Olayinka Salami Wayne

Olayinka Salami (b. 1998) is a self-taught contemporary artist who lives in Lagos Nigeria and hails from the South-west part of Nigeria Ogun State.

While growing up, Olayinka has seen differences between humanity which has made him criticize human acts with one another and also with their environment at large.

He explores his art with various mediums such as Charcoal, Oil and Acrylic paints, he then portrays his subjects to signify certain emotions in accordance with his narrative which is getting humanity to understand mind control and how it is being affected by our environment.Olayinka has participated in various exhibition around the world in the UK, United States and China.

He is greatly influenced by the Art world in general and has gotten inspiration solely from great artists around him and he is looking more into being an icon who will represent unity among human race. As an artist he sees more in having great leads in the art world and hoping his narrative reach out to minds that need to feel it.

Bsc. Aquaculture and fisheries management, Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria.

● 2023 Shanghai International Art Fair, China

● 2022 The Venice Art Walk, Artsy, Los Angeles

● 2021 Awakening, Into the Gaze of Africa, Noho studios, London

● 2021 The Venice Art Walk, Artsy, Los Angeles

● 2021 Black art month history exhibition, Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, New York

● 2021 The birthday party exhibition, The Artist contemporary atelier, UK