Navi, chilling in summer shades, 2021

Adeniyi Joshua Adetayo  

Adeniyi Joshua Adetayo is a self-taught artist based in Ilorin, Nigeria. His desire to foray into the art world came alive after encountering a live painting session by an artist in his neighborhood.

After bagging a University degree in Mathematics, Adeniyi decided to give more of himself to art and professionally further his practice.

Adeniyi has worked in many artistic media, including charcoals, pens, ink, colored pencils, oil, and acrylics. But his artistic path has led him into developing a compelling preference for creating art with a striking combination of pen and oils on canvas.

His process involves sketching out figures by using an interesting combination of scribbling & cross-hatching and painting the backgrounds and fabrics in oils. Devoting ample time towards mastering his technique, Adeniyi considers every piece and creative experience as an opportunity to unlock new levels of creativity.

His ultimate goal is to create art that triggers the expression of deep human emotions. And that's mostly because he draws inspiration from his thoughts and the unique experiences/emotional expressions of those around him.

He strongly believes in the triumph of the expression of emotions. For him, emotions are composed of dynamic, random, and abstract feelings, much like the scribbles of his figures. From love, joy, pain, and depression, the way various emotions make up the entirety of the human experience is a thing of fascination for this artist. And right now, he is focused on continuing to explore these various states and how they impact individuals and groups.