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In Conversation with Adeife Adeniran

By: suboartmagazine 23 Jan, PM04 Feb, PM

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The main subject in Adeife Adeniran’s paintings is “Box Head”, a character he created to embody loneliness. The main subject in Adeife Adeniran’s paintings is “Box Head”, a character he created to embody loneliness. According to the Lagos-based painter, the world holds a large population of people who are lonelier than ever before (partly due to Social Media and networking), “boxing” their emotions within and putting on a façade of numbness. In our interview with Adeife, he told us more about “Box Head”, the feeling of loneliness & how art can be a tool to deal with it, and the art scene in Nigeria.

Rising Stars: Quel Hynson

By: suboartmagazine 21 Jan, PM22 Jan, PM

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Intrigued by the intersectionality of culture and tradition and naturally drawn to art, Texas artist Quel Hynson looks for ways to blend multiple form of art together in her proejcts. In today’s “Rising Stars”, we showcase 5 of her most interesting drawings.

Artist Talk with Nadia Wamunyu

By: suboartmagazine 19 Jan, PM19 Jan, PM

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At the age of eight, after partially losing her hearing ability, Kenyan contemporary visual artist Nadia Wamunyu realized she could record memories, experiences, tastes and feelings through drawing. At the age of eight, after partially losing her hearing ability, Kenyan contemporary visual artist Nadia Wamunyu realized she could record memories, experiences, tastes and feelings through drawing. Having made a name for herself in the Kanyan art scene over the past several years, she’s proud do keep her day job as it allows her to be unapologetic with her art, and to draw and paint what other people may call apocalyptic, depressing, or saddening.

In our interview with Nadia, she told us more about the Kenyan art scene, the distinctive portraits of female figures that she’s been creating with coffee in the recent years, and why she prefers to keep her day job than to bend to people’s expectations of her art.

Rising Stars: Seck

By: suboartmagazine 15 Jan, AM15 Jan, AM

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Visual artist and filmmaker seck. amplifies the Black experience through a decolonized lens with technical background background as a cinematographer, photographer, and editor.

9 questions with Ethel Aanyu

Ugandan artist Ethel Aanyu uses digital layering techniques of positive and negative black & white images to create intriguing artworks that she likes to describe as “visual self reflections”. We talked with Ethel talked about the performative process involved in her work, self-reflection & growth, and her interest in the human condition

Rising Stars: Shani Zuberi

Sacramento based visual artist Shani Zuberi, has been undressing classical art pieces since 2019 and replacing them with her own features, incorporating her love of storytelling and searching through archives into her artistic aesthetic. Discover her distinctive pieces in today’s “Rising Stars”.

Raising awareness through art activism: Athenkosi Kwinana

Through her large scale self portraits, South African art activist Athenkosi Kwinana aspires to deepen the understanding of Albinism in her native country, and to reimagine the representation of Albinism in its black communities and abroad. We talked with Kwinana about her beginnings in the arts, the joy of self-portraiture & what it means to be an art activist.

Rising Stars: Rechel Rodham Oppong

Ghanaian artist Rechel Oppong portrays the various facial expressions that define a human character with vibrant colours & a perfectionated technique that makes it easy to confuse her acrylic paintings with digital works at first glance. Learn more in today’s edition of “Rising Stars”.

All Eyes On: Jae Capo

By: suboartmagazine 18 Dec, PM18 Dec, PM

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Under his moto “If paint sticks to it, I will paint it”, Cleveland based expressionist artist Jae Capo paints whatever moves him: a song or a a conversation can be enough to evoke his vibrant and powerful works. Honoured to have him, we’re showcasing some of his most intriguing works in today’s “All Eyes On”.

Rising Stars: Jayeola Joshua

By: suboartmagazine 18 Dec, PM18 Dec, PM

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Social Lifestyle, customs, cultural values and self-identity are the key words in Joshua Jayeola’s work, Nigerian painter based in Lagos. As our today’s “Rising Star”, he shares 3 of his most intriguing works with us.

All Eyes On: Chibuike Ifedilichukwu

Growing up with his grandmother in the community, the Nigerian artist Chibuike Ifedilichukwu witnessed her eco-friendliness and strong belief in the Igbo philosophy “Live and let live” (egbe belu, ugo ebelu). Inspired to see nothing as waste, he has become one of Nigeria’s most interesting environmental artists.

Yewande Ambeke

Have you ever been overwhelmed with emotions? Felt the need to connect with something bigger than you? Has art helped you to heal from struggles and scars? Then take a break & get to know Yewande Ambeke, one of the most interesting emerging artists Nigeria has to offer you.

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