Babajide Olatunji (b. 1989 Okitipupa, Nigeria) currently works as an artist in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Originally trained as a botanist, he his a self-taught artist who spent considerable personal time researching art historical movements and modes of production. Recent projects draw from extensive research into age-old cultural practices of his indigenous Yoruba culture resulting in the critically well received series of drawings and paintings – Tribal Marks Series I, II and III. Newer projects have included the monumental paintings of “The History of the Yorubas” and intimate drawings of cryptic Yoruba messages called “Aroko”.