Adekunle will discuss her work and artistic journey exploring issues surrounding race, gender and sexuality as well as racial and colonial history. The conversation will be followed by a short Q&A and a tour around the exhibition with the artist.
All welcome, but booking essential.
Tayo Adekunle (b.1997) is a Nigerian-British visual artist from West Yorkshire, based in London. Using predominantly portraiture and self-portraiture, her work explores issues surrounding race, gender and sexuality. In an interrogation of racial and colonial history, her work is centered around reworking tropes and narratives about black people and black culture. Tayo received her BA(Hons) in Photography at Edinburgh College of Art in 2020. Since then she has been an artist in residence at institutions around the UK including the Southbank Center in London, Leeds Playhouse in Leeds, Hospitalfield in Arbroath, Dundee and Edinburgh Printmakers in Edinburgh.
Christian Noelle Charles is a Black Female Artist currently living and working in Glasgow, Scotland. A Syracuse, New York native, Christian's work is an exploration of female representation and self-love in a contemporary world. She has acquired a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Cooper Union in New York City and a Master of Fine Arts at the Glasgow School of Art. She has presented works with Tramway and CCA in Glasgow, South London Gallery in London, and the Bangkok Art & Culture Center in Bangkok, Thailand.
Find out more about Tayo Adekunle's solo exhibition 'Stories of the Unseen' on our website.
This event is part of Series 3 of the Art of Printmaking, a series of talks which reflect on our current exhibition programme. Keep your eyes peeled for Series 4 events coming soon!
Image credit: Tayo Adekunle, Reclamation of the Exposition #01, giclee print, 2020.
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