Ade Adesina, born in Nigeria 1980, is a full time artist based in Aberdeen, Scotland. He was elected a Royal Scottish Academician in 2017 and is a member of the Royal Glasgow Institute of The Fine Art. He has also held the positions of Artist in Residence at Eton College and Glasgow Print Studio.
Solo Exhibitions
2025 – Under the Grey Sky, Tighnabruaich Gallery, Tighnabruaich, Scotland
2025 – Contemplation, Eames Fine Art Gallery, London, England
2022 – Contradictions, Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford, England
2022 – Parallel, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
2022 – Phantom, The Biscuit Factory Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
2021 – New Leaves, Kilmorack Gallery, Scotland
2020 – Twilight, Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford, England
2019 – Aurora, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
2019 – Mirage, The Gallery at Linlithgow, Livingston, Scotland
2018 – The View After the Questions, Engramme, Quebec, Canada
2017 – Ade Adesina, John Martin Gallery, London, England
2016 – Awake, New Wave Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland
2016 – Beyond the Light, Eton College, Eton, England
2016 – There Will Be Light, Edinburgh Science Festival, Summerhall, Edinburgh, Scotland
2015 – Ade Adesina, Gallery At Fifty Five, Stonehaven, Scotland
2015 – Ade Adesina, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow, Scotland
2014 – Ade Adesina, Woodend Barn Gallery, Banchory, Scotland
2014 – Day Watchers, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, Scotland
2014 – Heal the World, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland
2014 – Rise of the Sun, Grampian Hospitals Art Trust, Aberdeen, Scotland
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 – Leonardo Sciascia amateur d’estampes XI edizione, Italy
2024 – Gordon Contemporaries, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland
2024 – Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London, England
2023 – Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
2023 – Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London, England
2023 – Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London, England
2022 – Aberdeen Artist Society Annual Exhibition, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland
2022 – Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
2022 – Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London, England
2022 – Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London, England
2021 – Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
2021 – Arte Laguna, Venice, Italy
2021 – Landscape of Memory, Koel Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2021 – Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London, England
2021 – Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London, England
2020 – Academicians in Isolation, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
2020 – Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
2020 – RE Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London, England
2020 – Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London, England
2020 – Royal Academy of Arts Winter Exhibition, London, England
2020 – Summer Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London, England
2020 – Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London, England
2019 – A Decade On, Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland
2019 – Allusion IV, Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Glasgow, Scotland
2019 – Allusion V, Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Eton College, England
2019 – Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
2019 – Aviary, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
2019 – Botanical, An Talla Solais Gallery, Ullapool, Scotland
2019 – National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London, England
2019 – RE Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London, England
2019 – Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London, England
2019 – RSA Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
2019 – SSA/VAS Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
2019 – The Great Print Exhibition, Rheged Centre, Cumbria, England
2019 – Ulsan International Woodcut Print Biennale, Ulsan, South Korea
2019 – Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland
2019 – Winter Show, John Martin Gallery, London, England
2019 – Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London, England
2018 – 40/40 Vision: 40 Years of Wasps Artist Studios, Kirkcudbright Galleries, Scotland
2018 – Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
2018 – Art Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2018 – Beyond Reality (with June Carey), Eton College, England
2018 – London Art Fair, London, England
2018 – Rene Carcan International Print Exhibition, Belgium
2018 – Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London, England
2018 – Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland
2018 – Signs of Life (with David Mach RA), Bo.lee Gallery, London, England
2018 – Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland
2018 – Winter Flowers, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
2017 – Ages of Wonder, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
2017 – Allusion Clutha to Tatha, Tatha Gallery, Fife, Scotland
2017 – Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
2017 – Linocut Today, Quedlinburg & Würzburg, Germany
2017 – Micro MACRO, Kelly Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
2016 – 8th International Printmaking Biennial of Douro, Portugal
2016 – Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
2016 – Just Before the Light, Tweeddale Museum Gallery, Peebles, Scotland
2016 – Linocut Today, Städtische Galerie, Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
2016 – National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London, England
2016 – Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London, England
2016 – The Long Walk, Highland Print Studio, Inverness, Scotland
2015 – Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
2015 – National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London, England
2015 – Nature’s Footprint, BP Atrium Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland
2015 – Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London, England
2015 – The 2nd Global Print, Portugal
2015 – The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
2015 – Tribuna Graphic, Romania
2014 – Aberdeen Artist Society Annual Exhibition, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland