Ade Adesina was born in Nigeria in 1980 and now lives in Aberdeen, Scotland. He studied printmaking at Gray's School of Art, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, graduating in 2012. Ade has held artist residencies at Eton College, Highland Print Studio, Glasgow print Studio and Grays School of Art.  He is a Royal Scottish Academician and member of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Arts.

 

Ade is represented in the Stadtische Galerie Collection, Bietigheim Bissingem. Art in Healthcare, Edinburgh, Robert Gordon University Arts, the Heritage Collection, Aberdeen, the Eton College Collection, the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh and private collections worldwide.

 

Selected Exhibitions and Awards

2020       Royal Academy of Art, Summer/Winter Exhibition, London          
               Summer Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London.
               Academicians in Isolation, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
               RE Original Print, The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, Bankside Gallery
               For Art Sake, Framing Prize

 

2019       Twilight, Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford
                Hors de Question, Headmade Factory, St Martin, French West Indies
                Winter Show, John Martin Gallery, London
                SSA/VSA Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
                RSA Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
                The Great Print Exhibition, Rheged Centre, Cumbria
                Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London. 
                National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
                John Purcell Paper Award
                Aurora, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. Solo
                Ulsan International Woodcut Print Biennale, South Korea
                Royal Academy of Art, Summer Exhibition, London
               ‘A Decade On’ Collaboration Exhibition, Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen
                RE Original Print, The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, Bankside Gallery
                Botanical Royal Scottish Academy, An Talla Solais Gallery. Ullapool
                Allusion V. Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Art. Eton College
                Mirage. The Gallery at Linlithgow, Livingston. Solo
               Visual Art Scotland, Annual Exhibition. Edinburgh
               Allusion IV. Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Art, Glasgow
               Aviary. Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

 

2018       The Society of Scottish Artists, Annual Exhibition. Edinburgh 
               National Original Print Exhibition, The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers Prize
                Signs of Life. Collaboration Exhibition, Ade Adesina/David Mach. Bo.lee Gallery
               Royal Academy of Art, London Original Print Fair Prize, London
               Royal Academy of Art, Summer Exhibition, London
               40/40 Vision, 40 Years of Wasps Artist Studios. Kirkcudbright Galleries
               June Carey & Ade Adesina: a Collaboration in Print, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow
               The View After the Questions, Society of Scottish Artist\  Galeria/Atelier,

               Quebec,Canada, Solo
​               The Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh
                Beyond Reality Collaborative Exhibition, Eton College, Eton
                Art Dubai 2018, Dubai
                Rene Carcan International Print Exhibition, Belgium
               Winter Flowers, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
                Society of Scottish Artists/Visual Arts Scotland Open Exhibitions, Open Eye

                Gallery Award
                London Art Fair, London

 

2017       Ages of Wonder, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
               National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London 
               Artist in Residency, Wasps Artist Studios, Admiral's House,

               Lower Ollach, Isle of Skye
               Micro MACRO. The Newly Elected Royal Glasgow Institute of The Fine Arts,

               Kelly Gallery, Glasgow
               Allusion Clutha to Tatha. Royal Glasgow Institute or Art, Members Exhibition,

               Tatha Gallery, Group Exhibition
                Royal Scottish Academy, Summer Exhibition, Edinburgh 

                This Will Ruin Everything- 10 Years of Recoat, The Lighthouse,

                Glasgow, Group Exhibition

                Linocut Today, Lyonel-Feininger-Galerie Quedlinburg, Museum for Graphic Arts,

                Germany. Group Exhibition
                Linocut Today, Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg. Germany
                Royal Academy of Art, Summer Exhibition. London
                 John Martin Gallery, London. Solo
                 Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Art Open Exhibition.

                 Torrance Memorial Award
                 Society of Scottish Artists, Annual Open Exhibition. The Deloitte Prize

 

2016       Beyond the Light, Eton College. Eton. Solo
               Artist in Residence, Eton College. Eton  
               National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
               Just Before the Light, The Gallery Tweeddale Museum. Peebles.
               Linocut Today 2016, Stadtische Galerie,Bietigheim, Bissingem, Germany
               8th International Printmaking Biennial of Douro, Portugal                 
               Awake, Newave Gallery, Aberdeen. Solo
               The Long Walk, Highland Print Studio, Inverness. Residency Exhibition
               Aberdeen Visual Artist and Craft Makers Award
                There Will Be Light, Edinburgh Science Festival, Summerhall. Solo
                Artist in Residence, Highland Print Studio, Inverness. 2015-2016

 

2015       Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition, Wasps Residency Award
               The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle 
               National Original Print Exhibition. London

               Hawthorn Printmaking Supplies Award
               Tribuna Graphic 2015. Romania
               The 2ND Global Print 2015. Portugal
               Royal Academy of Art, Arts Club Trust Award
               Royal Academy of Art, Summer Exhibition. London
               Nature’s Footprint, BP Atrium Gallery, BP Headquarters, Aberdeen
               Gallery At Fifty Five, Stonehaven. Solo
               Glasgow Print Studio. Solo

 

2014       Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition. London.
               Day Watchers, Peacock Visual Art, Aberdeen. Solo
               Rise of the Sun, Grampian Hospitals Art Trust. Solo
               The Royal Scottish Academy, Generation 2014
               Woodend Barn Gallery, Banchory. Solo
               Heal the World, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. Solo

 

2013       The Royal Scottish Academy, Resident 13
                Linocut Today 2013, Stadtische Galerie, Bietigheim Bissingem, Germany
               The Aberdeen Artists Society, Wellhead Electrical Supplies Prize 
               The Royal Scottish Academy, New Contemporaries
               Hard Ground, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen
               RSA Artist in Residence, Glasgow Print Studio
               The Royal Scottish Academy, New Contemporaries Awards

               Walter Scott Global Investment Award
                David & June Gordon Memorial Trust Award
                Art in Healthcare Purchase Prize
                 Ink and Ivory, Artist in Residence Exhibition, Gray's School of Art
                 Compass Gallery, Cabinet Show, Glasgow

 

2012       Artist in Residence, Gray's School of Art
               Compass Gallery, New Generation, Glasgow
               RSA John Kinross Scholarship to Florence

 

2011       SUT JP Kenny Award, Gray’s School of Art