Wednesday 11 June 2014

20 Nigerian Contemporary  Artists you should know

Jimoh Buraimoh (painter/mosaicst)
He was one of the Osogbo Artists, at the mbari-mbayo art workshop organised by Ulli Beier. He sticks tiny  glass beads on plyboard and apply coloured paints in some parts. His bead paintings and mosaics can be found at Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Ori olokun, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, and at the entrance of National Arts Theartre, Iganmu, Lagos. He has had many exhibitions throughout Africa, West Germany, Netherlands, India, England and the United States of America.

Peacock: A Bead painting by Jimoh Buraimoh

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