Ade Adesina | 8 October - 13 November 2022 | The Academicians' Gallery

Ade Adesina

Parallel
Born in Nigeria in 1980, Ade Adesina RSA studied Fine Art at Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen (2008-12). Continuing to live and work in Aberdeen, Adesina’s subject matter spans continents, metropolises and jungles, but the backdrop of the North Sea oil and fishing industries are often also visible.

Adesina’s work has been exhibited worldwide and he is the recipient of a host of awards recognising his achievements in printmaking. Becoming the first RSA New Contemporary to be elected a Royal Scottish Academician in 2017, and benefitting from several RSA awards and residencies including the John Kinross Scholarship, Adesina’s extraordinary success has been encouraged and recognised by the Royal Scottish Academy throughout his career so far.
Parallel is Adesina’s second solo exhibition in The Academicians’ Gallery. Approaching diverse subjects including climate crisis, industry, architecture, deforestation and Scottish culture, the exhibition is a visual compendium rife with finely observed detail and fantastical moments.

RSA Director, Colin R. Greenslade: ‘To attempt to encapsulate the breadth of meaning in Ade’s work is, perhaps, impossible. He has an uncanny knack of being able to distil and focus imagery yet pour it out into the most extraordinary juxtaposition imaginable. His eye is a camera, recording the simple and beautiful; the everyday and mundane; the terrific and terrifying; peaceful and prophetic.’

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