The Artist / Femi Kayode
The line carries the story.
Discover the evolving practice of a contemporary Nigerian visual artist, printmaker and educator working across relief prints, drawing, painting and mixed media.
An artistic language
Carving movement into form.
My work grows from the discipline of woodcut and linocut. Repeated contours, deliberate mark-making and careful contrasts give form, rhythm and direction to a subject.
That language now travels beyond the printing block into painting, charcoal, graphite, acrylic paint pens and mixed media. The material changes, but line remains central to how I see.
COLLECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT
A practice rooted in life and place.
01 / Portraiture
Faces of Inheritance
Explorations of identity, memory and the faces that carry our stories.
02 / Everyday life
Rhythms of Labour
Ordinary work and daily encounters presented with dignity and energy.
03 / Nature
Nature in Motion
Flowing contour, texture and shifting forms inspired by the natural world.
Looking ahead
An exhibition in development.
2027 / Working exhibition concept
Beyond the Carved Line
Rhythm, Form and the Evolution of an Artistic Language is an early working title for a planned 2027 exhibition. Collections, dates and further details will be confirmed as the work develops.