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FALOORE OLAMIDE DAMILARE PROFESSIONAL ART PRACTICE Visual Artist                                                                                        2022 – Present •     Professional art career RESIDENCIES Kuta Art Foundation                                                                              March 2026 Ogun State, Nigeria One Art Gallery (Studios)                                                  June – December 2024 Lagos, Nigeria ART EXHIBITIONS •     ELEMENTALS Art salon — Group Exhibition (Lagos, Nigeria)    June 12–13, 2026                                                                                                                      •     Resonance: 15 Truths — Group Exhibition (Lagos, Nigeria)                                                         April 25 – May 30, 2026                                                                                                                                          •    +234 Art Fair (Lagos, Nigeria)                                                                    March 5–8, 2026 •    The Artist Commune — Group Exhibition (Lagos, Nigeria)     December 4–7, 2025 •    Creative Bloc Art Festival — Group Exhibition (Lagos, Nigeria)     October 4, 2025 •    One Art Gallery (Lagos, Nigeria)                                                        January – June 2025 •    Artists Connect Africa — Group Exhibition (Lagos, Nigeria)             March 15, 2025 •    The Artist Commune — Group Exhibition (Lagos, Nigeria)        December 15, 2024 •    TMSI — Group Exhibition (Lagos, Nigeria)                                      November 26, 2024 COMMISSIONS & SELECTED COLLECTIONS 2024 •     Mural Art Installation — Environmental Awareness Mural Project, TMSI/Alimosho Local Government. 2022 •     Work acquired by Kunle Afolayan (Private Collection), Nigeria. 2021 •     Portrait of Tony Elumelu, gifted to United Bank for Africa (UBA) Headquarters, Marina, Lagos. •     Commissioned Portraits of Prof. Omemu A. M. (Dean, Student Affairs) and Dr A. O. Fafiolu (Deputy Dean, Student Affairs) — Directorate of Student Affairs, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB). FELLOWSHIPS & CREATIVE LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS Aspire Leaders Program — Cohort 5                                Oct 7 – Dec 18, 2025 Aspire Institute (Harvard Faculty-Designed Programme) Kuta Creative Leaders Fellow                                                June – August 2025 Kuta Arts Foundation & Afrikan Creative Hubs Network Emergence — Art Mentoring & Training Fellowship June – November 2025 O'DA Art Gallery & Art Class Lagos GALLERY MANAGEMENT Gallery Manager                                                                  January 2025 – Present One Art Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria CURATORIAL PROJECTS REFLECTION One Art Gallery  |   4 Nigerian-based and 3 Nigerian Diasporia Artists Featured                    June 04–17, 2026 Curator · Exhibition Facilitator · Artists Liaison ELEMENTALS Art Salon Uzo Art Studio  |  16 Nigerian Artists Featured                                  June 12–13, 2026 Co-curator · Organiser · Project Lead · Artists Liaison · Public Communications RESONANCE: 15 TRUTHS One Art Gallery  |  15 Contemporary Artists Featured              April 25 – May 30, 2026 Assistant Curator · Coordinator & Project Lead · Artists Liaison · Public Communications I AM... One Art Gallery  | Women-led show featuring 7 emerging women artists  March 2026 Co-curator · Exhibition Facilitator · Planner · Artists Liaison THE ARTIST COMMUNE 2025 (10th Edition) | 70 Artists from Nigeria, South Africa & the UK | 5,000+ Attendees          December 2025 Lead Curator · Project Director · Planning · Design Team · Teams Coordinator CREATIVE BLOC CARNIVAL 3.0 ART EXHIBITION | 34 Artists  |  7,000+ Attendees    October 2025 Curator · Project Director THE ARTIST COMMUNE 2024 | 34 Artists  |  4,000+ Attendees                                                December 2024 Curation Team Member · Artists Liaison CREATIVE BLOC CARNIVAL 2.0 ART EXHIBITION 21 Artists  |  6,000+ Attendees       October 2024 Co-curator · Artists Liaison · Project Facilitator UPCOMING CURATORIAL PROJECTS Curatorial Projects UNBOUND GALARI  |  3 Nigerian Contemporary Artists, December 6 - 20, 2026 Curator · Exhibiting Artist · Coordinator & Project Lead · Artists Liaison UNBOUND II Xenson Art Space, Uganda  |  3 Nigerian Contemporary Artists, May 2027 Curator · Exhibiting Artist · Coordinator & Project Lead · Artists Liaison PRESENTATIONS Masquerade, Memory & Identity: Reimagining Yoruba Masquerade in Contemporary Portraiture Artistic Research Workshop, Amanda Iheme — Alliance Française de Lagos, June, 2025 PUBLICATIONS •    Reflection Explores Identity, Memory and Human Experience at One Art Gallery – ThisDay (Link) •    Artist Spotlight – DISTURBNG (Link) •    ELEMENTALS Art Salon – VIEWLAGOS (Link) •     I Met Two Great Artists Before the World Did... 2026 (Link) •    Memories and Emotions: The Stories That Tie Us — Artist Commune, December 2024 •    The Artist Commune 2024 Artists Showcase (Link) EDUCATION Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) Bachelor of Agriculture, Agricultural Economics & Farm Management