Fola Adeleke

Fola Adeleke is a Nigerian-British mixed media digital artist and designer whose work explores identity, culture and emotional memory through layered contemporary storytelling.

Raised in East London and now working between Amsterdam and London, his visual language is shaped by the meeting point of African heritage, urban culture, fashion, music and design. Texture, portraiture, symbolism and graphic composition come together in works that feel deeply personal while speaking to a wider cultural experience.

Alongside his artistic practice, Fola is Lead Designer at Daily Paper, a role that continues to inform his instinct for rhythm, composition and contemporary visual culture.

His work sits naturally between art and design, creating pieces with presence, narrative and a strong sense of identity.

Fola's process combines traditional art direction and digital compositing with AI-assisted tools. Each work is carefully conceived, composed and refined by hand, with technology used as one part of a broader creative process rather than the final voice.

For 1108B, his practice represents a compelling new way of thinking about image-making: culturally rooted, digitally fluent and unmistakably contemporary.

The Curator's Eye

Fola's practice balances contemporary aesthetics with the richness of the African diaspora, creating layered compositions that are both visually powerful and deeply rooted in culture. It's this dialogue between art, design and identity that makes his work a natural fit for 1108B.