Lanre Buraimoh

Lanre Buraimoh is a Nigerian-born artist who is based in Texas, US. His "bead paintings" are exhibited internationally.

Art work Buraimoh received art training from his parents, Chief Jimoh Buraimoh and Alake Buraimoh, both contemporary artists well known in Nigeria and abroad. Lanre Buraimoh's art is inspired by the beadwork of the Yoruba people of West Africa, who have traditionally incorporated beads in their art forms and to decorate the crowns, shoes and walking sticks of their kings. Buraimoh's innovative pieces adapt this tradition to the contemporary art form of "bead painting." His paintings are adorned with thousands of small, colorful glass beads that depict Yoruba objects and symbols. These include drums and native drummers, masks, lizards, foxes and the Shankofa bird—a mythical bird with an egg in its mouth that is shown flying forward while looking backward. The egg "represents the knowledge of the past upon which wisdom is based and also signifies the future". Buraimoh's pieces also reflect traditional Yoruba beliefs about love, entertainment, and unity.

Recognition

2019, Houston Artadia Fellowship 2017, Juror's Award at the University Museum at Texas Southern University. Choice Grand Prize Award at Citywide African American Artists Exhibition at Texas Southern University Museum.

Exhibitions

2019, 19th Annual Citywide Exhibition, University Museum at Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas 2019, Summer Group Art Show, Wasagaming Art Center, Manitoba, Canada 2017, Art of Africa, Mytrunk Gallery, Denmark 2012, 12th Annual Citywide Exhibition, University Museum at Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas