Artist Bio
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #222222;">Kolawole K. *Olojo-Kosoko* was born into Kosoko Royal family of Lagos. He graduated from the department of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, where he Specialized in Painting. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #222222;">The quality of his works speaks for itself. When it comes to his arts, he is a perfectionist, very analytical in his expressions, people-oriented and culture-centered.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #222222;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #222222;">His Art depicts day to day activities within his culture while also responding to global occurrences. His works includes Paintings, Textile Designs, Sculpture and Photography.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #222222;">He has three solo exhibitions to his credit and he has also participated in many art fairs across the states in the federation while aspiring to use his art forms as a tool for political and social advocacy for posterity.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #222222;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #222222;">Presently, he is a lecturer at the Department of Art and Industrial Design, Lagos State University of Science and Technology (former Lagos State Polytechnic), Ikorodu. He is the Chairman of the Society of Nigerian Artists (SNA, Lagos state Chapter). Also, he is a member of the Universal Studios of Art.</span></p>