I am an artist whose source of inspiration comes from my surroundings. Much of the work I produce is rooted and inspired by the ‘banal’ . It fascinates me how meaning and significance can be drawn from the seemingly smallest details of everyday existence. It is important that my work expresses the fabric of life. It should question and respond to the experiences in my life, and it is these experiences that inform my art practice. I approach my work with playfulness and dark humor. The purpose of the work is to speak not shout, not to grab attention but rather to charm, woo and seduce. I use my artistic practice as a medium of investigation and research, I am interested in producing work where the outcome is defined by the process itself. I am currently a lecture in the field of photography at the Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Sweden
Projects
- Morning After BreakfastThe body of work presented gravitates around my relationships with my ex-partners. Each individual is appointed a colour, and attached to each individual is an archival brown box which the audience is invited to explore. The text is my account of the first breakfast each individual had made for me. I have written in the English dialect in which I speak, to dictate the actions and events surrounding these breakfasts. They represent an autobiographic account of my adult life using these relationsh
- Yorùbá AlphabetYorùbá Alphabet. is a hybrid of fact and fantasy, juxtaposed and superimposed onto each other. They combined pictorial depiction of Yoruba language and the Yoruba Alphabet in Latin form, produced with Cyanotype, popularly used to archive plants. Material: 25 Cyanotype, Paper, Polyester ribbons, Wood Size: 4.2mX 3mX3m Year:2016
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Projects credited in
- Championing Diversity: This Black History Month 2018, meet 100 creatives inspiring changeThis Black History Month 2018, we’ve brought together a group of outstanding industry heroes to each nominate 10 black changemakers and creators that are shaping culture, arts, design, business, tech and beyond. We still have a way to go when it comes to conquering the lack of diversity in the creative industry - which is why it so important for us, as a platform, to use our force for good. To do so, throughout the year we spotlight incredible people, the projects that they are involved with141
Work history
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Photographer & ArtistDiana Agunbiade-Kolawole
London, United KingdomFull Time
Photographer and artist
client:
Tate
Nigerian High Commission, London
British Council
National Trust
NHS
UAL
Big Issue
People's Palace Project
Chocolate films
A WriteTalkListen
ReCreative
Skills
- Art
- Lecturing
- Performance Art
- Photography
- Darkroom