Biography
Olusegun Adejumo
Born 1965, Lagos. Founder & Director, Point Sixty-Five Gallery. Founder, One Draw Gallery. Former President, Guild of Professional Fine Artists of Nigeria and Society of Nigerian Artists.
Multidisciplinary artist working across painting, sculpture, drawing, and mixed media to explore the human figure as a vessel for memory, identity, and belonging. Based in Lagos, the practice has taken shape through residencies and exhibitions across West Africa and Europe — Senegal, Togo, Benin Republic, France, and London — each place lending its people and rhythms to the work.
Education
1982–87
HND, Painting — Yaba College of Technology, Lagos
Leadership & Positions
Present
Founder & Director, Point Sixty-Five Gallery
Former
Founder & Director, One Draw Gallery
Former
President, Guild of Professional Fine Artists of Nigeria
Former
President, Society of Nigerian Artists
2011–12
Guest Lecturer — Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU)
1987–88
Painting Assistant Lecturer — Lagos State Polytechnic
1988
Illustrator — Advertising Techniques Limited
Residencies
2011–15
Finnish Cultural Center — Cotonou, Benin Republic
2013
Front de Terre Art Residency — Senegal
2013–14
Artist Residency — Togo
Awards
1984
Gong Gallery Award
1997
Common Wealth Fellowship — shortlist
Publications
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Eze book series (3 volumes) — Farafina / Kachifo
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019Freudian Tones — Old Brompton Gallery, Kensington, London, UK
2014Emotions — Mydrim Gallery, Lagos
2011Les Designs d'Olusegun Adejumo — City Mall, Lagos
2011Ideas and Ideals, 10th solo exhibition — Nettetal Luxury, Port Harcourt
2007Expressions — Sandiland Arcade, Victoria Island, Lagos
2004Lately — Truview Gallery, Lagos
1998On Request — American Embassy Guest House, Lagos
1994Recent Paintings — Chevron Estate, Lagos
1994Recent Paintings in Watercolour — Fenchurch Gallery, Lagos
1992Diverse Siblings — Alliance Française, Lagos
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022–25
When We See Us: A Century of Black Figuration in Painting,
curated by Koyo Kouoh & Tandazani Dhlakama —
Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town → Kunstmuseum Basel → Bozar, Brussels → Liljevalchs, Stockholm (now on view, through Aug 2026)
2016Catharsis, Guild of Professional Fine Artists of Nigeria — Terra Kulture, Lagos
2015Homage to Efua, tribute to Efua Dorkenoo — Nubuke Foundation, Accra, Ghana
2015Infinite Treasures — Terra Kulture, Lagos