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exhibition holds at National Museum From visual art, media and advertising, film and other creative genres, the Meshoye family is big in the arts. But the family seems bigger in visual art with over 100 works in its private collection, across different media. Considering the huge collection of artifacts and related objects, Demola Meshoye, a young art enthusiast, is taking the family’s passion for arts further with a visual art exhibition.
His passion follows after Bode Meshoye, his father, who trained as a painter at Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, with lots of works to his credit and also successfully ran an advertising and marketing firm, as well as Yemi Meshoye, his uncle, who was a film director, and Tunji Meshoye, another uncle in the creative space. Riding on those successes, Demola, who is fondly called Mesh by family and friends, is stepping out with his first exhibition entitled ‘Nostalgia’. The exhibition, which is the first of many to come, according to him, will feature 25 and 30 works from 10-13 artists across the old, not-too-young and the younger generations.
Its VIP opening will be on May 31, 2024 at the National Museum Onikan, Lagos. Speaking of the forthcoming exhibition, Demola explained that, “This is my first exhibition and the first of many to come by God’s grace. I am passionate about this project, I want to do something that when we reach the level we planned going to, the Nigerian government will ask who are these people doing this th.