David Olatoye
Artist
24
I never had any long term friend apart from art work I want to do. I don’t really have a special
itself because I started a solitary life from cradle, location for working than to carry my board
because my father had to abandon me, all to my and start something.
mother. I don’t really have fun records alongside My practise has really changed, and that is why
my growing up. my best qualification in art is that I practise
I started art as my dream and passion by training everyday. Now I use 4pens to work at a time.
myself in any means and medium i find or see. I Depending on how big my work is, I can hold
later had to move on after my secondary college 6pens at a time to work, and yet it doesn’t rough
2011 Where I found a gallery and learnt under my shades. And one thing I noticed lately is that
the tutelage of Tope Fatunmibi (Topfat art “I can’t hold 1 pen to work again”, I think am
gallery). At least I’ve been into art for about 6 becoming a wizard everyday if my practice.
years. Only few people around me inspired me, My dream project is to be a source of inspiration
most times I inspire myself, especially when I for the generations to come. To stop the
draw things people aren’t common with, they idea of “I can’t” and change it to “yes, I can” with
just ignore me and sometimes trash it .Nobody Pen. Of course their are Lot’s of going down and
ever believed in what I can do all because rising up. The internet has only being my source
they aren’t familiar with it due to my kind of of letting the world know about my art. Even
background and society. there was a time I tried going to galleries just to
I use pen, and its kind of hard to do big works sell my piece and make them know me...but it
sometimes because i have to lay it down, it was a turned down and I just have to let it be till
can’t be upward. And I use all techniques my time comes.
(shadings) with pen, just due to the kind of