Abdulrahman Adesola Yusuf

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“I enjoy playing Tetris, and I find piecing together a painting is surprisingly similar to playing the game. I love the challenge of rearranging pieces of traditional, digital and print media and watching all these elements disappear into a cohesive whole. Moving from computer to canvas and vice versa, I find myself exploring the profound yet often unnoticed influence of socioeconomic policies on our daily lives. Through allegorical collages, I reflect the effect of these influences, using my art as a means to elevate my human experience.”

Abdulrahman Adesola Yusuf (b. 1997) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spins digital illustration, photography, and painting. Using collage as a central mode of expression, Adesola draws from both digital and traditional techniques, shifting between vibrant, contrasting colours and moody, muted palettes that lend his subjects a haunting, elusive presence.


Adesola’s work investigates the complexities of the human condition, with particular attention to the ways in which governmental structures and public policy shape lived experience. His practice reflects on how these forces influence not only social and material realities, but also transcend to almost spiritual dimensions.





Ezequiel Pini (Six N. Five) & Load Gallery
Available Artworks

Selected group shows  

akaa art fair, Windsor Gallery, Paris, France, 2025
Maison Kala, Windsor Gallery, Paris, France, 2025
Now You See Me, Now You Don’t, Eclectica Contemporary, Cape Town, South Africa, 2023
From the Badlands, Veta Galería, Madrid, Spain, 2023
Lagos Photo Festival (commissioned), Lagos, Nigeria, 2022
Shout Plenty, Africa Artists Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria, 2022
4x4+1, Chilli Art Projects, London, United Kingdom, 2022
Beauty and the Beholder, Africa Artists Foundation / AG18 Gallery, Vienna, Austria, 2022
Sacred Roots, Cyber Baat, Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE, 2022
Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, USA, 2021
Manchester Art Fair, Manchester, United Kingdom, 2021
Reloading, Art X Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria, 2021


Selected press

Collage artist known as ‘Arclight’ depicts the struggle and beauty of life in Lagos, CNN, 2023
Why this artist won’t quit on Lagos, CNN, 2023

Selected group shows  

akaa art fair, Windsor Gallery, Paris, France, 2025
Maison Kala, Windsor Gallery, Paris, France, 2025
Now You See Me, Now You Don’t, Eclectica Contemporary, Cape Town, South Africa, 2023
From the Badlands, Veta Galería, Madrid, Spain, 2023
Lagos Photo Festival (commissioned), Lagos, Nigeria, 2022
Shout Plenty, Africa Artists Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria, 2022
4x4+1, Chilli Art Projects, London, United Kingdom, 2022
Beauty and the Beholder, Africa Artists Foundation / AG18 Gallery, Vienna, Austria, 2022
Sacred Roots, Cyber Baat, Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE, 2022
Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, USA, 2021
Manchester Art Fair, Manchester, United Kingdom, 2021
Reloading, Art X Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria, 2021


Selected press

Collage artist known as ‘Arclight’ depicts the struggle and beauty of life in Lagos, CNN, 2023
Why this artist won’t quit on Lagos, CNN, 2023

Selected group shows  

akaa art fair, Windsor Gallery, Paris, France, 2025
Maison Kala, Windsor Gallery, Paris, France, 2025
Now You See Me, Now You Don’t, Eclectica Contemporary, Cape Town, South Africa, 2023
From the Badlands, Veta Galería, Madrid, Spain, 2023
Lagos Photo Festival (commissioned), Lagos, Nigeria, 2022
Shout Plenty, Africa Artists Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria, 2022
4x4+1, Chilli Art Projects, London, United Kingdom, 2022
Beauty and the Beholder, Africa Artists Foundation / AG18 Gallery, Vienna, Austria, 2022
Sacred Roots, Cyber Baat, Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE, 2022
Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, USA, 2021
Manchester Art Fair, Manchester, United Kingdom, 2021
Reloading, Art X Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria, 2021


Selected press

Collage artist known as ‘Arclight’ depicts the struggle and beauty of life in Lagos, CNN, 2023
Why this artist won’t quit on Lagos, CNN, 2023

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