Babajide CV

 

Babajide Olatunji

Born: 1989 in Nigeria

Lives and works in London UK

Babajide Olatunji’s works are in the permanent collections of:

  • The Bank of England Museum

  • Bridgepoint Rye Arts Centre, Rye, UK

  • Mott-Warsh Foundation, Flint, Michigan, USA

  • Collection of His Highness, King Mohammed VI of Morocco

Education

2008 – 2012 Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife

Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • 2024 ATUNWA, Pearl Lam Gallery, Shanghai, China

  • 2023 A Series of Scarves, TAFETA, London, UK

  • 2022 Ibeji, TAFETA, London

  • 2020 So Far, Bridgepoint Arts Centre, Rye, Hastings UK

  • 2018 Tribal Markings, TAFETA, Lagos

  • 2015 Tribal Marks Series II, TAFETA, London

  • 2015 The Book of Proverbs, ArtClip Africa, Lagos

  • 2014 Tribal Marks Series I, TAFETA, London

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2023 Africa Supernova, Kunsthal KadE museum, Amersfoort, Netherlands

  • 2023 Portrait of a TOPBOY by Netflix, Somerset House, London, UK

  • 2023 Slavery and The Bank, Bank of England Museum, London, UK

  • 2022 Coronation Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria

  • 2021 A Collector’s Eye, Cromwell Place, London, UK

  • 2021 The African Art Series, The Bulgari Hotel, London, UK

  • 2021 Now, Now | Contemporary Art, TAFETA, London, UK

  • 2020 It’s Good to Be Home, Gallery Fumi, London, UK

  • 2019 TAFETA Presents II, TAFETA, London, UK

  • 2018 Primary, Secondary, TAFETA, London, UK

  • 2017 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, UK

  • 2017 TAFETA @ Linley Belgravia, London, UK

  • 2016 African Art: The Market Now, JP Morgan, London, UK

  • 2016 Opening Exhibition, The Mott Warsh Gallery, Flint, Michigan, USA

  • 2016 Enwonwu & Olatunji, TAFETA, London, UK

  • 2015 Yellow Sun: The New Contemporaries, Avenir Africa, Lagos, Nigeria