Segun Okewumi

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Segun Okewumi was born on the 28th of May,1996 in Ibadan, Oyo State. He studied General Art in ND at Yaba college of technology yaba, Lagos. He trained at the Visual Art Center immediately after my secondary school for a year(2013-2014). He also trained at the Topfat Art Gallery for close to 6 months before he finally gained admission into yaba college of technology yaba, Lagos.What really prompted him is the power of creativity…

Segun finds inspiration when seeing different works of different artists. Either painting, sculptures, raising installations or drawing by any means, he finds the happiness and motivation to continue his work. The reason behind his adoption of sculpting as his area of specialisation is because of the forms and the way the final rendering comes out in three-dimensional form, also because sculpture is a kind of course that acquires a lot of strength and concentration, also technical ability and architectural ideas. Sculpting is a profession that he has interest in pursuing. He wants the whole world to know him as a sculptor for his uniqueness and ability to create new things. Thanks to the sponsorship and support from his parents, he pursues his passion with the belief that “focus and determination” is his number one priority.

Figurative expression and it’s modelling is something that really caught his mind to the work, the forms, shapes, contours, and using disposed of materials and instruments to create art. There is no challenge for a sculptor in terms of material because as a sculptor he is able to create art with different material in his environment most especially with metal and broken plastic or ceramics wares. His goal is to become a master in his area with continuous practice because he claims not see a possible profession in any other field. His role models are Michaelangelo, Fidelix Odogwu andAdeolaa Balogun.