Artmiabo International Art Festival, 2023 Curatorial Announcement
Congratulations 
Artmiabo International Art Festival, is delighted to announce Yusuf Durodola as the Curator of the Festival for the next 3 years, 2023-2025
Starting with next year's 2023 festival, themed
Yusuf will be bringing in a youthful fresh multi diverse art energy into the festival. He will have full creative licence and support from Artmiabo.
As curator he would oversee the artists participation, graphic design, exhibition layout and all that is necessary to create an international art exhibition experience.
We at Artmiabo welcome Yusuf to the team
Congrats once again!
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Below are some of the reasons we are thrilled
YUSUF DURODOLA
Yusuf Durodola is a Guinness World Record Achiever (Largest Painting by Number) for Ecole de dessin, Lagos, Nigeria. He is the founder and artistic director of Artegun Foundation, a platform vision to nurture the creativity of young artists and offer a difference in curative experience strategically to promote art.
He is a change-provoking recycled artist, deeply thoughtful conversational painter, inspired performance artist, distinguished curator, and impeccable creative director. He is one of the most prominent and influential multimedia visual artists in the Nigerian Art Industry.
He was born in Ibadan, Oyo State in 1979 and attended Federal College of Education (Technical) Akoka where he received a Nigerian Certificate of Education and majored in Painting and Graphics. He proceeded to the University of Lagos where he obtained his degree in Visual Arts and attained his Master's degree from the University of Ife, Osun State, Nigeria.
Yusuf has served as co-organizer, facilitator, curator/co-curator, resource person, and creative director to several art events such as SPOTLIGHTS Arts and Artists Review (2022), Nike Art Gallery in partnership with Artegun Foundation; Ajorin Metal Exhibition (2020), Thought Pyramid, Lagos; Chronicle of Confinement: Africa (2020), New York; UMNY AMA 2020, India; Trash to Wealth (2020), Jelosimi, Lagos; Striding Bodies (2020), New York; Lock Unlock (2020), India; Grandeur Of Epeland (2016), Yaba School of Art; Chairman, 2017 October Rain Exhibition.
Yusuf is a member of the Society of Nigerian Artists. Former PRO and Ex-officio of SNA, Lagos.
27th April-1st May, 2023
Ebonylife Place, Victoria Island,Lagos Nigeria
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