art’otel London Battersea has announced it’s newest artist in residence, Emmanuel Unaji, who will be in residence until Tuesday 12th November.
Emmanuel Unaji is a British-born Nigerian multidisciplinary artist & co-founder of the award-winning design company, Unaji & Co. He studied fashion design and graduated with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art at Kingston University (2021).
Bold and unconventional, Emmanuel unique style is to mechanically deconstruct icons to reverse engineer the unconscious bias applied to portraiture.
His signature portraits combining collage, drawing and painting have gained widespread recognition in the creative industries and have been featured in household institutions including Le Carreau du Temple Paris, The Royal Exchange, Tate Britain, Adidas Flagship Store, London Fashion Week and The Freemasons Hall. Coined as ‘new talent to watch’ by several publications and brands such as Forbes, British GQ and Adidas, Unaji explores the socio-economic movement of the African body, sculpting his own space, at the intersection of fashion, luxury, street, and fine art.
The art’beat Studio at art’otel London Battersea is an open studio, where visitors can pop in anytime to view works and meet the artists. Upcoming workshops dates with Emmanuel will be announced shortly.
