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ABOUT

ADÉBAYO BOLAJI

ADÉBAYO BOLAJI, IS A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ARTIST LIVING AND WORKING IN LONDON, ENGLAND. AT THE CENTRE OF HIS PRACTICE IS THE DIALOGUE OF CHANGE AND THE FOCUS OF THE INDIVIDUAL WITHIN A CONNECTING SOCIETY. THE USE OF THE VIBRANT AND METAPHORICAL LANGUAGE, IS A CRUCIAL ELEMENT IN HIS WORK, HELPING TO NARRATE A DIFFERENT STORY WITHIN EACH PAINTING, FILM OR SCULPTURE… ALLOWING FOR THE VIEWER TO TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE WORKS.

 

BOLAJI HAS EXHIBITED INTERNATIONALLY IN LONDON, ZURICH, BERLIN AND NEW YORK, ALONG WITH ARTIST RESIDENCIES IN NEW YORK AND MARGATE, INCLUDING AN ARTIST RESIDENCY WITH YINKA SHONIBARE MBE GUEST PROJECTS. RECENTLY, BOLAJI HAD A SOLO SHOW AT THE ARNOLFINI IN BRISTOL, THAT TOURED FROM THE NEW ART EXCHANGE. HE ALSO HAD A TWO-PERSON EXHIBITION AT LONDON’S SAATCHI GALLERY.

 

HIS WORK HAS BEEN FEATURED IN PROMINENT PUBLICATIONS ALONG WITH SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AT RENOWNED INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS MALL GALLERIES LONDON AND PENN STATE UNIVERSITY [TO NAME A FEW]. HE IS A PUBLISHED POET, A THEATRE DIRECTOR [PARK THEATRE LONDON] AND FOUNDER OF EX NIHILO THEATRE GROUP, HAVING A DEGREE WITH THE ROYAL CENTRAL SCHOOL OF SPEECH AND DRAMA, AND A LAW  GRADUATE. AS AN ACTOR FOR THE STAGE, BOLAJI HAS PERFORMED AT LONDON’S SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE, THE YOUNG VIC AND PICCADILLY THEATRE-LONDON’S WEST-END, ALONG WITH BBC, CHANNEL FOUR AND FEATURE FILM CREDITS.

 

IN 2021 BOLAJI WAS COMMISSIONED TO CREATE A 3M X 3M PERMANENT PUBLIC SCULPTURE FOR THE NEW CENTRAL PLAZA PARK IN ACTON GARDENS, LONDON, THAT SAW ITS UNVEILING IN OCTOBER 2023.

RENUKA KUMAR

RENUKA KUMAR (FOUNDER OF SATTVA THEATRE & ART) IS AN INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE EXPONENT WITH THREE DANCE FORMS TO HER CREDIT. BHARATNATYAM FROM THE DARPANA ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS, UNDER THE TUTELAGE OF SMT MRINALINI SARABHAI, OBISSI UNDER GURU SHRI RAMANI RANJAN JHENA AND KATHAK UNDER GURU SHRI HARISH GANGANI JI.

 

​DELVING IN CREATIVE UNSTRUCTURED DANCE IS HER PASSION, WHICH MAKES HER A "CREATIVE" DANCE FACILITATOR. SHE ENJOYS COLLABORATING AND EXPERIMENTING WITH ART & ARTISTS FROM DIFFERENT GENRES. BEING THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER AT SATTVA THEATRE & ART GALLERIE IN JAIPUR, SHE PROMOTES AND ENDEAVOURS TO PRESERVE PERFORMING ARTS OF INDIA, SO AS TO MAKE IT RELATABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO YHE YOUTH OF TODAY.

ROXANA PIROVANO

ROXANA PIROVANO (PRODUCER) IS AN ART HISTORIAN AND FORMER GALLERIST OF GALERIE PROARTA FOUNDED IN APRIL 1989.

HER GALLERY’S OPENING EXHIBITION SHOWED ORIGINAL PAINTINGS FROM SONIA DELAUNAY. SINCE THEN, NUMEROUS EXHIBITIONS WITH THE "CLASSIC MODERNS" LIKE SERGE POLIAKOFF, GÉRARD SCHNEIDER, JEAN ARP, ALEXANDER CALDER, JOAN MIRO AND SAM FRANCIS FOLLOWED. A MONOGRAPHIC CATALOGUE WAS PUBLISHED FOR MOST OF THE SHOWS. THE PROARTA EDITION CONSISTS TODAY OF 20 CATALOGUES. BESIDE THE CLASSIC MODERNS, GALLERY PROARTA REPRESENTS VARIOUS YOUNG AS WELL AS ESTABLISHED CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS.

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