Tunji Adeniyi-Jones ’17 MFA is one of 9 Yale artists at the 2024 Venice Biennale. Representing Nigeria, Jones’ work is included in the exhibition titled Nigeria Imaginary, where Jones reimagines Nigerian Modernism in a new piece, “Celestial Gathering.” The pavilion can be found Palazzo Canal, Dorsoduro 3121 (Rio terà Canal).
In a video interview on the exhibit, Jones has said,
Nigeria and Nigeria’s art history and Nigeria’s culture is at the center of what I do.
For more on the Nigerian pavilion, see this ArtNetworkAfrica article.
Photo credit: “Celestial Gathering,” by Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, on the ceiling of the palazzo (Photo Credit: Museum of West African Art (MOWAA).