Career
His work addresses themes of identity and art theory using his trademark motif of yellow, white and black. His middle name stems from the words "Ola" meaning "wealth" and "Kunle" meaning "surplus at home" in Yoruba. He also has an Master of Arts in fine art from Manchester Metropolitan University (1995) and a Bachelor in fine art from Staffordshire University (1994).
Gbadamosi teaches fine art as an honorary research fellow at the Slade School of Art and has also curated various group exhibitions.
As a writer, Gbadamosi has had his work published in the arts journal Third Text, among others In 2007 he participated with commissioned artists at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, where he created an alternative tour of the museum entitled Drakes Circus, drawing attention to objects of interest relating to slavery.
Examples of Gdadamosi"s work are held in several public art collections, including the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds and Novas, Liverpool and the Centre for Contemporary Art, University of Central Lancashire. The artist has exhibited throughout Britain as well as internationally.
