About

Adegbola Gallery is a Lagos-based gallery founded in 2025. The gallery presents a focused programme of exhibitions and projects centred on artists whose practices are research-led and materially rigorous, with particular attention to questions of space, history, and perception. Within the primary market, Adegbola Gallery supports artists at key moments of development through solo exhibitions, curated group shows, and longer-term project-based collaborations. On the secondary market, Adegbola Gallery excels at highlighting the works of 20th Century modernists, who are foundational to the contemporary art scene in Nigeria today.
 
Alongside its exhibition programme, the gallery is actively engaged in public art initiatives and institutional partnerships in Lagos, working with civic bodies, architects, and cultural organisations to situate contemporary art within urban and public contexts. The gallery’s approach prioritises clarity of vision, critical depth, and sustained artist development, rather than breadth of representation.
  • Founder & Director

    Founder & Director

    For the past 15 years, the lawyer, advisor and collector Kayode Adegbola has demonstrated great commitment to the promotion of Nigerian art, working across the legal, public and cultural sectors to heighten exposure for both established and contemporary artists. As the director of Adegbola Art Projects, Adegbola has advised numerous companies and institutions on building their art collections; he is also the founder of The Vault Artist Residency, which provides studio space for emerging artists based in Lagos. In 2023 he set up the Ibeji Project to communicate his passion for traditional Yoruba twin carvings. In October 2025, Adegbola established the Adegbola Gallery in Lagos: its inaugural exhibition, ‘Heroes Past’ marked 65 years since Nigerian independence with a display of works by artists including Ben Enwonwu and Uche Okeke.