b. 1985, Lomé, Togo Lives and works between Lagos, Nigeria, and New York, USA Modupeola Fadugba is a multimedia artist whose practice bridges painting, drawing, and socially engaged installations. With a background in engineering and economics, her work is informed by analytical rigor and creative experimentation, often drawing on concepts such as game theory, social justice, cultural identity, and collective memory. Through this lens, Fadugba creates art that not only reflects but also interrogates the structures shaping society, positioning creativity as a catalyst for dialogue and transformation. Her achievements include the Grand Prize at the Norval Sovereign African Art Prize (2025), the Grand Prize at the Dakar Biennale (2016), El Anatsui’s Outstanding Production Prize (2014), an Emmy Award (2022) for the documentary Dreams from the Deep End, and a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship (2020). She was also selected as a member of the Tutu Fellowship Class of 2024. Fadugba has exhibited widely in both solo and group contexts. Recent solo exhibitions include Of Movements, Materials and Methods (2025), The Armory Show in New York (2023), The Artist’s Algorithm: Why Nations Win at Alara Concept Store in Lagos (2021), Dreams from the Deep End at Gallery 1957 in Accra (2018), Prayers, Players & Swimmers at Cité des Arts in Paris (2017), Synchronised Swimming & Drowning in London (2017), Heads Up, Keep Swimming at SMO Contemporary Art in Lagos (2017), and Like Play, Like Play in Dakar (2016). She has also participated in major group exhibitions such as the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London (2017, 2025), Constellations Part I: Figures on Earth and Beyond at Gallery 1957 in London (2024), Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery in West Palm Beach (2024), Seen and Being Seen at Praise Shadows Art Gallery in Brookline (2021), Afriques Capitales in Lille (2017), and Design is the Personality of an Idea at the Ford Foundation and African Artists Foundation in Lagos (2015). In 2025, she was featured at The Conductor Art Fair at Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn, a platform spotlighting innovative voices in contemporary African art. Her work has been presented at leading international fairs including Art Dubai, ART X Lagos, and 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, and is held in prestigious public and private collections such as the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, the Tiroche Collection, and the Sindika Dokolo Foundation.