Bisola Adeyemo
born 1985, Ilesa
Sculptor who casts bronze in a small foundry she built behind her studio. Her heads are of market women she has known for years.
In the collection: Head of a trader.
Section C ArtistsAgodi, Ibadan Friday 6 November 2026
Artists in the collection
Eight of the 430 artists whose work the Regent holds, from a roof painter born in 1938 to a printmaker born in 1996. Every artist on this demo site is invented.
Femi Adigun
1949 to 2011, Oyo
Gouache painter of markets and motor parks. His small boards were made quickly, on the spot, and are full of noise and colour.
In the collection: Oje market, noon.
Tunde Afolabi-Coker
1938 to 2004, Ibadan
Painter of Ibadan's rust roofs for four decades. He climbed to the same water tank every dry season to paint the city from above.
In the collection: Brown roofs, 1974, Blue hour, Dugbe.
Yewande Akinlade
born 1996, Ibadan
Printmaker and draughtswoman, the youngest artist in the collection. She cuts lino at night and draws with one unbroken line.
In the collection: Ruby thread, Sixteen palms.
Musa Dankaro
born 1972, Kano
Landscape and still life painter who moved to Ibadan to teach and stayed for the hills. Known for evening light and humble kitchen tables.
In the collection: Agodi hills, evening, Okra and salt.
Ifeoma Nwachukwu
born 1979, Enugu
Portrait painter whose sitters are librarians, nurses, teachers and traders: people who keep a city running and rarely sit for a portrait.
In the collection: The archivist, Two sisters, Oke-Ado.
Adebimpe Ogunleye
born 1961, Abeokuta
Textile artist who learnt resist dyeing from her grandmother and turned it into large wall pieces. Her cloths read like maps of the cities she has lived in.
In the collection: Indigo rain over Mapo, Weaver's count, Cloth for my mother.
Kehinde Olaniyan
born 1990, Ibadan
Abstract painter working in oil and cold wax. His panels record weather, traffic and sound rather than things you can point at.
In the collection: Harmattan study No. 4, Night bus to Lagos, Rainy season ledger.
Commissions and residencies
Studio residency
Every year one artist works for six months in the old composing room on the first floor, with a monthly stipend, materials and an open studio day.
The wall commission
The courtyard wall is repainted every two years by an invited artist. The next commission is announced in the Gazette in March.
Artist talks
Living artists in the collection give a talk at least once a year. Members book first; recordings are free in the study room.
Artists and the museum
We buy work directly from artists or their families, never at a discount on what a private buyer would pay, and every living artist in the collection is paid a fee when their work is reproduced in the shop.
Artists are consulted on how their work is hung and lit, and on the words on the label beside it.
Contact the curatorsQuestions from artists
Do you accept submissions?
Through the open call for Room 5 every two years, and the residency each September. We cannot review portfolios sent at other times.
Do you sell work?
No. The shop sells prints of collection works, with a fee paid to the artist.