Mathew Babatunde Oyedele is a visual artist and art historian who explores his immediate environment for thematic references and materials. He graduated from the University of Benin in with a major in art history and has been practicing as a visual artist and art historian since then, with a number of art exhibitions and publications to his credit. Inspired by happenings in his immediate milieu, his works usually explore themes of migration, identity, freedom, social commentaries and human relationships. His art process is spontaneous and sometimes, conceptually and materially-driven in which the concept or the material dictates his flow. He does this by beating, cutting, pinching, squeezing, and folding his materials.