tribal marks historically associated with people from his region. Rather than presenting them merely as physical identifiers, Iyanuoluwa reinterprets thes...

Adeyemi Federal University of Education, Ondo Town, Nigeria — B.A. (Education) in Fine and Applied Arts

Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo State, Nigeria — N.C.E. in Fine Arts

2025 – Life in My City Art Festival (LIMCAF), Ondo Region – Group Exhibition “Can We Breathe?”

2025 – Life in My City Art Festival (LIMCAF) National Finals – Exhibiting alongside the Top 100 qualified artists in Nigeria.

2024- Adeyemi Federal University of Education, Ondo Finalist Art Students Exhibition.

2023 – Life in My City Art Festival (LIMCAF), Ondo Region – Group Exhibition “Fix it”