The Artist “Laid back Art ………… Laid back Life.”
Called Darton X, Peter Oluwadare Adeniyi is internationally well known , not only in África but also in Europe.
Born in June, 3rd 1968 in Ikere-ekiti, a small city in Ondo (State of Nigéria), Darton X has started painting since he was six, creating self-portraits from the mirrow of his own bedroom.
Taking part of a local School of Art, in 1978, Darton X twelve years old was 3th price at the conference of art show of west Africa in Nigéria. Darton X has emigrated to Italy in the 80’s, where he studied electronics and arts.
It defrayed his studies with his paintings and in little time as an artist, transferring all its directions to a universe of subtle tones and colors Returning to Africa, Darton X continued to study and to paint with many African artists, mixing its educational influences with the strong and intense colors of his home.
Developing his skills, Darton X started to try new roads in the way of the modern cubism. His paintings had started to possess the almost phantasmagoric expressions of its predecessors and ancestral Africans. Showing his works around of the world, Darton X has a strong relation with Spain, Portugal and the Consulate of France in the Bahia.
As a satisfied painter, Darton X says: “In art the possibilities are infinite and the talent blossoms of the skin. To paint allows us to see in the future while the artist confirms the gift.”
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