Gbemileke Adekunle (B.1991) was born in Ajilete, a village located in Southwestern Nigeria. Gbemileke’s works exposes scenes of melancholies grounded in expressive figurations which commune his deep interaction with his environment and also narrates his ordeal of past mental health issues and anxiety.
“My studio practice is rooted in the exploration and documentation of my ethnical background. It draws strongly on ranging issues from solitude to the complexity of heritage.

Connecting with people’s emotions and minds as a visual artist is dutiful, invoking such through engaging and provocative representations is fundamental to human existence and development.” His series called “Dementia” gives an expository about agoraphobic inclination of the artist and also convey sense of being suspended in time and space exploring menace between the physical and mental state.

Gbemileke works is described as expressionist painting with fewer recent works leaning towards abstract expressionism. His primary medium is acrylic but often seen using oil pastel and charcoal combined to give striking textural feels. “My art is incomplete without the use of oil pastel and charcoal, that gives nostalgic bring-back of my childhood where I used burnt wood and crayons for my drawings. Gbemileke currently lives and works in Osogbo, Osun State.