Adéọlá Ọlágúnjú is a Nigerian visual artist working with photography, video, sound and installations.
Adéọlá Ọlágúnjú grew up in Nigeria during the era of military dictatorship – a tumultuous period that influenced her future work by teaching her, in her own words, that "rebirth comes with chaos, confusion, and destruction".
[1] Adéọlá Ọlágúnjú attended the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology in Ogbomosho, Nigeria, where she graduated in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in Fine and Applied Arts.
In 2021, she earned a master's degree in Photography Studies and Practice at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany.
[2] Ọlágúnjú's work has been exhibited at galleries and museums including Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles,[3] Bonhams in London,[4] Rencontres d'Arles,[5] Lagos Biennial,[6] Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam[7] Palais de Tokyo Paris,[8] African Photography Encounters,[9] Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris,[10] and Galerie In Situ, Paris.