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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