The Itch

Jadé Fadojutimi’s large-scale paintings combine abstract and figurative elements in compositions that have intense graphic energy. At the heart of Fadojutimi’s work is an introspective mining of facets of her own identity and the social and cultural environments that shape them. Emotions and pigments are equally in flux in her work, and together they convey a deeper sense of self through vivid brush strokes and countless colors. The sensation of fluctuating feelings is expressed in her energetic brushstrokes, where the colors reveal a search for self-knowledge. Fadojutimi refers to her paintings as “emotional landscapes” in which she questions everyday experiences, memories and self-knowledge. Her interrogation of the relationship between herself and her surroundings is simultaneously a feast for the eye and an act of resistance.

South Bermondsey