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| Symbiotic Metamorphosis by Bunmi |
With the
recent findings that female artists seldom participate in group and
solo exhibitions in Nigeria, a dais was set up to spur and bring more
African female artists, who crave to express themselves through visual
art to the limelight.
At the Terra Kulture Art Gallery, Victoria Island Lagos, Bunmi Oyesanya-Ayaoge’s solo exhibition, titled, Symbiotic Metamorphosis, will run from 22nd to 29th March. The show, which will exude her recent 40 works,
With the intention to satiate her audience at the exhibition, Bunmi’s prolific Metamorphosis tells the journey of womanhood: from a little girl, to a lady, a mother to a grandmother; hence, Symbiotic Metamorphosis. This young girl is holding a flower, which means she’s full of life while the green in the painting represents fertility. After having babies, she still comes into the society again fetching and young. The end of her journey is the old age with all her children around her just like the Biblical Psalms, which illustrates that you’ll have your children around your table.
Although women like Ndidi Dike and Veronica Otigbo have sprung with several solo exhibitions, this makes the world of female visual artists evolve rapidly as their male counterparts'.
Bunmi had had 24 group exhibitions in the past and her first solo "Artforms" in 2007 at the National Museum and Monument Onikan, Lagos. This show, which is her second solo, will exude her recent works including: Bold and Beautiful Fashionistas, Tranquility (Oil on board) this is about calmness in the night, Breaking News (Mixed Media) Village Beauty, Breaking News, Dynamic Dancers, Market Beauty, Facebook Frenzy, Harmattan Haze, Idi Ileke, Intimacy, Iya Ibeji, Mama Oyoyo and Daily Occurrence among others.
Bunmi, known to be a reality painter, said she had influence from her training with Olapo at Universal studios before she went to Auchi Poly. “I am not restricted in anyway; I paint the details of my mind. Like “Bold and Beautiful Fashionistas,” it depicts tubby women. Only those who are bold on the big sides can expose it even on red carpet events; everybody cannot be slim. This piece of work is just to tell people that these people are there.
Although Bunmi was out of the Art circulation since 2008, she visited several places where her works were displayed to the glare of art lovers. “I was always in one or two exhibitions and at the same time taking care of my family. I believe that if you are not the type that has been sleeping before, you’ll always meet up. I’m not sure of the trends now that I’m back but I know that as an artist you can always fit in whenever," she added.
As an independent artist, Bunmi says her aesthetic pieces are exceptional. "Divine inspiration, creative intuition, economic and socio-cultural events are the driving force behind my aesthetic license," in her words.
Olubunmi, who was born in Lagos, hails from Isara-Remo, Ogun state. She graduated from Lagos state Polytechnic in 1998, where she bagged her National Diploma in General Art and in 2002 had her Higher National Diploma in Painting in Auchi Art School, Federal Polytechnic Auchi, Edo state.
At the Terra Kulture Art Gallery, Victoria Island Lagos, Bunmi Oyesanya-Ayaoge’s solo exhibition, titled, Symbiotic Metamorphosis, will run from 22nd to 29th March. The show, which will exude her recent 40 works,
With the intention to satiate her audience at the exhibition, Bunmi’s prolific Metamorphosis tells the journey of womanhood: from a little girl, to a lady, a mother to a grandmother; hence, Symbiotic Metamorphosis. This young girl is holding a flower, which means she’s full of life while the green in the painting represents fertility. After having babies, she still comes into the society again fetching and young. The end of her journey is the old age with all her children around her just like the Biblical Psalms, which illustrates that you’ll have your children around your table.
Although women like Ndidi Dike and Veronica Otigbo have sprung with several solo exhibitions, this makes the world of female visual artists evolve rapidly as their male counterparts'.
Bunmi had had 24 group exhibitions in the past and her first solo "Artforms" in 2007 at the National Museum and Monument Onikan, Lagos. This show, which is her second solo, will exude her recent works including: Bold and Beautiful Fashionistas, Tranquility (Oil on board) this is about calmness in the night, Breaking News (Mixed Media) Village Beauty, Breaking News, Dynamic Dancers, Market Beauty, Facebook Frenzy, Harmattan Haze, Idi Ileke, Intimacy, Iya Ibeji, Mama Oyoyo and Daily Occurrence among others.
Bunmi, known to be a reality painter, said she had influence from her training with Olapo at Universal studios before she went to Auchi Poly. “I am not restricted in anyway; I paint the details of my mind. Like “Bold and Beautiful Fashionistas,” it depicts tubby women. Only those who are bold on the big sides can expose it even on red carpet events; everybody cannot be slim. This piece of work is just to tell people that these people are there.
Although Bunmi was out of the Art circulation since 2008, she visited several places where her works were displayed to the glare of art lovers. “I was always in one or two exhibitions and at the same time taking care of my family. I believe that if you are not the type that has been sleeping before, you’ll always meet up. I’m not sure of the trends now that I’m back but I know that as an artist you can always fit in whenever," she added.
As an independent artist, Bunmi says her aesthetic pieces are exceptional. "Divine inspiration, creative intuition, economic and socio-cultural events are the driving force behind my aesthetic license," in her words.
Olubunmi, who was born in Lagos, hails from Isara-Remo, Ogun state. She graduated from Lagos state Polytechnic in 1998, where she bagged her National Diploma in General Art and in 2002 had her Higher National Diploma in Painting in Auchi Art School, Federal Polytechnic Auchi, Edo state.
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