Adaeze Okaro (b. 1995, Nigeria) is a self-taught photographer whose work captures the unspoken poetry of human experience across portraiture, fine art, documentary, and fashion photography. 

Beginning with an iPhone 5s in 2017, she quickly moved into professional photography, gaining early recognition with a commission from Dove and Getty Images in 2018. Her practice explores themes of identity, love, melancholy, and emotional intricacies of life, combining meticulous attention to colour and composition with a cinematic sensibility. In 2021, she was awarded the Adobe Stock Artist Development Fund for her project Celebration of Self, affirming her commitment to visual narratives that foreground identity and self-representation.

Okaro collaborated with global brands including Google, Adobe, Penguin Books, HarperCollins, Dove, Getty Images, Girlgaze, WeTransfer, and VSCO. Drawing on the cultural richness of her background and the layered emotional depth of human experience, she creates portraits that celebrate Black beauty while engaging with universal themes and telling stories that matter.






Selected group shows  

Brushfire exhibition, JRNY Gallery & Lowbrow, Las Vegas, USA, 2025
The Voyage: And So It Begins, Lianna Foundation & Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria, 2025
+234 Art Fair, Ecobank Nigeria and Soto Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria, 2024
100 Photographers to Watch 2024, Superlative Gallery, Bali, Indonesia, 2024
Niijournal & Dazed Club, Niijournal, London, UK, 2024
Glimpses of Eternity, Linda Global, New York City, USA, 2024
Paradise Found, Surfer Girl Gallery, New York, USA, 2024
Lightness, Surfer Girl Gallery, New York, USA, 2023
Art Basel Tezos South Beach, Ancurated and Refraction DAO, Miami, USA, 2023
A Perfect Day, Superchief Gallery, New York, USA, 2022
Women in Art, Keike Amsterdam and WePresent for UN Women, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2022
Bodie! Bodies! Bodies!, Rele Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria and Los Angeles, USA, 2022
Shout Plenty, African Artists Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria, 2022
It’s All in Me, The Affinity Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria, 2022
No Parking Lagos, No Parking Lagos for FNB Art, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2021
Walking on Water, Surfer Girl Gallery, New York, USA, 2020
Locality and the Status Quo, Wunika Mukan Gallery (formerly Pacers Gallery), Lagos, Nigeria, 2018


Selected press

Featured Photographer: Adaeze Okaro, Vogue Italia’s Photo Vogue 
Artist Feature, WePresent by WeTransfer 
A Riot of Color: In Conversation with Adaeze Okaro, Omenai, 2024
Artist Feature: Adaeze Okaro, Feminist Platform, 2022 
Adaeze Okaro’s photography aims to thrash stereotypes and showcase the beauty of Black men and women, It’s Nice That, 2021 
Announcing the first 8 recipients of Adobe Stock Artist Development Fund, Adobe Blog, 2021

Selected group shows  

Brushfire exhibition, JRNY Gallery & Lowbrow, Las Vegas, USA, 2025
The Voyage: And So It Begins, Lianna Foundation & Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria, 2025
+234 Art Fair, Ecobank Nigeria and Soto Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria, 2024
100 Photographers to Watch 2024, Superlative Gallery, Bali, Indonesia, 2024
Niijournal & Dazed Club, Niijournal, London, UK, 2024
Glimpses of Eternity, Linda Global, New York City, USA, 2024
Paradise Found, Surfer Girl Gallery, New York, USA, 2024
Lightness, Surfer Girl Gallery, New York, USA, 2023
Art Basel Tezos South Beach, Ancurated and Refraction DAO, Miami, USA, 2023
A Perfect Day, Superchief Gallery, New York, USA, 2022
Women in Art, Keike Amsterdam and WePresent for UN Women, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2022
Bodie! Bodies! Bodies!, Rele Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria and Los Angeles, USA, 2022
Shout Plenty, African Artists Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria, 2022
It’s All in Me, The Affinity Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria, 2022
No Parking Lagos, No Parking Lagos for FNB Art, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2021
Walking on Water, Surfer Girl Gallery, New York, USA, 2020
Locality and the Status Quo, Wunika Mukan Gallery (formerly Pacers Gallery), Lagos, Nigeria, 2018


Selected press

Featured Photographer: Adaeze Okaro, Vogue Italia’s Photo Vogue 
Artist Feature, WePresent by WeTransfer 
A Riot of Color: In Conversation with Adaeze Okaro, Omenai, 2024
Artist Feature: Adaeze Okaro, Feminist Platform, 2022 
Adaeze Okaro’s photography aims to thrash stereotypes and showcase the beauty of Black men and women, It’s Nice That, 2021 
Announcing the first 8 recipients of Adobe Stock Artist Development Fund, Adobe Blog, 2021

Selected group shows  

Brushfire exhibition, JRNY Gallery & Lowbrow, Las Vegas, USA, 2025
The Voyage: And So It Begins, Lianna Foundation & Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria, 2025
+234 Art Fair, Ecobank Nigeria and Soto Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria, 2024
100 Photographers to Watch 2024, Superlative Gallery, Bali, Indonesia, 2024
Niijournal & Dazed Club, Niijournal, London, UK, 2024
Glimpses of Eternity, Linda Global, New York City, USA, 2024
Paradise Found, Surfer Girl Gallery, New York, USA, 2024
Lightness, Surfer Girl Gallery, New York, USA, 2023
Art Basel Tezos South Beach, Ancurated and Refraction DAO, Miami, USA, 2023
A Perfect Day, Superchief Gallery, New York, USA, 2022
Women in Art, Keike Amsterdam and WePresent for UN Women, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2022
Bodie! Bodies! Bodies!, Rele Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria and Los Angeles, USA, 2022
Shout Plenty, African Artists Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria, 2022
It’s All in Me, The Affinity Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria, 2022
No Parking Lagos, No Parking Lagos for FNB Art, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2021
Walking on Water, Surfer Girl Gallery, New York, USA, 2020
Locality and the Status Quo, Wunika Mukan Gallery (formerly Pacers Gallery), Lagos, Nigeria, 2018


Selected press

Featured Photographer: Adaeze Okaro, Vogue Italia’s Photo Vogue 
Artist Feature, WePresent by WeTransfer 
A Riot of Color: In Conversation with Adaeze Okaro, Omenai, 2024
Artist Feature: Adaeze Okaro, Feminist Platform, 2022 
Adaeze Okaro’s photography aims to thrash stereotypes and showcase the beauty of Black men and women, It’s Nice That, 2021 
Announcing the first 8 recipients of Adobe Stock Artist Development Fund, Adobe Blog, 2021

Selected group shows  

Brushfire exhibition, JRNY Gallery & Lowbrow, Las Vegas, USA, 2025
The Voyage: And So It Begins, Lianna Foundation & Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria, 2025
+234 Art Fair, Ecobank Nigeria and Soto Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria, 2024
100 Photographers to Watch 2024, Superlative Gallery, Bali, Indonesia, 2024
Niijournal & Dazed Club, Niijournal, London, UK, 2024
Glimpses of Eternity, Linda Global, New York City, USA, 2024
Paradise Found, Surfer Girl Gallery, New York, USA, 2024
Lightness, Surfer Girl Gallery, New York, USA, 2023
Art Basel Tezos South Beach, Ancurated and Refraction DAO, Miami, USA, 2023
A Perfect Day, Superchief Gallery, New York, USA, 2022
Women in Art, Keike Amsterdam and WePresent for UN Women, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2022
Bodie! Bodies! Bodies!, Rele Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria and Los Angeles, USA, 2022
Shout Plenty, African Artists Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria, 2022
It’s All in Me, The Affinity Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria, 2022
No Parking Lagos, No Parking Lagos for FNB Art, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2021
Walking on Water, Surfer Girl Gallery, New York, USA, 2020
Locality and the Status Quo, Wunika Mukan Gallery (formerly Pacers Gallery), Lagos, Nigeria, 2018


Selected press

Featured Photographer: Adaeze Okaro, Vogue Italia’s Photo Vogue 
Artist Feature, WePresent by WeTransfer 
A Riot of Color: In Conversation with Adaeze Okaro, Omenai, 2024
Artist Feature: Adaeze Okaro, Feminist Platform, 2022 
Adaeze Okaro’s photography aims to thrash stereotypes and showcase the beauty of Black men and women, It’s Nice That, 2021 
Announcing the first 8 recipients of Adobe Stock Artist Development Fund, Adobe Blog, 2021

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4 PM — 8 PM, Thursday–Saturday

Gallery admission is free

For collectors, artists and potential collaborators visits are available by appointment—please email us to arrange a private viewing

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ADDRESS

Carrer Llull, 134, 08005 Barcelona, Spain

CONTACT

visit@load-gallery.com

SIGN UP FOR UPDATES
OPENING HOURS

4 PM — 8 PM, Thursday–Saturday

Gallery admission is free

For collectors, artists and potential collaborators visits are available by appointment—please email us to arrange a private viewing

@Load Gallery 2023-2025

ADDRESS

Carrer Llull, 134, 08005 Barcelona, Spain

CONTACT

visit@load-gallery.com

SIGN UP FOR UPDATES

OPENING HOURS

4 PM — 8 PM, Thursday–Saturday

Gallery admission is free

For collectors, artists and potential collaborators visits are available by appointment—please email us to arrange a private viewing

@Load Gallery 2023-2025