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Juwon Aderemi (b.2000) is a Nigerian born artist. His practice is primarily centered around surrealistic figures and abstract realism to portray conversations that deals with culture and beliefs he is predominantly accustomed to. He works in an intuitive practice, primarily based in portraiture, privileging his Nigerian, Yoruba culture exploring intellectual discourses in Blackness and West African folklore and literature while affirming imagery that seeks to look inward rather than externally, for validation, status, and value. Working primarily with oil and charcoal on canvas, Aderemi ponders the simplicity of the human condition, a longing to incorporate more of the ancient past with modernity, through the lens of traditional and contemporary Nigerian notions of gender and beautification.