Ademola Olugebefola (né Bedwick Lyola Thomas; born October 2, 1941)[1][2] is an American multidisciplinary visual artist, designer, educator, musician, and businessperson from Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
[5] Olugebefola art practice includes work in painting, murals, printmaking, illustration, drawing, theatre scenic design, and sculpture.
[4] Olugebefola took part in the exhibitions Seeing Jazz: Artists and Writers on Jazz (1997) at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.;[10] Black Art-Ancestral Legacy: The African Impulse in African-American Art (1989–1990) at the Dallas Museum of Art in Dallas, Texas; and When The Spirit Moves: African American Art Inspired by Dance (2000–2001) at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art in Atlanta, and Anacostia Community Museum in Washington D.C..[2][11] Olugebefola's work can be found in museum collections, including the Studio Museum in Harlem;[12] and his papers are in the archives at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
[2] In the 1970s with his brothers, he opened "Ori-Gem", a Caribbean apparel store and gallery in St.
[1] In 1980, he opened with his wife Pat Davis, Solar Associates an marketing, advertising, and graphic production firm.