Road Less Travelled

Derek Jahyem Jombo-Ogboi

Derek Jahyem Jombo-Ogboi studied visual art at Yaba College of Technology.

Jombo-Ogboi draws influences from his birth and childhood in Benin, to address issues surrounding identity, ethnicity and status. His stylistic direction has also been shaped by the classical masters and their approach to the human figure.

Painting primarily on canvas, he is similarly adept at graffiti and auditory mediums. In his painting, Jombo-Ogboi exhibits a calm academic realism finely blended with elements of the surreal. Heavily laden with metaphors,his work is distinguishable by its complex layers of interwoven narratives, an exceptional approach to composition, colour, space and light as well as a deftness in capturing his figures with empathy.

Olubankole Olabode

Olubankole Olabode’s multi-faceted practice embraces primarily painting, calligraphy and illustration.

His formal training began with a stint at Universal Studios of Art, Lagos where he refined his drawing skills. He went on to earn a National Diploma in fine art from Yaba College of Technology (2015).

Olabode explores a diversity of media ranging from pastels, graphite and charcoal to pen and ink, coffee, watercolour, oil and acrylic—the latter two being his most favoured. Also a talented muralist, his work centres on the religious and socio-political. In promoting critical thought and engaging conversations, Olabode employs satire as well as symbolic references as metaphors in addressing pertinent issues affecting Africa and her related diaspora. More recently, his body functions as the cynosure in paintings that at once become tools to interrogate, dismantle or reinforce often neglected societal values and knowledge systems.

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Derek Jahyem Jombo-Ogboi

Olubankole Olabode

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