Ibitoye Emmanuel

Emmanuel Ibitoye hails from Aiyedun in the Oke-Ero Local Government Area of Kwara State Nigeria. He developed an interest in art right from primary school. He further fuelled his passion for art at Osi central secondary School, Osi. He proceeded to Osun State College of Education Ila-Orangun where he studied fine and Applied art from 2012 to 2015. He is an Art Educator and a multi-media painter who uses his art to address issues such as environmental decadence, culture, and racism. He believes that art is a tool that can be used to bring about environmental and human sanity, cultural integration, and the breaking of racial barriers.

He uses his art to project the black race in a dignified manner, he is the exponent of Neo- black Renaissance Art. He uses icons and motifs from peacock feathers to weave around his subject using the elegance of peacocks to relate his message. He has participated in art exhibitions and art programs.

Submitted by Constance and Sons Gallery