Babajide Olatunji

**Babajide Olatunji(amụrụ Ọktoba 8, 1989) bụ onye nkuzi onwe ya nke oge a, onye na-ese ihe na Naijiria.[1]  A maara ya nke ọma maka usoro Mark Tribal ya, nke bụ usoro ihe osise hyperrealistic nwere mkpụrụedemede ihu.  Ọrụ ya na-abụkarị akara nke mkpa omenala ndị Yoruba na okwu mmekọrịta ọha na eze.[2]  Ọ ọkachamara na hyperrealism na trompe-l'œil art ụdị.** 

E gosipụtara ya na UK,  USA, UAE na Hong Kong.  Ndị na-anakọta ihe dịka Mott-Warsh Collection na Michigan enwetala ọrụ ya. N'afọ 2017, Babajide Olatunji bụ otu n'ime ndị omenkà kachasị nta sonyere na Royal Academy of Arts Exhibition na London, UK. Ọrụ ya na-egosipụta nkwenye miri emi maka akụkọ ihe mere eme na ọdịbendị Yoruba, nke ọ na-eme nchọpụta nke ọma yana echiche ndị ọzọ metụtara ọdịbendị dị mkpa. Ọ bi ma na-arụ ọrụ na Naịjirịa.

## Ndụ mbụ na ndabere
*Babajide Olatunji* si Okitipupa, Ondo State, Nigeria ma amụọ ya na Port Harcourt na 1989 na *Samuel Adeyemi Olatunji*; nna onye ọrụ gọọmentị, na *Florence Omolola Olatunji*: nne na-azụ ahịa. Ọ bụ nwa ikpeazụ n'ezinụlọ mmadụ isii. Ọchịchọ nka Babajide sitere n'ike mmụọ nsọ nke nwanne ya nwoke nke okenye, Olumide Olatunji, onye mere ka ọ mata nka ma duzie ya n'ime afọ iri nke kwụsịrị na mberede mgbe Olumide nwụrụ na 2005 n'ihi ọrịa sickle-cell. N'oge a, Babajide ga-anwa iṅomi ihe osise nke Olumide nke ọ mepụtara ka oge na-aga. Olumide mekwara ka ọ mata akwụkwọ, nke nyere aka n'echiche ya banyere nka.

Mgbe ọ dị afọ anọ, Babajide na-ese ma na-ese ihe na ndị na-ajụ ase site na gburugburu ebe obibi ya dị ka akwụkwọ, tebụl, na ọbụna ájá.  Nke a ghọrọ àgwà ngafe nke bịara na ọnụ ahịa nke izobe ụfọdụ eserese ya n'aka ndị nkuzi ya bụ ndị wepụrụ ihe siri ike nye ya 'na-emebi' tebụl ndị dị na klas.  O nwere akwụkwọ ndetu ihe osise osisi nke onye nkuzi weghaara na ọ dịghị eweghachi ya.  Otú ọ dị, ndị nkụzi ga-enye aka ya site n'ịtụle akwụkwọ ọgụgụ n'ime chalkboard.

Nna ya nwụrụ, onye na-enye ezinụlọ ahụ nri n'afọ 2010. Nke a gosipụtara oge dị mkpa na ndụ ya, ebe ọ ga-elekọta ọdịmma ezinụlọ ya ma e wezụga onwe ya. Ọ hapụrụ nka na mbụ iji lekwasị anya n'akwụkwọ ya, Otú ọ dị, ọ ghaghị ịmalite iwere ọrụ ndị e nyere iwu maka ihe oriri. O mere foto nke ndị mmadụ, ndị nne na nna ha, ndị ọrụ ibe ha na ndị ọ hụrụ n'anya iji nweta ego ya maka ndụ. O sere foto nke ndị ama ama dị ka Ramsey Nouah na Aṣa nke mere ka a mara ya na ụlọ akwụkwọ. Usoro ihe omume ndị a nyere aka mee ka nka bụrụ ihe dị mkpa nke ọrụ ọkachamara ya.

## Agụmakwụkwọ
Babajide Olatunji gara ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị Oyemekun, Akure, Ondo State .  N'afọ 2012, ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na nzere na botany na Mahadum Obafemi Awolowo, Ile-Ife . 

## Ọrụ
Ọrụ Babajide Olatunji kpalitere site n'ọnwụ nna ya na mkpa ọ dị maka ihe oriri dị ka onye na-eri nri ezinụlọ, nke mere ka ọ lekwasị anya n'ịchọpụta nkà na nkà mgbe ọ bụ nwata akwụkwọ na mahadum Obafemi Awolowo.[1]  Ọrụ Olatunji malitere na 2014, mgbe Victor Ehikhamenor gosipụtara ya na Ayo Adeyinka nke Tafeta Art Gallery, onye ọ jikọtara na Facebook na 2013.[2].  Adeyinka ghọkwara onye nnọchi anya ya na mkparịta ụka mbụ ha ga-eduga n'ịmepụta ọrụ mbụ ya, "Tribal Mark Series".  Usoro ahụ nyochara Ụzọ oge ochie nke ịchacha ihu maka njirimara na nhazi site na nkedo n'ime na n'etiti agbụrụ Naijiria[3]  N'ime oru ngo a, Babajide na-atụgharị uche n'echiche banyere ihe odide akụkọ ifo dị ka ụzọ e si enyocha njirimara na ọnọdụ ọha mmadụ nke oge a.

E gosipụtara "Tribal Mark Series I" nke Babajide Olatunji na TAFETA Gallery, London na 2014 dị ka mmeghe ya na ndị ọrụ nka ụwa. Ọrụ ya enwetawo nkwado dị ukwuu ma gbakwunye ya na nchịkọta onwe onye. Njikọ Babajide Olatunji na TAFETA Art Gallery dugara na mmepụta nke nnukwu ọrụ 4 n'etiti afọ 2014 na 2019 nke ọ na-aga n'ihu na-emepe ma na-emepụta.

## Ụdị nka
Babajide Olatunji na-arụ ọrụ n'ime mana, ọ bụghị oke na hyperrealism na ụdị nka trompe-l'œil.  Ọ na-ekwu na isi ihe nchụso ya maka inweta ikike bụ nghọta nke mmekọrịta dị n'etiti ìhè na onyinyo, na-ezo aka na ndị na-ese ihe dị ka Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Van Rign na Jan Vermeer, bụ ndị ọkachamara nke ìhè.

Babajide Olatunji na-akọwa ụdị nka ya dị ka nke sitere na echiche, mmetụta mberede, ebe mberede, okwu mkparịta ụka, echiche efu ma ọ bụ echiche ọ bụla chọrọ nlebara anya ngwa ngwa ma ọ bụ "ìhè na-enye nsogbu nke na-ajụ ịhapụ uche ya ruo mgbe e mere ihe banyere ya". Ọ na-ejikarị ụdị nka nke ịkọ akụkọ site na nka iji dọta ma jide uche nke na-akpali mkparịta ụka. Nke a gosipụtara na nchịkọta ọrụ ya, ebe, o ji graphite mee ihe na akwụkwọ na coal na akwụkwọ, tupu ọ gbanwee gaa na charcoal na pastel.Usoro okike ya na-amalite site na akụkọ, nke e kere tupu ya adọta ihe ndị a chọrọ, mgbe ọ nyochachara echiche iji mepụta ọnụ ọgụgụ dị iche iche. Ọ na-enye ihe okike ya site na oge nyocha dị ukwuu, owu ọmụma na ogologo ije.Usoro ntụgharị nke nchịkọta ọrụ ya dị ugbu a, nke nwere ike iwe ọtụtụ ụbọchị ma ọ bụ ọtụtụ afọ, iji mezue, na-amalite site na echiche okike nke isiokwu nke ihe osise ahụ, na-akọwa njirimara, ụdị akpụkpọ ahụ na ebe ọ dị mkpa iche echiche akụkọ ahụike dị ka arụ ọrụ n'oge mmepe nke "Tribal Mark Series", mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị ọ malitere usoro mmepụta.A na-ahụkarị ya na Afro, uwe elu na uwe mkpụmkpụ mgbe ọ na-agba egwú na ụdị egwu kachasị amasị ya dịka Jazz, mgbe ọ na'ọrụ.Ọ na-arụ ọrụ ugbu a na mmanụ pastel na acrylic, njikọta nke a hụrụ dị ka ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ ihe na-agaghị ekwe omume n'ịmepụta foto-realism.

## Ọrụ ndị a ma ama

### Tribal Mark Series I-IV (site na 2014)
Usoro Tribal Mark bụ Babajide's nwa agbọghọ ọkachamara oru ngo malitere site na mmekorita ya na TAFETA Art Gallery na 2013. Ihe oru ngo a bu a collection of portraits na omenala omume nke ihu scarification, kere enweghị seaters dị ka muses, mbụ kọntaktị ma ọ bụ mbụ foto nke ndị mmadụ n'otu n'otu.  [1]  Ụzọ a si mee ihe omume ahụ nyeere ya aka ịghọta usoro dị n'okpuru ihu na mmekọrịta ya na akụkụ ahụ ndị ọzọ.  A na-ekwu na ọ bụ ndị omenaala n'ofe mba Africa, ọkachasị ndị Yoruba nọ na Naịjirịa.  Ọ masịrị ya otú e si mata ndị nwere akara ebo n'oge a na-azụ ahịa ohu, n'ihe metụtara ndị si n'ọdịbendị ọzọ nke ụwa.  Ihe oru ngo a webatara nchọnchọ n'afọ narị abụọ bụ nke e ji amata na ịchọ mma site n'akara ebo (a na-akpọ "Ila") site n'ọdịnala ndị Yoruba n'oge ahia ohu.[2]  Ọ nyochara ihe osise dị ka ihe na-egosipụta ihe dị iche iche nke njirimara dị ka nkà site n'ime ka àgwà, ahụmahụ agwa na akụkọ ndị zoro ezo n'azụ ihu na eserese.  O kere obere usoro n'ime oru ngo ahụ nke isiokwu Twins (Diptych) nke ahọpụtara ka egosipụtara na ngosi okpomọkụ nke Royal Academy of Art.  Ihe ngosi ejima (Diptych) sitere na 13 June - 20 August na Burlington House na London.[3] [4]  Ndị ọrụ nka nabatara nke ọma oru ngo a ma na mpaghara ma na mba ụwa ma gosi ya n'ofe ụwa.[5]  Ihe oru ngo a emeela ka onye na-ese ihe na-echefu echefu, dị ka ịhụ nwanyị nke yiri ihe osise o sere n'oge usoro n'enweghị nzukọ ọ bụla.  Ihe oru ngo a bu ihe nleba anya ihe osise 70 emebere rue ubochi.

### Akwụkwọ Ilu (malite n'afọ 2015)
*Akwụkwọ Ilu bụ ọrụ na-egosi ilu Yoruba Babajide mụtara mgbe ọ na-etolite.  Ọrụ a sitere n'ike mmụọ nsọ site n'ahụmahụ na-enweghị atụ nke mmekọrịta ya na ndị mụrụ ya n'oge ọ bụ nwata na okwu ilu ha na-ekwu maka ebumnobi na-adịghị adị mfe ikwupụta ma, dabara na ọnọdụ dịgasị iche iche.  O tinyere aka n'ọrụ a iji nwalee mkpa na ike dị na nkọwa nke ilu ndị a na-anọchi anya n'ime ọha mmadụ nke oge a.  Nnyocha ya banyere ọrụ a mere ka ọ mata ụkpụrụ na-adịghị agafe agafe nke na-akọwa mmekọrịta mmadụ na mmekọrịta ha na gburugburu ebe obibi ha.  Otu n'ime ihe ndị a bụ nke akpọrọ The Martyrdom of Reason after the Yoruba proverb "Orí bíbé kó ni ọgwụ orí fifó," which translates to " you cannot cure a headache by decapitation "." The Martyrdom of Reason" piece is a reaction and contribute to the  ichekwa ilu ndị na-emetụta ọnọdụ ụwa ugbu a karịa ka ọ dịbu.*

### Akụkọ ihe mere eme nke ndị Yoruba (site na 2018)
*Akụkọ Ihe Mere Eme nke Ndị Yoruba* na-enyocha nnọchiteanya ọdịbendị na ịkọ akụkọ banyere njirimara nke ndị Yoroba na ụzọ ha na njem akụkọ ihe mere eme maka mmepe ụwa.

#### The History of The Yorubas (Mpịakọta nke Mbụ): ''Oge Obatala na Forge nke Sokoti (Alagbede Orun) '' (2018)
Nke a bụ ọrụ kachasị ukwuu nke Babajide Olatunji na nke mbụ ya na acrylic na ákwà, nke gafere ihe karịrị mita 4 n'ogologo, nke akpọrọ "The History of the Yorubas (Volume I): Oge Obatala na forge nke Sokoti". Ọ bụ ihe maka Art Central, Hong Kong .  Ọ na-akọwa oge Obàtálá na Sokoti (*Alagbede Orun*). Nke a bụ akụkọ ifo nke ndị Yoruba nke Obàtálá, onye otu kansụl chi nke Olodumare, chere na ọ bụ ihe amamihe dị na ya ịmepụta ihe a kpọrObàtálá. Mgbe ọ natara ngọzi Olodumare, Obàtálá jụrụ Orunmila, maka ndụmọdụ gbasara ihe ọ na-ekwu maka ịmalite.Ọ na-eme ka akụkọ ifo a rụọ ọrụ site n'igosi ihe e chepụtara echepụta ebe Obàtálá gara n'ebe a na-akpụ ihe na Sokotí iji nyochaa ogologo ma sie ike ọlaedo iji ruo *Òde Ayé* (ụwa) site na *Ìsálú Òrun* (ebe obibi nke chi). A na-etinye ihe osise ahụ na ilu zoro ezo na ihe ọ pụtara, gụnyere ihe osise triangular nke na-egosipụta nkwenye Yoruba na mkpa nke nọmba atọ.

#### The History of the Yorubas (Mpịakọta nke Abụọ): Efunsetan Aniwura: Iyalode of Ibadan (2019)
250 cm site na 300 cm acrylic na ákwà linin primed na-egosi ọnọdụ mmekọrịta na akụ na ụba nke Iyalode Efunsetan Aniwura, onye nwere mmetụta dị ukwuu na usoro ọdịbendị Ibadan nke narị afọ nke 19. &nbsp;&nbsp;Ihe osise ahụ na-egosi nleta ya na Efunsetan bụ onye ahịa a na-akwanyere ùgwù na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị nke oge ya. Akụkụ ahụ nwere ozi Youruba zoro ezo nke ihe ọdịbendị dị n'ime ya gosipụtara nke na-enye nghọta banyere ndị mmadụ n'ime ihe osise ahụ, ọdịdị nke nzukọ ahụ na mmekọrịta dị n'etiti ihe ndị dị na mpempe akwụkwọ ahụ. A na-etinye ihe mejupụtara mpempe akwụkwọ ahụ n'ụzọ dị mfe ma jiri Ọnụ ọgụgụ ọla edo mee ihe na usoro ya nke igosi ọnọdụ na nha nke ihe odide iji gosipụta mkpa ha dị na eserese ahụ. E gosipụtara mpempe akwụkwọ ahụ na UK's Contemporary African Art Fair na Somerset House na London, dị ka akụkụ nke UK Black History Month celebrations.

### Aroko (2019)
*Aroko* bụ usoro nke iberibe na-enyocha omume oge ochie nke izipu ozi nzuzo site na ihe ndị dị mfe kwa ụbọchị,  na onye ozi na-amaghị ebumnuche nke ihe ndị a gbanwere n'etiti onye na-eziga na onye nata.  Isiokwu bụ isi sitere n'ike mmụọ nsọ ya site na ọmụmụ akwụkwọ nke kọwara ọdịbendị oge ochie na ụzọ ha si ekwurịta okwu. Ihe ndị dị ka nkume, ntụ ọkụ, mmanụ aṅụ, akwụkwọ na azụ bụ ụfọdụ n'ime ihe ndị e ji mee ihe n'oge ochie a, usoro a na-eweta ihe ndị a na ndụ ma gosipụta ụfọdụ ozi *[[:yo:Àrokò|àrokò]]* kpọmkwem.

## Ihe ngosi
Babajide bịanyere aka na ya bụ UK Art Gallery TAFETA.

* 2018 The Contemporary African Art Fair, Dallas.
* 2018 Tribal Markings, TAFETA Project Space, Lagos
* 2017 Art X Lagos
* 2017 1:54 Contemporary Art Fair, Somerset House, London 
* 2017 Royal Academy Summer Show, London UK 
* 2017 Scope Basel, Basel Switzerland
* 2017 1:54 New York, Brooklyn, New York
* 2017 Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, SA 
* Ihe ngosi 2017 na Mott-Warsh Collection, Michigan, USA
* 2016 Central Saint Martins Post Graduate Art Exhibition/Auction
* 2016 ArtX, Lagos (ya na Bloom Arts) 
* 2016 1:54 Contemporary Art Fair, Somerset House, London 
* 2016 African Art: The Market Now, JP Morgan, Canary Wharf, London 
* 2016 Enwonwu & Olatunji, TAFETA, London 
* 2016 Opening Exhibition, MW Gallery, Flint Michigan
* 2016 1:54 New York, Brooklyn, New York
* 2015 Babajide Olatunji The Book of Proverbs, Art Clip Africa TAFETA, Lagos 
* 2015 Yellow Sun: The New Contemporaries, Lagos 
* 2015 Central Saint Martins Post Graduate Art Exhibition
* 2015 ArtHamptons 2015, Hamptons, New York 
* 2015 Tribal Marks Series II (ọrụ ahọpụtara), Tafeta, London
* 2014 Tribal Marks Series I, Tafeta, London 
* 2012 Ilesa Poetry Festival

## Ebe obibi
Ihe nkiri Art Clip Africa Art Residency Program Jenụwarị/ Febụwarị 2016

## Nchịkọta ọha na eze
Nchịkọta Mott-Warsh, Michigan, USA

## Edensibia

## Njikọ mpụga

* Babajide Olatunji - ArtXLagos https://web.archive.org/web/20201001075444/https://artxlagos.com/artists/babajide-olatunji-3/

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