Joshua Salami

Joshua Salami is an artist whose passion for creativity in painting knows no limit, and he is a Nigerian-based contemporary artist. He is a product of The Polytechnic of Ibadan, where he studied Art Design and Printing Technology, and he has participated in art workshops and art exhibitions. His work is deeply inspired and influenced by his environmental experience, which resonates with him to be relentless and optimistic about positive energy and human growth.

His work blends abstract expressionism with figurative elements that seek to convey human life and emotion, with images that portray human beauty and cultivate positivity in every canvas.
Joshua Salami channel the power of affirmation through his pictorial language that whisper resilience, words of hope and self-love, inviting viewers to find solace in the beauty of everyday moments and portals to human spirit full of courage for a brighter future, through the use of richness his material provide with vibrant colour palette and his captivating skin tone texture that depict life’s rough experience behind beauty and positivity embracement that gives his work a strong physical presence on canvas in contemporary art.

Ordinary National Diploma (O. N. D)

. “Art is everywhere” Waste To Art Recycling Workshop, 2018 At Alliance Francaise Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.

• "The Convergence" 2019,(Group Exhibition) At Oyo State Cultural Centre, Ibadan, Nigeria.

. “ (The Other Side)” Life In My City Art Festival, 2019, Nigeria (Top 100 Group exhibition)

• "Handshake", Ogirikan Art Gallery, Nigeria (Group Exhibition), 2022, At National Museum, Onikan, Lagos, Nigeria

. “Affordable Art Fair, Uk” 2023 (Harmer Gallery) At Hamstead Heath, London.

. “We are nothing without stories” Harmer Gallery, 2023 (Online Group Exhibition )

. “ Aimasiko “ with Constance and Sons Art Gallery, 2025 ( Group Exhibition) at National Museum Of Unity Aleshinloye, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.