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Cyril Oluwamuyiwa Emmanuel, known as Oluwamuyiwa, is a self-taught visual artist and filmmaker with an engineering background based in Lagos. His practice spans painting, sculpture, film, and performance, drawing on Yoruba heritage, Egyptian symbolism, and Neo-Expressionism to explore memory, morality, and mortality. Central to his work is X the Villain, a bandaged alter ego concealing old scars, now a symbol of identity and survival. In 2023, he made 366 artworks in 366 days, a durational performance responding to mental health. His work is collected internationally and widely exhibited.

2011 - 2018 Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) - Ile-Ife, Osun, Nigeria. B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering 2024 EbonyLife Creative Academy (ELCA) - Film School, Lagos, Nigeria. Directing - The Director’s Toolkit Self-taught Visual and performance artist

Selected Exhibitions: •2026 Group Exhibition, Artibaa Gallery • 2026 Group Exhibition, Marea Gallery • 2026 Group Exhibition, Artphoria Collective • 2025 Open Studio Exhibition, X Studios • 2025 Group Exhibition, Chaos Club • 2024 Virtual Solo Exhibition, Community Art Channel • 2023 Group Exhibition, Belgrade Art Residency • 2023 Group exhibition, Shodex Art Gallery • 2023 Group exhibition, Alte Cultural Festival

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Oluwamuyiwa

Nigeria , 1995

Judge, Jury and Executioner

Overcome Evil

Eulogy of Basquiat

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