Living the Dream: 'Gifted Hands' Genius Nigerian woman, PEJU ALATISE rule the world of Arts, 'Ascension' artwork sold highest in Nigeria's Art Auction at 4.4 million Naira … fights against injustice of the present through a vision of a safer imaginary future for little girls by addressing the issue of child labor *Use arts to combat societal issues, incorporating literature, symbolism and traditional Yoruba mythology into works *Work exhibited at Venice Biennale's 57th edition, themed Viva Arte Viva (Long Live Art), 2014 Casablanca Biennale in Morocco, Cooper Gallery for African and African American Art Harvard University, 2017, Resignification of Black Body; 2016 in Museo Bardini- Florence. Other works featured in Familiar boundaries-Infinite possibilities exhibition, August Wilson Center, Pittsburgh, USA, Resignification of Black bodies, Palermo, Italy, Curator- Awam Ampka (New York University), June 2018; Péju Alatise Memoirs of the forgotten, 2019 Sulger Buel Gallery, London Intricacies: Fragment & Meaning, Aicon Gallery, New York, 2019 *A graduate of Architecture created a group of life-size figures based on the life of a servant girl to become a recipient of the 2017 FNB Art Prize in Johannesburg, South Africa *She is a Nigerian artist, poet, writer; a fellow at the National Museum of African Art influenced by David Dale, Bruce Onabrakpeya, Nike Monica Davies, Susanna Wenger, Nigerian and Yoruba culture *""When I look at the standard in which I want my work to be, I look at what is happening on a global scale. The artists who inspire me are those whose works engage in a way that either informs or inspires you, that talk to the true essence of the human in you and I want my work to do the same"-ALATISE *BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN Senior Investigative EDITOR
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