About The Artist

OLAMIDE ADEGBOYE

Olamide Adegboye is a Nigerian born visual artist based in London whose work explores the intentionality of the unseen. Using photography as a language of honour, he documents human stories often left unrecorded.

These range from the quiet strength of women to the sacred presence of elders and the spiritual weight carried in everyday life. Since relocating to London, his practice has become a reflection on cultural memory and displacement. He describes this responsibility as “carrying my culture on my head,” which is a commitment to preserving identity in public spaces where memory can easily fade.

This philosophy informs his flagship conceptual series Ara Ní ń Rántí, Ẹ̀mí Ní ń Rí (Body Remembers, Spirit Sees), which explores the spiritual aura and collective presence African communities carry across borders. A central pillar of his work is Notting Hill Carnival: A Living Archive. This is an ongoing documentary and cultural preservation project investigating the visual language of rhythm, fabric, and collective joy.

In 2025, Adegboye was commissioned by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to create the official visual record of the event for public communications, placing his work within the UK’s public cultural archive. Through his practice, Adegboye positions photography not simply as documentation, but as an act of remembrance, revealing the unseen forces that shape identity, culture, and collective legacy.