VICTOR OLAOYÉ CONTRIBUE A RÉINVENTER LES CULTES TRADITIONNELS RAVIVÉS DEPUIS LES ANNÉES 60 AUX USA PAR LES MOUVEMENTS BLACK POWER. L’ARTISTE EXPLORE LES RELATIONS ENTRE IDENTITÉ ET CULTURES ETHNIQUES, NOTAMMENT AU-TRAVERS DU TEXTILE ADIRE, TEINT A L’INDIGO, TRADITIONNELLEMENT PRODUIT DANS LE SUD-OUEST DU NIGÉRIA ET POPULARISÉ AUJOURD’HUI PAR DES MARQUES CÉLÈBRES.
Victor Olaoyé is a Nigerian artist (born 2000, Ogun, Nigeria) known for his work exploring Yoruba cultural identity, particularly through the use of Adire textile techniques, local dyes as indigo and acrylics. His art often reflects on relationships, identity, and the socio-cultural significance of clothing, using figures dressed in floral motifs to question the politics of identity and human connection to culture.
Vit et travaille à Chicago, USA.
Acrylique et technique mixte sur toile
182 x 154 cm
Acrylique et technique mixte sur toile
154 x 182 cm
Acrylique et technique mixte sur toile
115 x 90 cm
Oil on canvas
150 x 150 cm
Acrylique et technique mixte sur toile
182 x 154 cm
Acrylique et technique mixte sur toile
122 x 122 cm
Victor Olaoye (né en 2000 à Abeokuta, au Nigeria) est actuellement étudiant en maîtrise de peinture et de dessin à la School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Il a obtenu sa licence en beaux-arts à l’université Obafemi Awolowo, à Ace Ondo. Victor travaille principalement la peinture. Sa pratique explore les thèmes de la connexion à la nature, de la temporalité, de la reconquête de la nature et du cadre anthropologique. Les œuvres de Victor se situent à la croisée de la nature, de l’abstraction et de la figuration, chevauchant l’expérience intermédiaire du corps dans la nature
« Je suis ravi d’avoir reçu la célèbre bourse de la Fondation Elizabeth Greenshield et le Visionary Scholar Award SA . Je suis très honoré de faire partie de ces grandes institutions ». Victor Olaoye
Victor Olaoye (b.2000, Abeokuta Nigeria) currently a Painting and drawing MFA student at the School of the Art institute Chicago, received his works BFA from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ace Ondo. Victor primarily in painting and fibre his practice examines the themes of Nature connectedness, temporality, nature reclamation and anthropological framework. Victors works intersects between nature, abstraction and figuration overlapping the in between experience of body in nature. il y a 19 heures •
« I’m thrilled to have been awarded the renowned Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant and the Visionary Scholar Award SA. I’m truly honored to be part of these esteemed institutions ». Victor Olaoye
2026 – Fine and Applied Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ace, Nigeria
2019 – MFA Painting and Drawing, School of the Art institute of Chicago, IL, USA BA. (Ed.)
Lives and works in Chicago, USA
Victor Olaoyé a remporté le 1er prix au 13e Festival d’Art Life in My City (LIMCAF), 2019., ainsi qu’un séjour à la Biennale Dak’Art, Sénégal, en juin 2020.
2025
Au delà des Apparences, CBH Art Collection, Musée Rath, Genève – Curateurs Jean-Yves Marin et Ousseynou Wade16 octobre – 23 novembre
2025
Au delà des Apparences – Une exploration de la Collection d’Art CBH, Musée Rath, Genève, 16 octobre – 23 novembre
Gift of the soil, Mitochondria gallery, Texas, USA
2024
Artsy Foundation, Jane Trady Galley, London, England
2023
Times Are Changing, Gr Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Tell the Present World, Galerie Chauvy, Paris, France
2022
1-54 Contemporary Art Fair Paris, African Arty Gallery, Paris, France
Engaging Spaces and Metaphors as Memories, Paca Dakar Biennale, Senegal
Les Voix du Textile, Galerie Chauvy, Paris, France
Traverses Africaines, Galerie Chauvy Paris, France
Also known as Africa (AKAA) Fair Paris, Galerie Chauvy, Paris, France
Art X Lagos, Nigeria
2021
Rele Young contemporary, Rele Art Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria
Tales of Shared Experiences, Lagos, Nigeria
2020
Rele Art Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria
2019
Life in My City, Thought Pyramid Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria
Can You Hear Me? Turkey Impart Art Fair, Lagos, Nigeria
2018
Coming Out, Ibadan, Nigeria
Less is More, Life in My City, Lagos, Nigeria
2017
The Convergence, Ibadan, Nigeria
2023
Lafourchete de Roze, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
2021
PACA, Dakar Biennial, Senegal
Rele 2021 Young Contemporaries, Lagos, Nigeria.
2020
Rele Art Gallery Booth Camp, Lagos, Nigeria.
2024
New Artist Fellowship Award School of the Art institute of Chicago,IL, USA
The Deans Grant School of the Art institute of Chicago, IL, USA Elizabeth Greenshield Foundation Grant Award, Montreal, Canada
2023
Visionary Scholar Award, School of Art institute of Chicago, IL, USA
2021
El Anatsui LIMCAF Grant Award Dakar Biennial, Senegal
2020
Tilga Art fund Rele art gallery, L agos, Nigeria
2021
1st prize Life in my City Art Festival, LIMCAF, Nigeria
Nigeria Teaching Assistant sculpture department, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
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CBH Zurich, Suisse
VOGUE Magazine, Lafourchete de Roze, Alice Kemp-Habib, April 7, 2023
YAHOO, Lafourchete de Roze, Rafael Pena, April 29, 2023
JUXTAPOL, Magazine Art and Culture, Times are Changing, March 1, 2023
AKAA MESSE, 2022, Handelsblatt, Dusseldorf, October 22, Susanne SCHREIBER,
AKAA 2022, C and Contemporary And, October 2022
GUARDIAN ART, Life in my City, Gregory Austin Nwakunor, (Editor, Arts and Culture), The Guardian 2019
VANGUARD, Life in My City, December 8, 2019
Teaching assistant, Survey of Modern and contemporary Art, SAIC, IL, USA
Peer Advisor Career and Professional Practices SAIC, IL, USA
Teaching Assistant, Painting and Drawing Department, SAIC, IL, USA
Teaching Assistant Advanced Drawing Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
Teaching Assistant sculpture department, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeri
