Olu Amoda (born 1959)[1] is a Nigerian sculptor, muralist, furniture designer, and multimedia artist best known for using relics of discarded consumer such as rusty nails, metal plates, bolts, pipes, spoons and rods to create sculptural figures, flora and animals to highlight Nigerians socio-political and cultural issues from sex, politics, race and conflict to economic distribution.
[2] In January 2020, he was announced the artistic director of Now Sculpture 2020 exhibition, by the Sculptors Association of Nigeria, for the 2020 National conference organised by ScAN.
[9] In 2000, he worked as an artist-in-residence in Villa Arson in Nice, France, and at the Bag Factory in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2003.
[1][10] Amoda's work was featured in Lend Me Your Dream, a pan-African exhibition organized by the Foundation for the Development of Contemporary African Culture.
[11] and started his teaching career in 1987, where he taught Sculpture and Drawing at the School of Art, Design and Printing at Yaba College of Technology in Lagos since.