About Abiola Wabara
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Education
20015 - 2016
University of East London
2002 - 2006
Baylor University
Awards
2013
HMMAC Artisan Series Award
The participants of the Bombay artisan series at the HMAAC were selected after an in-house voting ballot. One of my now sold pieces named "Red Kicks" after the votes were tallied, was named the winner of the HMAAC Artisan Series Award.
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Biography
I love painting. it brings me a sense of peace and joy I can't find anywhere else.
As a black kid that grew up in Italy in the 80's and 90's I didn't have many that looked like (aside from my immediate family) me to look to and to see my self in. I started painting what I found beautiful in my culture, and I used my art as an escape, as a way to express my self and leave for a little without having to really go anywhere. The majority of my subjects are women, but in my subject i try to encompass emotions and feelings that come from the state of mind i was in when I painted them.
As a black kid that grew up in Italy in the 80's and 90's I didn't have many that looked like (aside from my immediate family) me to look to and to see my self in. I started painting what I found beautiful in my culture, and I used my art as an escape, as a way to express my self and leave for a little without having to really go anywhere. The majority of my subjects are women, but in my subject i try to encompass emotions and feelings that come from the state of mind i was in when I painted them.
