“My art practice uses collage and photography to explore selfhood, body image, and the impact of societal influences on personal identity as a Nigerian woman and of Nigerian and black women in general.
It also revolves around ideation and exploring the different ways in which photographed or found images of the female being may be distorted to create new expressions.”
Mobolaji Ogunrosoye is a visual artist whose practice centres distortion and abstraction techniques within collage and photography to create pieces that explore and document the ways in which society, culture, and tradition influence identity, sexuality, and physicality as it relates to Nigerian and West African women at large.
In her portraits, Mobolaji creates multi-layer collages, incorporating a process of burning and cutting to create depth in revealing underlying layers of images. In 2022-2023, she developed the 'Portraits' series, where she delved into incorporating coffee granules as an important element within each portrait.
Mobolaji expanded on these explorations during a 5-week residency at The Noldor Residency in Accra, Ghana, in 2022. She is currently exploring the use of transparent materials as tools for collage.
Mobolaji lives and works in Lagos Nigeria.