Sejiro Avoseh

Sejiro Avoseh
Born
Badagry, Lagos
EducationMasters in Fine Arts, University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury
Alma materLagos State Polytechnic
Known forContemporary arts
StylePainting, Collaging, Mixed media
Avoseh posing with two of his works at his "Faces of Nowhere" solo exhibition at Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York in June 2024.

Sejiro Avoseh (born 1990 in Lagos) is a contemporary artist based in the United Kingdom. His work, primarily in painting and collage, explores themes of migration, identity, and self-invention. Drawing on his experiences of leaving Nigeria to settle in the UK, Avoseh creates layered, fragmented compositions that reflect memory, dislocation, and the search for belonging. His work has been exhibited internationally, including at Kravets Wehby Gallery (New York), Afikaris Gallery (Paris), and Jupiter Contemporary (Miami).[1] His works are deeply autobiographical, lending critical voices on the poor fate of the indigent underclass in his society, and on the highhandedness and abuse of power by public servants and elected officials.[2]

Avoseh was commissioned to design the cover for the December 2020 edition of The Native magazine, which celebrated Wizkid’s Made in Lagos album.[3] His work has since been featured and profiled across numerous international and local publications, including Le Monde, Financial Times, Google Arts & Culture, Daily Trust, WhiteWalls, The Blotted, The Sole Adventurer, Flux Review, and Whitehot Magazine. Avoseh's work has been part of notable collections that include pieces by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Pablo Picasso, KAWS, and others underscoring his growing relevance within the global contemporary art landscape.[1][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

Education

Avoseh holds a Higher National Diploma in Creative Arts from Lagos State Polytechnic in Lagos, Nigeria, and a Masters in Fine Art at the University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury, Kent, England.[1]

Solo exhibitions

  • "A Chorus of Reminiscence". Jupiter Contemporary Gallery, Miami, USA. October – November 2024.[17]
  • "Faces of Nowhere". Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York, USA. June 2024.[18][19]
  • "Alien In Spaces". Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York, USA. May 2023.[20]
  • "Abuse of Innocence". Angels and Muse, Lagos, Nigeria. September 2020.[21][22]
  • "When We Are Not What We Are". RELE Art Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria. July 2018.[23][24][25]

Group exhibitions, art fairs, auctions and workshops

  • "RESISTE" (with Salifou Lindou). Afikaris Gallery, Paris, France. February 2021.[26][1]
  • Young Contemporaries Alumni Exhibition. National Museum, Lagos. January 2020.[27][28][29]
  • "Back to Base - Young Contemporaries Art Workshop for Students" in Badagry. Goethe Institut, Lagos, Nigeria. 2019.[30]
  • Young Contemporaries Exhibition. RELE Art Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria. January 2017.[31][32]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Art contemporain africain : Salifou Lindou et Sejiro Avoseh en résistance à Paris". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  2. ↑ "Sejiro Avoseh - Afikaris Gallery". Afikaris. Archived from the original on 2021-01-16. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  3. ↑ "NATIVE COVERS". The NATIVE. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
  4. ↑ "Creative hubs make space for Nigeria's emerging artists". Financial Times. 2018-03-31. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  5. ↑ "The Last Supper by Sejiro Avoseh". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
  6. ↑ "Rethinking Materiality". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
  7. ↑ "How my life became work of art – Sejiro Avoseh". Daily Trust. Archived from the original on 2022-06-05. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  8. ↑ David (2018-07-20). "Sejiro Avoseh: Why my works focus on women". The Sun. Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  9. ↑ Clare, Gemima (December 5, 2023). "Aliens in Spaces - In Conversation with Sejiro Avoseh". WideWalls.
  10. ↑ Alokan, Oyedele (2023-07-10). "Sejiro Avoseh: Living and Leaving Behind". theblotted. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
  11. ↑ Oyebode, Bukola (2018-02-27). "In Conversation With Sejiro Avoseh: Auto-Painted Realities". The Sole Adventurer. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
  12. ↑ "Sejiro Avoseh". The Flux Review. 2023-10-02. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
  13. ↑ Castellote, Jess (2018-01-08). "18 Nigerian Visual Artists Under 30 I am Going to Follow in 2018". a view from my corner. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
  14. ↑ Clare, Gemima. "Sejiro Avoseh: Faces of Nowhere and This Life". Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
  15. ↑ "L'exposition "Résiste" présente Salifou Lindou et Sejiro Avoseh à la galerie Afikaris à Paris". FranceInfo (in French). 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
  16. ↑ Castellote, Jess; Okwuosa, Tobenna (2020). "Lagos Art World: The Emergence of an Artistic Hub on the Global Art Periphery". African Studies Review. 63 (1): 170–196. doi:10.1017/asr.2019.24. ISSN 0002-0206.
  17. ↑ "Sejiro Avoseh - Overview". Jupiter. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
  18. ↑ "Sejiro Avoseh: Faces of Nowhere and This Life". Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
  19. ↑ Nigeria, Guardian (2024-06-11). "Sejiro Avoseh debuts 'Faces of Nowhere'". The Guardian. Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
  20. ↑ "Sejiro Avoseh opens debut Solo Exhibition at Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York". The Guardian. Lagos, Nigeria. 2023-05-12. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  21. ↑ "Avoseh Shows 'Abuse of Innocence' From Today, At Angels". BookArtVille. 2020-09-17. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  22. ↑ "This Week in African Art and Culture (September 20 – 26, 2020)". Sugarcane Magazine ™| Black Art and Culture. 2020-09-28. Archived from the original on 2021-01-27. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  23. ↑ "when-we-are-not". rele. Archived from the original on 2022-06-20. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  24. ↑ "Sejiro Avoseh: When We Are Not What We Are". Contemporary And (in German). Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  25. ↑ "Sejiro Avoseh to explore human constancy, change in solo art exhibition". TheCable. 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  26. ↑ "Résiste | 13 Février - 23 Mars 2021 - Overview". AFIKARIS (in French). Retrieved 2025-03-23.
  27. ↑ "yc-alumni". rele. Archived from the original on 2022-06-05. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  28. ↑ "Rele's Young Contemporaries Alumni Exhibition at the National Museum | By Roli O'tsemaye". The Sole Adventurer. 2020-02-01. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  29. ↑ "Young Contemporaries Alumni Exhibition - National Museum, Onikan Lagos". www.artland.com. Archived from the original on 2022-06-05. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  30. ↑ "Back to Base - Young Contemporaries Art Workshop for Students". www.goethe.de. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  31. ↑ "Rele Arts Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  32. ↑ WishAfrica.co. "Rele Arts Foundation's 2017 Young Contemporaries Exhibition in Lagos". Retrieved 2021-02-22.
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