Red Wine (From the Languishing Series)

The multidisciplinary artist Uthman Wahaab was born in 1983 in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria and grew up in Lagos. He received a degree in Fine Art from the School of Art, Design and Printing under Yada College of Technology in Lagos.

Wahaab is an artist who possesses an overarching interest in social phenomenon and eschews a consistent use of medium or even singular aesthetic style. Utilizing the disciplines of drawing, painting, graphic design, film, photography, sculpture and installation, Wahaab’s foremost concern is developing a new visual language that consciously rejects traditional forms of depiction in order to document ongoing history and unfolding reality.

Wahaab’s work has been shown internationally to wide acclaim in Africa and Europe.

(Courtesy of Sapar Contemporary)