Steven' Gb-yega Fajana

Lives and works in London, UK

Artist statement

"As a multidisciplinary artist, exploring the creative nuance form and relives a sense of capture within me” (Gb'yega) Artist Statement Art and moving imagery have always mesmerized Stevén Gb'yega Fajana since his youth, the infinite mix and variations. I have not been courageous enough to pursue this vocation wholeheartedly. Now I am stepping into this as an 'Unresolved artist". Living in London but of Nigerian descent, he has received his Master’s in Design and Media Arts from the University of Westminster. He is a self-taught artist. He is in photography, painting, video, moving images, and dance on screen. All these, are interwoven to explore the visual gesture and the narrative possibilities presented in a type of “galleria and creative nuance”. His earlier works are dance on-screen artist films, employing movement and dance, moving imagery as the protagonist. This correlates to space and presentation, defining the spatial boundaries with the fugitive body in a gesture that would relate well to participating in spatial dance scenography. Stevén started as a dancer but has always been fascinated with the dialogue between the visual nuance and the elusive pronounce' in the artistic form. His moving image works have been screened and exhibited both nationally and on international platforms. His African identity and childhood memories stimulate the creative space. Drawing influence from different artistic media and artists like Ben Enwonwu, Isaac Julien, Roy Lichtenstein,...

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