BABATUNDE OGUNLADE
Work Title: Before the Missionaries
Flamboyant colours tell the story of how life was before the advent of the missionaries.
INANDOUTOFAFRICA is a lofty step taken to create an inspiring market for recent pools of visual creativity by contemporary African studio practitioners, including those operating in the context of the African diaspora. It was founded on the idea of having a stirring annual event which gathers the cultural community together, the inaugural edition of which is still upcoming. Lagos witnessed a preview edition of the show in June 2018, a sort of dress rehearsal.
The auction is open and all year round, providing an unprecedented access to enervating contemporary art of, and from, the continent.
Dapo Adeniyi has worked extensively in the arts and media industries in Nigeria and the UK for over three decades – from radio to television, print journalism and film directing. His first radio play was broadcast on BBC World Service in 1986. He was also a British Council fellow at Downing College, University of Cambridge. He was the arts and reviews editor for the Daily Times of Nigeria and the founding producer for Arthouse, a tv magazine programme on Channels Television, Lagos. He participated in numerous international consortiums including those of the World Bank in Florence, Italy, the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Maputo, Mozambique, the Scottish National Portriat Gallery, Edinburgh, Ford Foundation and the Prince Claus Fund, the Netherlands.
Ayodele Ayobolu has had a long-standing and successful career in banking, business journalism and real estate. He rose to the position of a branch manager in one of Nigeria’s leading banks after his short spell with the Punch newspaper, Lagos where he served as a business correspondent. He is a collector of art and has also spent a great deal of time relating with prominent artists in Lagos documenting the contemporary arts and artists.
Toyin Awolesi has worked for many years as a public relations and advertising executive following her completion of a Master’s degree from the University of Lagos. She had a stint in banking which turned out to be less than inspiring for her before she returned to the communications world. First as a trainer for Poise Nigeria and eventually as a radio broadcaster. In spite of her busy schedule, she keeps a weekly column in The Nation newspaper, one of Nigeria’s widest circulating newspapers.
Lanre Onabajo started out as a photographer before becoming a fully-engaged arts marketing executive. He has related with most of Nigeria’s leading studio artists directly on the job for nearly two decades. He is the internal curator as well as a private collector of art on his own right.