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Damola Ayegbayo | |
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Born |
Osun State, Nigeria | December 29, 1988
Monuments | His art works are displayed at the heart of Osun State as a monument [1] |
Nationality | Nigerian |
Alma mater | Obafemi Awolowo University |
Occupation(s) | Artist, painter |
Notable work | vision on hope ( uses for a movie titled “HANDLE WITH CARE” BY Jimmy Akingbola documentary, Unconditional love (featured by HarperCollins), [2], commissioned for foreign movie The Color Purple (2023 film) [3] Artwork used on a book cover titled "Relations An Anthology of African and Diaspora Voices" written by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond [4] |
Style | ÀBÈFÉ meaning (pleaded to be loved) |
Damola Ayegbayo (born Dec 29, 1988) is a Nigerian contemporary visual artist and painter. [5] [6] [2] [7]
He has an estimated 1000 works of painting and visual arts and his artwork is displayed in Osun State capital. [1] [8] [9]
Damola Ayegbayo was born in 1988 in Ejigbo, Osun State, Nigeria. He pursued his higher education at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Fine and Applied Arts. [5] [3] [10]
His artwork was commissioned for The Color Purple (2023 film). [3] [4]
World of women Non-fungible token (NFT) featured Damola on their international projects in partnership with OpenSea and Saatchi Art [11] [12] as the only African artist in the world of women NFT projects , Target, [13], Wayfair and Vincent van Gogh. [14] [6] [15]
He has held exhibitions in Nigeria, the US, the UK, Canada, and European countries. His paintings have been auctioned by Jasper52, LiveAuctioneers, [16] and Bidhaus and bought by private collectors like Marcus Gardley, Jimmy Akingbola, Jean-Michel Basquiat sister Lisane Basquiat. [17] [18]
In 2022, HarperCollins Publishers LLC , USA used his artwork "Unconditional love 2" on a book cover titled "Relations An Anthology of African and Diaspora Voices" written by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond [4] and his work titled “Purpose of Existence” was used as the cover art for a campaign to support promoting black women's mental health by the Cambridge University Press United Kingdom. [8]
In 2023, his artwork “Vision of Hope” was used for a film documentary “HANDLE WITH CARE” by Jimmy Akingbola. [2]
Ayegbayo was nominated for a JOM Charity Award for his contributions to African art and also ‘Black Is An Honour Awards’ in Rwanda. [5] [15]