About

Adebusola Ramsay (b. 1983, Lagos, Nigeria) based in Glasgow, Scotland.

A visual artist, whose practice has developed over the last two decades; features evocative colour composition and textural detail, mostly with acrylic medium, exploring different forms of mark-making. Influenced by patterns and symbols, in particular weave/pattern-making of African cloths such as Aso-Oke, Kente and Adire

Graduated in 2004 with Bsc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences at University of Glasgow.

I paint to allow myself to think over what has been observed, to ruminate safely

I play with mark-making, create patterns and structures

I paint with colour to be evocative, to explore colour relationships

I paint so I can learn to play or remember how to play

2020

Obfuscation of Reality Upholds White Supremacy - printed and displayed at Edinburgh Printmakers as part of BLM Mural Trail project curated and produced by Wezi Mhura, Edinburgh

2019

paths in ways - as part of Call and Response programme to Until by Nick Cave - Tramway, Glasgow

In conversation with Sequoia Barnes as part of Call and Response programme to Until by Nick Cave - Tramway, Glasgow

After Dune - a solo exhibition with guest curator Sekai Machache - GENERATORprojects, Dundee

Expression - Contemporary African Art in Perspective, as part of group exhibition. The Hidden Lane Gallery, Glasgow

Walking Through the Shadows Eyes Open - curated by Alberta Whittle and Sekai Machache. Subsolo laboratorio de arte, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Heavy Duty - Members’ show, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow

2018

Home of Multiple Occupancy, Members’ show, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow

Yon Afro Presents: (Re)imagining Self and Raising Consciousness of Existence…, group exhibition as part of Glasgow International Festival, Govanhill Baths, Glasgow

COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCES:

2019

‘between a whisper and a cry: accumulating gestures’ Alberta Whittle, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Scotland.

Second Site, Ashanti Harris, Civic Room, Glasgow, Scotland.

Photography by Sekai Machache