Artist Bio
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #222222;">Omoniyi Gabriel Gilbert hails from Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. He is a full-time Artist (Painter)based in Lagos and Ogun state. He has always been inspired and fascinated by the passion for color, nature and aesthetics. He studied Fine and Applied Arts at Federal College of Education, Abeokuta and graduated in 2008,(NCE) under the tutelage of Late kola Anidugbe.He started art as his dream and passion by expressing himself using different materials. After several years of experience in art, he found expression in using Acrylic and Ink.He is also a graduate of Fine-Arts (B.A.Painting) at the great Obafemi Awolowo University Ile - Ife, Osun State(2017). He has partaken in group exhibitions and Art competitions in Nigeria and has won outstanding awards to his credits. He draws inspirations from his past and present experiences. He is expressionistic in style and also known to be a fearless colorist who integrates a range of contrasting and complementary colours with unbridled confidence and relentless energetic expression in colours and textures. His new body of work and style explores profound semi-abstracted portraits figures of black subjects with his unique beguiling tigerline works using mainly acrylic and ink technique on canvas to depict emotions centred around life.</span></p>