Adeola Balogun (sculptor and art educator)
Subject: African Artists and Drawing
Adeola Balogun was born on November 17th, 1966 at Ota in Ogun State, Nigeria. He had his MFA degree in 2003/4 at the University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, and HND in 1993/4 at Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos. He also bagged a PhD (studio) in Sculpture in 2019 from the Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State. Adeola Balogun has staged thirteen solo exhibitions, he has also participated in several group shows and a number of commissioned projects within Nigeria and beyond are to his credit. He was artist-in residency in 2013 and 2015 in Ashley Gallery, Uttesberg, Sweden amongst other residencies. Some of his selected public commissioned works include the Obafemi Awolowo statue, at Allen round-about, Ikeja, Funso Williams bronze statue at Western Avenue round-about, now named after Funso Williams, and Sir John Glover and Madam Tinubu’s bronze busts, at the foyer of Union Bank building in Marina, Lagos, Nigeria. Source: http://www.adeolabalogun.com
By:
Benjamin Onuorah
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