Boladale Ige

Born in 1964 in Ibadan, Oyo state, in Western Nigeria, His instinct in art work started far back in the ninety-eighties' while helping to critique the art project done by his childhood friend, at the art college, now a renowned international artist. He always offers to be of good help to his friend practically being together always then. He later found his inbuilt /inherent ability and talent in his interest in our native clothing embroider designs, adire batik dyeing making which he practiced tremendously using both local and contemporary style.

Boladale became a professional designer, working mostly with both fabric and wood. His profound interest in art and experience as a woodworker inspired him to develop a unique relief wood surface to express his ideas and emotions with sculpting and. Painting using beads and natural and organic materials, like local twine, bamboo, mat, wood shavings. He blended with acrylics for easy manipulation.
The combination of the medium that he used create a balance of creativity that connected you to nature.

He mostly uses beads, which naturally associated to be a Cultural and Fashion adornment Accessories. Beads introduce vibrant colors and bring his work to life. Notwithstanding the various subjective cultural meanings in art and colors, you should intentionally derive your personal and objective positive interpretations in order to access the full importance of your acquired artworks.

Being a geologist by profession, he sought after artificial stone and marble technology which set him up to begin to create sculpture using manufactured stones.