Kolawole Samson Oluwadare

Born in 1990 Oluwadare Kolawole Samson hails from Ondo state Nigeria, he was born and brought up in the City of Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria. As an artist, he excels in the use of color configuration and the art of transforming the geometric figure of a painting by representing it in the form of a realistic figure. He badged his first tertiary education certificate in Art and industrial design (painting Major) at the Polytechnic Ibadan. From the department of Art, design printing and technology (2012-2017). In 2022 he began one of his largest projects as he documented Nigerian hairstyles in his art.

He explores the unlimited potential of chromatic and tonal scales, visual planes, and volume within a two-dimensional framework. Viewing his dynamic and exuberant works of Art is an exciting kinetic experience. As a color Field painter, Samson loves painting with oil and acrylic Mediums. His palette is innovative and complex. He mixes more than 25 different oil paints to create every color in his painting.

Samson has participated in the ADAPTSA exhibition held at the Polytechnic Ibadan (2017). He also participated in the drum festival exhibition (2018). He currently participated in talentila foundation art competition in India which has over 873 participants and over 53 countries, and he became second in the competition. He is also among the selected artists that participated in ART FOR CAUSE in India.

Oluwadare Kolawole Samson whose artistic name is Olu Samson hails from Ondo State Nigeria, he was born and brought up in the City of Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria. As an artist, he excels in the use of color configuration and the art of transforming geometric figures of a painting by representing it in the form of a realistic figure.

His art shows how hairstyles are seen as an artistic, cultural, material, and social process, forming part of the unfolding African postcolonial modernity.