EMMANUEL AKOLO O.
Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada | akoloel@gmail.com
www.akoloemma.com | Instagram: @akoloemma
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EDUCATION
B.Eng Civil Engineering, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria, 2016
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Reclaiming Narratives: A Black Resistance, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, 2025
Melanin & Masterpieces, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 2025
Bella A beau art exhibition, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria, 2020
Artist Village, Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove Park and Gardens, Nigeria, 2019
Signature Sogal Acquire, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria, 2018
This is Kuta Exhibition, Nest by Kuta, Abeokuta, Ogun, Nigeria, 2017
Art Varsity Awakening, Funaab Art beat, Abeokuta, Ogun, Nigeria, 2016
PGM live art exhibition, Lagos, Nigeria, 2016
JURIED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Niagara Falls Juried Art Exhibition, Niagara Falls Exchange, Ontario, Canada, 2025
Layers, City of St Catharines, 2025
SELECTED COMMISSIONS, ILLUSTRATIONS, & PROJECTS
The Samsung Frame Tv, 2025
Portrait of Commissioner, Osun State Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning, 2017
Portrait of Ooni of Ife, Imperial Majesty, 2017
PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
23 Artists to collect in 2023, Saatchi Art, 2023
A special curation that explore the mother-child bond, Good Homes, India, 2023
AWARDS
BEST in SHOW, Niagara Falls Juried Art Exhibition, 2025
2nd Place Achievement, Live painting Competition, Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2025
Ogun State Visual Arts Awards Nominee, 2017
RESIDENCIES
Artist Village, Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove Park and Gardens, Nigeria, 2018
Femi Johnson Art gallery, Osogbo, Osun. Nigeria, 2017
COLLECTIONS
Private Collections in Canada, Hong Kong, Nigeria, United Kingdom and United States of America