Tosin Kalejay
Face Card I, 2023
Mixed media, oil, oil pastel, and charcoal on canvas
40.6 x 50.8 cm
16 x 20 in
16 x 20 in
Tosin Olusegun Kalejaye is a self-taught contemporary visual artist who works primarily with charcoal, acrylic and oil on canvases and archival paper. His work is ignited by his early childhood interest in drawing portraits. Kalejaye uses his art to convey his ideas and impressions about modern society and the everyday Black experience. His art genre, widely ingrained in storytelling, representation, identity and historical documentation, intends to incite emotion in viewers. It initiates mere social conversations to ultra-practical actions and liberates one's consciousness.