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Visual Artist · Born in 1983 - United Kingdom

Suraj Adekola

Featured in gallery curations

21 Artworks

Untitled (Shower of Blessings) 2

Acrylic on Canvas
47x71in

$8,600

Precious Continent 3

Acrylic on Canvas
39x39in

$7,790

Untitled 1

Acrylic on Canvas
20x16in

$1,390

We Should All Be Black: Togetherness 2

Cotton on Fabric
69x89in

$18,650

Currency of Ambition 6

Acrylic on Canvas
47x46in

$7,870

We Should All Be Black

Cotton on Fabric
75x95in

$18,080

Precious Continent 2

Acrylic on Canvas
71x55in

$11,200

Curated for you

Currency of Ambition 2

Acrylic on Canvas
47x47in

$8,440

Untitled (Shower of Blessings) 3

Acrylic on Canvas
47x71in

$8,880

You can never break me

Cotton on Canvas
24x24in

$4,230

Currency of Ambition 5

Acrylic on Canvas
59x59in

$11,220

Currency of Ambition 4

Acrylic on Canvas
59x59in

$11,140

Untitled (Water No Get Enemy, Ye)

Acrylic, Oil on Canvas
47x47in

$5,640

Untitled (Water No Get Enemy, Ye 2)

Acrylic, Oil on Canvas
47x47in

$7,600

Untitled (Water No Get Enemy, Ye 3)

Acrylic, Oil on Canvas
47x47in

$7,600

Untitled (Shower of Blessings) 1

Acrylic on Canvas
47x71in

$8,600

Precious Continent 4

Acrylic on Canvas
71x59in

$11,800

Set Me Free

Acrylic, Oil Pastel on Canvas
24x24in

$4,230

You Can Never Get Me

Acrylic, Oil Pastel on Canvas
24x24in

$4,090

You Know I Really Do Hate To Say It

Acrylic, Oil Pastel on Canvas
24x24in

$4,160

Untitled (How Beautiful We Are)

Acrylic, Oil Pastel on Canvas
24x20in

$2,810

Suraj Adekola

United Kingdom

Credentials

Featured in gallery curations
Works on commission

Suraj Adekola is a Nigerian contemporary artist based in Manchester, UK. His practice explores how value—identity, culture, economics, and emotions—is constructed, inherited, and negotiated across global contexts. Working primarily with painting and mixed media, Adekola integrates hand-dyed Adire fabric, acrylic, and symbolic language to create layered surfaces that operate as both material and metaphor.

Fabric in his work functions as a carrier of memory, labour, and identity, while recurring motifs drawn from systems of trade and exchange reflect the pressures and aspirations embedded within contemporary life. Rather than approaching these materials decoratively, Adekola treats them as active agents, allowing history and gesture to coexist within carefully resolved compositions.

His work continues to attract interest from international collectors and curators seeking contemporary art with cultural depth, clarity, and enduring presence.

2025

Manchester Contemporaries Art Fair ( Castlefield Gallery) / Manchester - Manchester, United Kingdom

2023

Black Beauty, Pride, and Excellence: A Tale of Reappropriation / London Business School, UK. - London, United Kingdom

2022

Piasa Auction / France - France, France

2022

Proudly Naija Souk / London - London, United Kingdom

2019

Geneve Encheres / Switzerland - Geneve, Switzerland

2019

Cabral Moncada Leilões / Portugal - Lisbon, Portugal

2018

Geneve Encheres / Switzerland - Geneva, Switzerland

2017

Piasa Auction / France - France, France

2015

Bonhams Auction / London - London, United Kingdom

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