Youthful Useful

A photograph by Aderemi Adegbite exhibited at LagosPhoto 2011.

Born in Lagos, 1982, Aderemi Adegbite is a selftaught photographer, video, performance artist. He considers photography as a tool, to engage society in discourse. Aderemi started his artistic career through his involvement in the theatre. His first solo exhibition “N65”, exhibited at the Goethe Institut Lagos, Nigeria and Goethe Institut, Dakar, Senegal in 2012. “N65,” won the Emerging Human Rights Activists award of the World Youth Movement for Democracy 2012 Photo Contest. He has been commissioned for photographic projects by both art and media organizations and have exhibited his works locally and internationally. As an Arts Manager, he has produced and coordinated several arts and literary events which include Poetry Potter, Lagos Poetry Festival, WordSlam, Fashion Revolution and P.A.G.E.S in collaboration with the Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos. He lives and works in Lagos, Nigeria.