Kola Awokunle

Bio:
Kola Awokunle Oladayo was born on 15th of May 1973. He attended St. Bernard primary school in Ile0Ife and
later went to St. David's Grammar
School in Ife too.
In his early secondary school he
started having interest in drawing
some still life drawing, he later
moved closer to one great artist
called Emmanuel Ogunwole and from
there he started doing some painting,
until he trained under Mr. (Chief) Soji
Adeforinji in Ile-Ife.
He has various types of art work
which he knows very well, such as:
Painting on canvas
Batic on cloth
Water colour
Drawing from the back
Paintin on paper
Batic on rice paper
Oil mixed media
He basically paints on cavas and
batic on rice paper which he has
some technique added to his painting
to make his works different from
others. He has collected some
commission work from Eko Hotel
outlet, Ministry of Works and Housing
and Bureau of Public Enterprises in
Abuja, Nigeria.
He has participated in some solo
exhibition here in Nigeria:
British high commission, Abuja
Port Harcourt Shell Camp
Bureau of Public Enterprises
I.I.T.A Ibadan
And he has attended many group
exhibitions and many personal
collectors. He has supplied many
galleries in Nigeria and abroad.
From his point of observation he
believes the sky is the limit.
MY SPEECH
Painting is a gift from God, with
development of an idea and living
environment. An Artist always thinks
of what to put down for people to
know one's environment, and usually
believe in treating of colors to the
extent of interest of my collectors.