Joseph Mobolaji Aina

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Joseph Aina is a Nigerian-British Artist living and working in both London and Windsor.  He graduated from the Royal College of Art, upon the receipt of the Royal College of Art Studentship. Joseph’s work investigates human nature and the way in which it is interwoven into the fabric of society. With a specific interest in contemporary notions of identity and its place within popular culture. He identifies symbols within the streets and media as methods of communication between the social and the individual. By creating an alphabet from these symbols, he constructs visual poems that romantically illustrate the ills of society. Whilst at the RCA he has focused closely on analysing the presentation of black culture within the western world. His recent mask paintings pick up on many of the ideas raised by Frantz Fanon surrounding the loss of ‘Blackness’ and identity crisis.
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B. 1996. Nigerian-British Artist living and working in both London and Windsor.

 

Education

2020 - 2022 MA: Painting, Royal College of Art
2019 - 2020 Graduate Diploma: Fine Art, Royal College of Art

 

Solo Exhibitions

2024 Movement Above, Ada Gallery, Accra, Ghana

2023 The Movement Within, Berntson Bhattacharjee, London

2022 Looking: For a Saviour, Prior Art Space, Berlin

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023 Things Left Unsaid, Affinity, Lagos

2022 'The Life of Us' Prior Art Space, Berlin
2022 '/ru:t/' Bermondsey Project Space, London
2022 'Pin Board' Changing Room Gallery, London
2022 'TIMELINES' Safehouse 1, London
2021 'COPING IN COLOUR' Rupture XIBIT, London


Awards and Residences
2022 VALERIE BESTON ARTIST TRUST AWARD, Shortlist
2022/3 Travers Smith’s CSR Art Programme

2022 Prior Art Space, 1 Month Residency, Berlin
2021 Changing Room Gallery, 1 Month Residency, London