Edom Atolo –Acrylic & Symbolic Painting | Contemporary Identity Art

"Through the layering of forms, textures, and symbols, my work seeks to unravel the shifting terrain of identity—its beauty, its instability, its multiplicity. Each canvas becomes a space of inquiry, where the intimate and the communal converge, offering echoes of memory that refuse to remain silent. I am drawn to the tension between permanence and impermanence, to the ways in which stories are told, erased, and retold again. Acrylic on canvas allows me to both conceal and reveal, to invite viewers into a dialogue that is at once poetic and reflective. My art is not a definitive statement, but an open horizon: a visual conversation with the past, the present, and the imagined futures that lie ahead."

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Edom Atolo

Edom Atolo is a multidisciplinary Congolese artist, painter, and graphic designer, born and based in Kinshasa. A graduate of the Académie des Beaux-Arts de Kinshasa, where he obtained a degree in Fine Arts, Atolo has cultivated a practice that breathes life into canvas through the fluidity of acrylics. His work emerges from the vibrant crossroads of memory and identity, weaving together personal and collective histories. Rooted in the rich cultural fabric of Kinshasa, his artistic journey reflects both the restless energy of the city and the profound introspection of a creator attuned to the fragility and resilience of human experience.

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