Nola Ayoola, (1992)

Nola Ayoola (b.1992.) is a multidisciplinary artist whose works are her visual journal. She attended University of Bristol, UK (2014), graduating with a BA in Social Policy & Sociology and The New School: Parson School of Design, NY, USA (2016), graduating with an AAS in Interior Architecture. Through sculptures, portraiture, woven and cut-out abstract compositions she encapsulates the philosophy that ‘you cannot understand what you cannot pull apart’. Her works are an observation of her heritage and its profound impact on her identity. Nola’s work is both theoretically and physically layered at its core. It is a study of dismantling and assembling, while telling stories of interconnection and the synchronisation between the past, present and what is to come. She describes her work as “reticulations of the state of dreams and experiences”. ...
Nola’s visual languages pay homage to traditional African craftsmanship practices, from hand-dyed indigo to carved block printing and weaving. The process of hand printing, an ode to Yoruba carving techniques and traditional Adire textiles, holds equal importance to the subjects. She nurtures recurring themes of her interpretations of womanhood, social constructs of gender, human interaction with communities and environments, Yoruba tradition, spirituality, individualism, auras and the seen & unseen. She has participated in several groups exhibitions including Shout Plenty, African Artists Foundation, Lagos, 2022, I Saw Things I Imagined, Cierra Britton Gallery, New York, 2022, A Womans Womans Womans World, Hausen Art Gallery, New York, 2023, Inner Space, Yenwa Gallery, Lagos, 2023, A Color Story, Cierra Britton Gallery, New York, 2023