Jamiu Agboke Nigerian, b. 1989
Biography
Jamiu Agboke, Bearing I, 2026, Oil on copper, Framed in oak, 30 x 40 cm
Jamiu Agboke paints charged abstract landscapes that convey mutable, brooding atmospheres – akin to the moment before a storm breaks. Color palette and brushstroke allow for visual slippage and allegory, alluding to various psychological and spatio-temporal conditions. Based on landscapes that are familiar to the artist between the English countryside and his hometown of Lagos, Nigeria, the abstractions imply the movement of trees and water while evoking the artist’s recollections of displacement and immersion in nature at a young age.
Select solo exhibitions include VIN VIN Vienna (2025), Massimo de Carlo, Paris, FR (2025); Sea View, Los Angeles, CA (2024). Agboke has also been included in group exhibitions at Union Pacific, London (2026); VIN VIN, Turin, Italy (2023); White Cube, London, UK (2023); Galerie Margo, Paris, France (2023); Jack Barrett, New York, NY (2023); and VIN VIN, Vienna, Austria (2019).
EDUCATION
2021 Royal Drawing School
2017 BA Kingston School of Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Massimo de Carlo, Paris, FR
2025 The Argonauts, VIN VIN, Vienna, AT
2024 If The Ground Could Speak, Sea View, Los Angeles, CA
2024 Artissima, VIN VIN, Turin, Italy
2023 Dark Waters, VIN VIN, Naples, Italy
2018 Xibalba, Stour Space Gallery, London, UK
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Cob Gallery, London, UK (forthcoming)
2026 Condo London, Union Pacific hosting ATHR, Jeddah, Riyadh, Alula
2024 Apparitions, Sea View, Felix Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
2023 In the Shadow, White Cube, Online
2023 A New Sensation, Galerie Marguo, Paris, France
2023 Project Space, Kane Le Bain, London, UK
2023 Oh, What a World, Jack Barret, New York
2022 Out of November, Soho Review, London, UK
2022 The BitterSweet Review, Guts Gallery, Frieze London, UK
2022 Second Expression, Split Gallery, London, UK
2019 CONTRAPUNTO, VIN VIN, Vienna, Austria
2018 Fridge, underpinned office, London, UK
2018 Devil’s Advocate, Biscuit Factory, London