Bukola Orioye
Self-taught artist born 1993 in Osogbo, Orioye is a graduate of Chemistry from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria (2015). Trained by Mr Tope Fatumbi of Topfat Art Gallery; Adamasingba, Ibadan 2019. Orioye Bukola mind’s quest has progressed to infused questionings and suppositions in his canvases beyond mere rhetorical esthetics; (as the trendy atmosphere now seems mostly to suggest). His works speak in metaphors which flow between the past, the present and the postulation of the future. He probes on relics to unearth anchored reasoning which shares semblances with contemporary happenings. This pendulum of interactions between the past, the present and the futuristic postulations, defines Orioye’s works and lent it a certain direction. The combinations create inquisitiveness for explorations which permeate the borrowed eras, espousing bygone traits of exhumed investigative nuances, memories, identities and spirituality of bygone cultural epochs. It will be exhilarating to calmly observe the growth of Orioye Bukola’s sojourn in the interpretations of his curious and investigative narratively placed overtures. He is inspired from societal issues as life demands; beauty, culture and African Spirituality – with focus more of the female gender as a conduit to all else as well hopes his works serve as elixir to his viewers. His philosophy is about simplicity and determinations without harm to none.
