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