{"product_id":"joseph-mobolaji-aina-autonomous-landscape","title":"204. Joseph Mobolaji Aina - Autonomous landscape","description":"\u003cp\u003e2026\u003cbr\u003eOil on Canvas \u003cbr\u003e11.5 x 16.5 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoseph Mobolaji Aina’s practice explores the psychological and emotional landscape of a man of Nigerian heritage living within British society. Drawing on personal experience while maintaining an analytical distance, the work functions as both biography and document — a speculative autobiography that examines identity, memory, transgression, and belonging through painting and installation. Informed by studies in Psychology and Law, Aina uses systems of analysis to interrogate structure, behaviour, and meaning, often suggesting narrative through material, atmosphere, and spatial construction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorking across painting and immersive installation, Aina creates environments that operate as psychological landscapes. Rather than depicting nature directly, these spaces examine the underlying structures that shape human experience and social identity. Fragments of allegorical narrative recur throughout the work, alongside motifs such as clouds and open skies, which function as shifting symbols of transcendence, spirituality, uncertainty, and revelation. These luminous, unstable forms disrupt fixed interpretation and encourage contemplation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the centre of the practice is an expanded understanding of landscape painting. While grounded in painting, Aina questions what a landscape can be, blurring distinctions between interior and exterior space, memory and physical environment, figuration and abstraction. Canvases dissolve into abstract passages, while installations reposition paintings and objects to challenge conventional modes of viewing. Through these strategies, the work seeks to expand definitions of both painting and landscape, transforming them into spaces for psychological, spiritual, and social inquiry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAina completed an MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art, London (2020–2022), following a Diploma in Fine Art at the Royal College of Art (2019–2020), and studies in Psychology and Law at the University of Kent (2014–2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSolo exhibitions include \u003cem\u003eCelestial Contemplations\u003c\/em\u003e at Ada Gallery, Ghana (2024); \u003cem\u003ePerugia\u003c\/em\u003e at Affinity Gallery during NADA Miami (2023); and \u003cem\u003eLooking for a Saviour\u003c\/em\u003e at Prior Art Space, Berlin (2022).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGroup exhibitions include \u003cem\u003ePoetics of Becoming\u003c\/em\u003e at the Royal College of Art, London (2025), and \u003cem\u003eAfter Sun\u003c\/em\u003e in Dubai and London (2025).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAwards and distinctions include a student scholarship for the MA Painting programme at the Royal College of Art (2022), being shortlisted for the Valerie Beston Award from Artist Trust (2022), and Entrepreneur of the Year at the University of Kent (2016).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AOAP Projects","offers":[{"title":"No insurance (+£0)","offer_id":57733109318006,"sku":null,"price":500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"UK insurance (+£15)","offer_id":58013680304502,"sku":null,"price":515.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Europe insurance (+£25)","offer_id":57987690660214,"sku":null,"price":525.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Rest of World insurance (+£35)","offer_id":57987690692982,"sku":null,"price":535.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2714\/0060\/files\/Artwork204.jpg?v=1779208814","url":"https:\/\/aoapprojects.com\/products\/joseph-mobolaji-aina-autonomous-landscape","provider":"AOAP Projects ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}