David Awoleye

David Awoleye is a Nigerian contemporary visual artist based in Lagos, working primarily with mixed media. His practice explores texture, material and memory, drawing on elements such as Ankara fabric, shoelaces, textile liners and beads to build richly layered surfaces. Largely self-taught, he developed an early interest in experimentation, allowing materials to guide both process and outcome. Culture, personal history and lived experience shape his visual language, with works that sit between abstraction and figuration. Creating in solitude, often alongside music, Awoleye describes his process as meditative and emotionally driven. His work reflects themes of resilience and hope, inviting viewers into open-ended conversations and personal interpretations of complex, layered realities.