Jadé Fadojutimi lives and works in London, UK. Fadojutimi works primarily with paintings, interrogating the construction and constraints of identity, whilst offering a space for individual liberation.
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Responding to personal experience, Fadojutimi layers veils of colour with rhythmic, gestural brushstrokes and at times scrapes the paint back, building exhilarating, immersive environments where forms on the cusp of recognition dissolve into abstraction. Recent and upcoming exhibitions include Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, UK (2020, 2017); PEER, UK (2019); and Galerie Gisela Capitain, Germany (2019); Taka Ishii Gallery, Japan (2021); The Hepworth Wakefield, UK (2021) and ICA Miami, USA (2021).
Liverpool Biennial 2021
Jadé Fadojutimi presented a series of large-scale paintings at Bluecoat. Using oils and oil sticks on canvas, the artist captured scenes of the familiar and the unfamiliar. Depicting complex emotional landscapes, the paintings reflect her self-image, thought process and the environments she works within. For Fadojutimi, the stretched canvas provides a physical space onto which the material of the paint itself has the power to assume a vast range of identities, reflecting the fluidity and multiplicity of the human experience. Contemplating on the notions of identity, Fadojutimi moves between abstraction and figuration in her attempt to recognise a sense of place in uncertain worlds.
Courtesy of the artist, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London and Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne.
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Jadé Fadojutimi, Let’s take a walk in a tangent, 2018. Installation view at Bluecoat, Liverpool Biennial 2021. Photography: Stuart Whipps
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Jadé Fadojutimi, Even an awkward smile can sprout beyond the sun, 2021 . Installation view at Bluecoat, Liverpool Biennial 2021. Photography: Stuart Whipps
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Jadé Fadojutimi, The Luna(tic) Effect, 2020 . Installation view at Bluecoat, Liverpool Biennial 2021. Photography: Stuart Whipps
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Jadé Fadojutimi at Bluecoat, Liverpool Biennial 2021. Installation view. Documented: Even an awkward smile can sprout beyond the sun, 2021. The Luna(tic) Effect, 2020. Photography: Stuart Whipps
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Jadé Fadojutimi, Let’s take a walk in a tangent, 2018. Installation view at Bluecoat, Liverpool Biennial 2021. Photography: Rob Battersby
Jadé Fadojutimi – Studio Visit
Delve into the colourful world of Jadé Fadojutimi’s studio as she gives us an exclusive look at the objects and ideas that inspire her practice and LB2021 commission.