About me

Eddie Ade Akin is a London-based curator, writer, visual storyteller and producer who works with artists and institutions to deliver a range of projects, programmes and art exhibitions. He approaches creative storytelling with a multidisciplinary and pluralistic perspective. The British-born Nigerian is an adept curator, writer, filmmaker and public speaker. Eddie Ade interweaves narratives from his personal life with surrealistic abstraction and ideals of the developed canon of Post-colonial discourse. His character is calm. He values research-driven ideation processes and collaborative knowledge sharing. He found the professional industry of the Arts in school and volunteered in local institutions at the age of Sixteen. Eddie Ade graduated with a BA in Culture, Criticism, and Curation at Central Saint Martins. During his BA, his critical research followed Art History, Ethnographical studies, Ethnomusicological studies, Conceptual Art, and the structure of cultural institutions and policy. He recently graduated with an MA in Information Experience Design from the Royal College of Art. His practitioner research interests are to generate experiences that explore the intersection of art, science, and the environment via the interrelationships between people, materials, and environments. Eddie Ade has previously developed projects with IRCAM Centre, Centre Pompidou, Piccadilly Lights, Landsec, A Space For Art, Koko Foundation, Soho Radio, and Reference Point. He is a Co-founder and curator of the curatorial collective AKH | Art Kinship Highlighted. AKH explores collective expression using locality as a catalyst to generate sonic and or visual sketch scenes of new world experiences.Eddie Ade Akin is a London-based curator, writer, visual storyteller and producer who works with artists and institutions to deliver a range of projects, programmes and art exhibitions. He approaches creative storytelling with a multidisciplinary and pluralistic perspective. The British-born Nigerian is an adept curator, writer, filmmaker and public speaker. Eddie Ade interweaves narratives from his personal life with surrealistic abstraction and ideals of the developed canon of Post-colonial discourse. His character is calm. He values research-driven ideation processes and collaborative knowledge sharing. He found the professional industry of the Arts in school and volunteered in local institutions at the age of Sixteen. Eddie Ade graduated with a BA in Culture, Criticism, and Curation at Central Saint Martins. During his BA, his critical research followed Art History, Ethnographical studies, Ethnomusicological studies, Conceptual Art, and the structure of cultural institutions and policy. He recently graduated with an MA in Information Experience Design from the Royal College of Art. His practitioner research interests are to generate experiences that explore the intersection of art, science, and the environment via the interrelationships between people, materials, and environments. Eddie Ade has previously developed projects with IRCAM Centre, Centre Pompidou, Piccadilly Lights, Landsec, A Space For Art, Koko Foundation, Soho Radio, and Reference Point. He is a Co-founder and curator of the curatorial collective AKH | Art Kinship Highlighted. AKH explores collective expression using locality as a catalyst to generate sonic and or visual sketch scenes of new world experiences.

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Skills

• Art Curation
• Art Galleries
• Art Journalism
• Art Criticism
• Art Direciton
• Design
• Film
• Photography
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Music Artwork

Education

BA(Hons) Culture, Criticism CurationCentral Saint Martins (UAL)
Sep 2017London, United Kingdom

Awards

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ESB Level 2 DebatingEnglish speaking Board
ESB Level 1 Award in Debating gives late primary and early secondary school pupils an opportunity to endorse their talent for debating and improve their skills. Debating is an essential life skill and an aid to develop soft skills such as critical thinking, teamwork and leadership. All of ESB’s schools qualifications are mapped to the UK National Curriculum and are proven to increase attainment and confidence in speaking and listening.
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ESB Level 1 Award in Speech (Grade 3)English speaking Board
The ESB Level 1 Award in Speech (Grade 3) promotes oracy and is designed to develop learners’ presentational skills and build their confidence in self-expression. The target learner group is Year 8 students. The qualification is mapped to National Curriculum requirements in Spoken English at Key Stages 3. All assessment is external, in your school at a time to suit you.

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