Kareem Waris Olamilekan was born in 2004 and currently lives in Lagos, Nigeria. He is considered an art prodigy and is globally acclaimed for his hyperrealistic portraits and skilled drawings.
He is most famous for having painted French President Emmanuel Macron’s portrait in just two hours, on the occasion of the President’s visit to Fela Kuti’s New Africa Shrine in Lagos on July 3, 2018.