Tosin Kalejaye
Tosin Olusegun Kalejaye is a self-taught contemporary visual artist from Abuja, Nigeria. From his early childhood, Kalejaye had a keen interest in drawing portraits. Needless to say, this is where his artistic profession stemmed from.
Kalejaye uses his art as an instrument to convey his ideas and impressions about modern society and the everyday Black experience. His art genre, widely ingrained in storytelling, representation, identity and historical documentation, is intended to incite emotion in his viewers as the required catalyst. It initiates mere social conversations to ultra-practical actions and liberates one’s consciousness.
His works, which were displayed in a range of exhibitions globally, including a group exhibition titled ‘Stop, listen!’ in Sweden, are largely done with charcoal, acrylic, oil on canvas and archival paper.
Country • Nigeria
Medium • Oil, Charcoal, Acrylic on canvas
First exhibition with christopher moller gallery • 2021
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Previous exhibitions by Tosin Kalejaye
2023
ART CENTRAL ARTFAIR, presented by Sens Gallery, Hong Kong, China. - Group exhibition.
NUMBER THREE, Eve Leibe Gallery, London, United Kingdom. - Group exhibition.
2022
TOUCH WOOD, Eve Leibe Galley in Collaboration with Prior Art Space, Berlin, Germany. - Group exhibition.
HIGH VOLTAGE III, Nassima Landau Foundation, Tel Aviv, Israel. - Group exhibition.
KIAF PLUS ART FAIR, presented by Eligere Gallery, Seoul, South Korea. - Group exhibition.
AMPLIFY, Thinkspace Project Gallery, Los Angeles, United States of America. - Group exhibition.
CAN ART FAIR IBIZA, presented by Volery Galery, Ibiza, Spain. - Group exhibition.
UNITY, Volery Gallery, Dubai, UAE. - Group exhibition.
ART ON A POSTCARD – Summer Charity Auction in conjunction with The Hepatitis C Trust, London, UK. - Group exhibition.
HIRAETH, Prior Artspace in collaboration with Phillips Auction House, London, United Kingdom. - Group exhibition. DISCO NAP, Eligere Gallery, Seoul, South Korea. - Group exhibition.
INVESTEC CAPE TOWN ART FAIR, presented by Christopher Moller Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa. - Group exhibition.
INTERSECTING IDENTITIES, Arushi Gallery, Los Angeles, United States of America. - Group exhibition.
VISION OF FIGURE, Badr El Jundi Gallery, Malaga, Spain. - Group exhibition.
2021
SELF-ADDRESSED, Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, Los Angeles, USA - Group exhibition.
CONTEXT ART MIAMI, Fair debut, Christopher Moller Gallery, Miami, United States of America. (Debut solo) SELF-ADDRESSED, Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, Curated by Kehinde Wiley/ Black Rock Senegal, Los Angeles, USA. - Group exhibition.
EMERGENCE, Christopher Moller Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa (May) – Group exhibition.
THE ART OF ART, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, United States of America (August) - Group exhibition.
POW! WOW! THE FIRST DECADE: FROM HAWAI’I TO THE WORLD, Thinkspace Projects, Los Angeles, United States of America (May) – Group exhibition.
STOP, LISTEN!, CFHill Art Space, Stockholm, Sweden (January) - Group Exhibition.
LAX/ORD III: Growing the Focus, Vertical Gallery, Chicago, United States. - Group exhibition.
2020
LIMINALITY IN INFINITE SPACE, Africa Artists’ Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria – Group exhibition.
GLOBAL CONVERSATION, UN75 x F.99 x Google Arts and Culture, The United Nations – Group exhibition.
LOCALITY AND THE STATUS QUO, Pacers Art Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria – Group exhibition.
MAKING BLACK AND BROWN ART IMPORTANT AGAIN, Brooklyn Ubuciko Festival, New York, United States – Group exhibition.