Adéwálé Adénlé UNSETTLED at eyedrum 2/15-3/8/26

Exhibition Run: Feb 15-March 8
Opening Reception Sunday Feb 15, 2-5pm
Closing with Artist talk March 8, 2-5pm

Adéwálé Adénlé explores dual realities and logics in socio-cultural-political constructs and systems, arriving at a three-dimensional painting that vastly engages the viewer to unload and search for multiple logics in its interpretation. Within these dualities, he induces metaphorical slippages in relationships between objects and their contexts to form new meanings and expose contradictions embedded many c conventional social cultural structures.

Adénlé holds an MA in Museum Studies, an MFA in painting and drawing, and a Ph.D. in arts/museum administration, education, and policy. He has taught art practice and theory in numerous public K12 schools and universities across the United States, has received multiple awards, and has completed several public art projects— including Congo Square, an 8 ft × 14 ft cast-bronze high-relief sculpture in downtown New Orleans. For nearly two decades, Adénlé worked as a political cartoonist/editor in various news media in Nigeria, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He has also exhibited, curated, conducted research, and facilitated visual art and theory programs/projects across four continents. He currently lives and works in Atlanta, where he also serves as an Assistant Professor at the Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design at Georgia State University.