Oluwatobi Adewumi
Oluwatobi Adewumi is a Nigerian-born artist based in Arkansas whose work explores identity, migration, and memory through layered portraits that blend realism and abstraction. Using charcoal and acrylic, he creates textured surfaces where personal stories and collective histories unfold gradually. Influenced by ancestral storytelling and his own journey as an immigrant, Adewumi’s figures embody resilience, dignity, and transformation - serving not just as subjects, but as witnesses and symbols of cultural continuity. His art becomes a quiet yet powerful reclamation of voice and presence, bridging past and present across borders.