Bimbo Adenugba
Bimbo Adenugba is a Nigerian artist, born in Lagos over 40 years ago.
He holds a Higher National Diploma (H.N.D) in Painting from the Yaba College of Technology with Distinction in 1995.
He is a recipient of numerous academic and corporate awards, among which are “Best Overall Performance”, 1st Prize National Academy Press Award.
Bimbo has participated in several group exhibitions both in Nigeria and abroad this Include, “Beyond Boundaries” Accra Ghana, “The Sandton show”, Sandton, South Africa, “Colour Perspectives” California, USA.
His works have been auctioned in several auction houses both in Nigeria and abroad; these include, Art House Contemporary Auction Nigeria and Charitable auctions / exhibition at Besharat Gallery Atlanta, USA, in conjunction with Empower 54 to raise funds for the support of the Internally Displaced People in Northern Nigeria. (I.D.P)
Bimbo is documented in several books and documentaries among which are “101 Artists of Nigeria”, Artists in Nigeria”, “Issues of Contemporary Nigerian Art”.
He is the Secretary of The Guild of Professional Fine Artists of Nigeria (G.F.A) and a member of the Society of Nigerian Artists (S.N.A), Lagos Chapter.
Bimbo Adenugba is a full time studio artist.
Title: The side she shows
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 51 x 142 cm (20 x 56 inches)
Year: 2017
She is Beauty and Elegance personified,
A thing of light but also dark-filled,
With unspeakable burdens,
Pains and the frustrations,
That She bears,
With ease, sometimes with tears,
She is ever ready to be Venus,
Nefertiti, Cleopatra and more,
Vixen with talons or angel with a halo,
If her man says he wants it so.
Tonight she is a temptress,
In a diaphanous dress
Of deep sea green,
Her sandals simple and alluring.
-Chidi Ejikeme
