Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday 27th of January 2017 officially declared open the first edition of the Rasheed Gbadamosi Art Expo at the Eko Hotel and Suites

The event saw the Governor of Lagos state; Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode; Wife of Lagos State Governor, Lai Mohammed; Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Olusegun Osoba; Former Governor of Ogun State, Yemi Shyllon.





Also spotted at the event include Olu Jacobs, Joke Silva, Bukky Wright among others.
Guests at the event where entertained by Qudus Onikeku’s Dance Group, Titilope Sonuga; among others.

Olu Jacobs

Joke SIlva

Dey Your Lane

Azu Nwabogu

Guest at Eko Art Expo

Guest at Eko Art expo

Azu Nwabogu

Titilope Sonuga

Nike Art Gallery

The 3-day art exhibition is part of activities put together to celebrate Lagos @ 50. The event showcased the creativity of young and emerging artists and also honour the late Chief Rasheed Gbadamosi, who was a playwright and one of the notable art collectors in the country who also served as the co-chairman of the Lagos @ 50 Planning Committee before his death in November 2016.

About 400 artworks and photographs were on display at the exhibition, which will included artworks from 25 art galleries in Lagos. The exhibition was curated by Mrs. Sinmidele Adesanya, owner of MyDrim Gallery. While the Director of African Artists Foundation, Mr. Azu Nwagbogu, will curate the photographic component of the expo.

The exhibition would be curated along three segments: the photographic part, which is a recreation of the works of several Nigerian artists that were exhibited at the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels, Belgium (Bozar) where Governor Ambode was a special guest in 2016. One hundred photographic artworks from that Bozar exhibition showing different aspects of Lagos under the theme “Dey Your Lane” was on display at the Eko Art Expo in Lagos.
It also featured two other segments paintings, sculptures and installations by students selected from various higher institutions in Lagos State; galleries, well known masters as well as less familiar emerging artists was on display for three days.

The expo is a demonstration of Governor Ambode’s great vision for the arts and creative workers in Lagos State and his plan to always avail them of space for expression and institutional support from government and corporate Lagos

Qudus Onikeku Dance Group

Qudus Onikeku Dance Group

Qudus Onikeku Dance Group

Qudus Onikeku Dance Group

Qudus Onikeku Dance Group

Qudus Onikeku Dance Group