Ademola Olugebefola
Artist Ademola Olugebefola, born in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, moved to Harlem in 1966 right in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement. Olugebefola found art to be extremely liberating, and as a cultural activist in the Black Arts Movement he promotes the culture, the beauty and brilliance of color within the African tradition. He has shown work in hundreds of exhibitions, including major American museums, and universities and has exhibited internationally. Ademola Olugebefola’s work can be found in the permanent collections of many distinguished institutions including the New York Public Library, the Shomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Studio Museum; Hatch Billops Archives; the Nigerian National Archives in West Africa; the Jazzinstitut Darmstadt, in Germany; among many more.
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