Polly Alakija information

Polly Alakija (born 1966) is a British muralist, artist and children's book author. Born in Britain, she moved to Nigeria upon marrying her Nigerian husband and most of her works focus on Nigerian-themed concepts.^[1]

She was an artist in residence for the 2015 Cheltenham Jazz Festival^[2] and had a solo exhibition at the Quintessence Gallery, Ikoyi also in 2015.^[3] A number of her works are composed of paintings of objects such as Cycle rickshaws called marwa in Nigeria, molue bus and Volkswagen Beetles.^[4] In 2019, Alakija was featured in the Visual Collaborative electronic catalog, under the Polaris series, she was interviewed alongside other artists from around the world.^[5]^[6]

^ Burgis, T. (2015, July 25). Art Without Labels. Financial Times, p. 27.
^ "Painted pianos go on display around Jazz Festival arenas". April 24, 2015.
^ Olatunbosun, Yinka (September 27, 2015). "Polly's Visual Narratives in Prints". Thisday. Lagos.
^ Olatunbosun, Yinka (January 25, 2015). "For the Molue, the Drums Roll Out". Thisday. Lagos.
^ Agbana, Rotimi (2 April 2019). "Shehab, Bobby, Tosin Oshinowo, others featured on Visual Collaborative". Vanguard (Nigeria). Retrieved 2 May 2019.
^ "Polly Alakija Polaris Interview". Visual Collaborative. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

[1] Burgis, T. (2015, July 25). Art Without Labels. Financial Times, p. 27.

[2] "Painted pianos go on display around Jazz Festival arenas". April 24, 2015.

[yol-3] Olatunbosun, Yinka (September 27, 2015). "Polly's Visual Narratives in Prints". Thisday. Lagos.

[yin-4] Olatunbosun, Yinka (January 25, 2015). "For the Molue, the Drums Roll Out". Thisday. Lagos.

[5] Agbana, Rotimi (2 April 2019). "Shehab, Bobby, Tosin Oshinowo, others featured on Visual Collaborative". Vanguard (Nigeria). Retrieved 2 May 2019.

[6] "Polly Alakija Polaris Interview". Visual Collaborative. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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