Timilehin Oludare

Timilehin Oludare Osanyintolu (b. 2002) is a multimedia artist and art facilitator based in Lagos, Nigeria. He is known for his work with sounds, scents, and visual mediums, particularly drawings. Timilehin explores various themes in his art such as surrealism,unconformity, escapism, play and absurdism, drawing inspiration from his experiences growing up in Nigeria, including cultural elements and societal issues. He is also a member of the artist collective ‘Ala Praxis’ which is an artistic research driven collective engaging with cultural preservation, technology, ecology and everything in between.

  Osanyintolu Oludare Timilehin has exhibited his work at Boomer Art Gallery (London, 2020), Nomascape project (Chicago, 2020) amongst others. He launched “WETIN DEY COOK”, a curatorial project by Lynhan Balatbat- Helbock at GAS Foundation (Lagos, 2022) as the first artist to cook and share his work in an intimate gathering. 

His second show in Lagos was a celebration of his charcoal portraits at 16by16, curated by Tushar Hathiramani. He also exhibited works at AWCA ( Lagos, 2022) ,Tribe X ( Lagos, 2022), ART-TO-GO (Basel, 2023), foreign objekt publications( Berlin,2023). In 2024 Ala praxis was awarded the ST+ART for Africa residency in which they embarked in a journey to Dar es salaam to explore and examine sand mining and its effects on coastal regions in Dar with an artistic output at the end of the six months residency 

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