Muri Adejimi

Muri’s surrealistic works are what one of his mentors, Salvador Dali describes as “handmade photographs,” visible in the galleries of wealthy connoisseurs and Corporate institutions.

He deploys with exquisite sophistry, an unusual interpretation of themes, meticulously rendered with accurate precision.

He is also listed the International Art Repository of the SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE of WHO is WHO in African Art.

His surrealistic works are what one of his mentors, Salvador Dali describes as “handmade photographs,” visible in the galleries of wealthy connoisseurs and Corporate institutions.

He deploys with exquisite sophistry, an unusual interpretation of themes, meticulously rendered with accurate precision.

Women recure in his works and Adejimi’s ode to womanhood is the eclectic “PIROUETTE: STUDY, BALLET DANCER” c.1986. His deft transmogrification of a functional utensil, an opener, to a lyrical whirl of a ballerina, part human and part corkscrew... adorned with symbolic ornaments; waist beads, a white handkerchief and horsehair symbolising peace and authority...tapering her beautiful legs into a corkscrew! The symbolography is a hidden revelation: A woman is God’s divine opener, the gateway to life!

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Muri has featured in over 30 group exhibitions including 3 in –Austria, France and Germany. A selected list is hereby tendered:

·         1976-  Medical Students Association, College of Medicine-LUTH- Lagos

·         1977-84 Convocation Exhibitions, at the University of Lagos

·         1980- National Art Exhibition, National Arts Theatre, Lagos

·         1982- Nigerian Art Exhibition, NISCHE KUNSAUSSTEULUNG-Bonn Germany

·         1983- AUSSTELLING, Nigerian Contemporary Art, Austria

·         1984- Nigerian Art Exhibition “Silver Jubilee” Lagos, Owerri and Kaduna

·         1984- The Abayomi Barber School, Exhibition Centre, Iganmu (December)

·         1985- National Art Exhibition, National Theatre, Lagos

·         2002- Nigerian Arts, Crafts & Education Materials, UNESCO Headquarters, France

·         2005- A Bend In The River by CORA –Committee For Relevant Arts 7th Lagos Book Fair, National Museum Lagos

His maiden solo exhibition, INTROSPECTION: INSIDE; LOOKING OUT was co-sponsored by ‘Globacom’ and the French Embassy’s Alliance Francaise from March 31-May 29, 2006 in Lagos.