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Oresegun Olumide

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Biography

Olumide Oresegun was born in 1981 in Lagos. A distinction HND graduate of Painting from Yaba College of Technology in 2006, ‘Olu Van Gogh’ (his nicknamed by his classmates because of his painting skills) was greatly influenced by his lecturers some of whom include the well resected Kolade Oshinowo, Peter Coker to mention a few. Since his graduation, Olu has participated in numerous group exhibitions, and has had (2) solo exhibition. Olumide experienced an unbelievable sensation of neo-classical and installation art when he visited the ARCO 2009 exhibition in Madrid, Spain. The detailing of Peter paul Reuben’s work both mesmerized and challenged him to focus more on pushing realism to stage of hyper-realism by creating a barrier between realism and abstraction in his own work. Olumide was featured on CNN African Voices in March 2016 as part of a feature on artists making waves.

News / Ranking / Titbits / Awards

2009 – 1st Prize, Spanish Embassy Competition; 2008 – 1st Prize, Don Quixote in Nigeria Competition, Spanish Embassy; 2007 – 3rd Prize, Spanish Artist Nigeria Styles Competition, Enugu, Nigeria; 2006 – Overall Best Student Award, Fine Arts Department, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, Nogeria; 2005 – 3rd Prize, Goethe Institute / Chidi Kwubiri Exhibition, Goethe Institute, Lagos Nigeria

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