Ismail Odetola
Ismail Odetola is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice focuses on socioeconomic, political issues and ecological justice in the world today.
His career as an artist could be dated back to 2015 as a young photographer roaming the streets of Lagos in search of images.
He later earned a certificate in radio production (2016) from national broadcast academy FRCN, Lagos, Nigeria and a certificate in entrepreneurship (2017) from Bocconi University, Milan, Italy.
His visual works have won awards and prizes around the world; UNESCO global youth photo 2017, EU/OECD youth photo contest 2018, FIBA Photo Contest 2018, Nasser Bin Hamad international youth creativity 2018, Flow tales 2020, ARTDEX 2021.
His works have also been featured in national and international exhibitions by, UNAOC, Felix Schoeller Photoaward, Blackartrmatters, Artfront Galleries, the peace studio, Flea circus, Embracing our difference, upthestaircase, lesnouveauxcollectionneurs, Open art, Harbor Review, Eco aware gallery, hypersensium, African art in context. The guardian UK, cold strawberries collective, SABAA- education, Vernacular art space laboratory, social art award, climate utopias, Li tang gallery, surface gallery.
Ismail was also shortlisted for 2018 Youmanity Award, 2019 Germany Peace prize for photography, Siena creative photo award 2020, and Global Health 50/50 This is Gender 2021. He will be the artist in residency at Dogo Residence for New Art – Lichtensteig Switzerland - October and November 2022 where he will be working on the theme “Home”
Nude is beauty
How should a person be? No one knows how to be, but to be naked is to let all out in the open, with no place to hide, to be oneself with no shame, this way nothing is sacred and nothing is secret. Nude goes beyond sexuality, its freedom. The space this work was created depicts the bareness of nature and its beauty, so are the two naked men placed in opposition dimension on dry leaves, the concept is to explore how man interacts with his immediate environment.
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“Bloot”
A group exhibition with 10 young artists all over Flanders. Curating the young brings photography, paintings, poetry... to the streets of Brussels, Leuven, Ghent, Antwerp and Hasselt.
What does "Bloot" mean? It's nakedness, in all its forms. Discover how the artists translate this theme each in their own way.
This exhibition was made possible by Curating The Young, a young and dynamic curatorial collective that makes space for up-and-coming talent. For five years now, they have been providing a stage for young artists.
>> Click here for an overview of the artists, routes and locations <<