Gagosian, the world’s largest gallery, is now represented by London-based artist Jadé Fadojutimi, whose rise over the past few years has made her one of the most closely watched abstract artists working today.
Fadugutimi’s first show with Gagosian will be the installation of new works at the Frieze London exhibition booth in October. She will continue to be represented by the Gisela Capitin Gallery in Cologne and the Taka Ishi Gallery in Tokyo, but is leaving her London gallery, Bibi Holsworth, which gave the artist her first solo show in 2017.
Vadogotimi, who is not yet thirty, is known for her large-scale abstractions in which colours, shapes and lines intertwine and blend in vibrant and dazzling ways. These works draw on a wide range of influences, from 20th century painting to Japanese animation to music.
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In a statement describing her art, Vadogotimi said: “Human. Animal. Natural. We all have souls. Things too. We are all beauty, and that’s what the word embodies.” life. “
Over the past few years, Vadogotime work has been in high demand, in both primary and secondary markets.
Last October, two of the artist’s works were auctioned on consecutive nights during London sales, re-setting her record twice. At Sotheby’s Day Sale, her palette A confused mind unconfined, introduced earlier that year, and sold for £1 million ($1.4 million); The next day, her painting of 2017 fun legends It sold at Phillips for 1.2 million pounds ($1.6 million), or about 15 times its pre-sale estimate of 80,000 pounds.
Vadogotime works have also been acquired by major enterprises. Last year, Tate bought her canvas of the year 2018 in London I present to you, His Royal Highness, which made her the youngest artist in the British Foundation group at the time. Her work is also held at the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
During Art Basel Miami Beach, Fadojutimi opened a major solo show of new work at the Institute of Contemporary Art Miami. From this exhibition, acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 2021 hopefullwhich is currently on display in the Museum.
In addition to appearing at the 2021 Liverpool Biennale, Fadugutimi is currently exhibiting his work at the Venice Biennale in Cecilia Alemani’s main exhibition Milk of Dreams, and the artist will give a solo show at Hepworth Wakefield in England later. general.
In a letter to ARTnewsMillicent Wellner, Senior Principal at Gagosian, said, “We have followed Jadé and her extended expressive practice with interest and admiration and are excited to play a role in her future story.”
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