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.
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Selected exhibitions and awards:
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| 2022 |
'Contradictions', Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford. |
| 2022 |
Aberdeen Artist Society Annual Exhibition, Aberdeen Art Gallery. |
| 2021 |
RSA Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. Scottish Arts Club Prize. |
| 2021 |
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London. |
| 2021 |
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London. John Purcell Paper Prize. |
| 2021 |
RSA Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. |
| 2021 |
Arte Laguna, Venice. |
| 2020 |
'New Leaves', Kilmorack Gallery |
| 2020 |
'Landscape of Memory', Koel Gallery, Pakistan. |
| 2020 |
Summer/Winter Exhibition, Royal Academy, London. |
| 2020 |
Summer Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London. |
| 2020 |
'Academicians in Isolation', Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. |
| 2020 |
RE Original Print, The Royal Society of Painter Printmakers, Bankside Gallery, London. For Art Sake, Framing Prize. |
| 2020 |
'Twilight' Solo Exhibition, Sarah Wiseman Gallery |
| 2019 | Royal Academy of Art, Summer Exhibition, London. |
| 2019 | "A Decade On" Collaboration Exhibition, Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen. |
| 2019 | RE Original Print, The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, Bankside Gallery, London. |
| 2019 | Botanical. Royal Scottish Academy. An Talla Solais Gallery. Ullapool. |
| 2019 | Allusion V. Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Art. Eton College. |
| 2019 | Mirage. The Gallery at Linlithgow, Livingston. Solo |
| 2019 | Visual Art Scotland, Annual Exhibition. Edinburgh. |
| 2019 | Allusion IV. Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Art. Glasgow. |
| 2019 | Aviary. Royal Scottish Academy. Edinburgh. |
| 2018 | The Society of Scottish Artists, Annual Exhibition. Edinburgh |
| 2018 | National Original Print Exhibition. The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers Prize. A year's membership to the RE. London. |
| 2018 | Signs of Life. Collaboration Exhibition, Ade Adesina/David Mach. Bo.lee Gallery, London |
| 2018 | Royal Academy of Art, London Original Print Fair Prize, London. |
| 2018 | Royal Academy of Art, Summer Exhibition, London. |
| 2018 | 40/40 Vision, 40 Years of Wasps Artist Studios. Kirkcudbright Galleries. Group Exhibition. |
| 2018 | June Carey & Ade Adesina: a Collaboration in Print, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow |
| 2018 | The View After the Questions, Society of Scottish Artist\ Galeria/Ateliers Engramme Exchange, Quebec, Canada. Solo |
| 2018 | The Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh |
| 2018 | Beyond Reality Collaborative Exhibition, Eton College, Eton, Ade Adesina/June Carey |
| 2018 | Art Dubai 2018, Dubai |
| 2018 | Rene Carcan International Print Exhibition, Belgium |
| 2018 | Winter Flowers, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh |
| 2018 | Society of Scottish Artists/Visual Arts Scotland Open Exhibitions. Open Eye Gallery Award. |
| 2018 | London Art Fair, London |
| 2017 | Ages of Wonder, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh |
| 2017 | National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London. |
| 2017 | Artist in Residency, Wasps Artist Studios, Admiral's House, Lower Ollach, Isle of Skye. Scotland. |
| 2017 | Micro MACRO. The Newly Elected Royal Glasgow Institute of The Fine Arts, Kelly Gallery, Glasgow. |
| 2017 | Allusion Clutha to Tatha. Royal Glasgow Institute or Art, Members Exhibition, Tatha Gallery. Group Exhibition |
| 2017 | Royal Scottish Academy, Summer Exhibition, Edinburgh. |
| 2017 | This Will Ruin Everything – 10 Years of Recoat, The Lighthouse in Glasgow, 2017. Group Exhibition |
| 2017 | Linocut Today, Lyonel-Feininger-Galerie Quedlinburg, Museum for Graphic Arts. Germany. Group Exhibition |
| 2017 | Linocut Today, Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg. Garmany. 2017. Group Exhibition |
| 2017 | Royal Academy of Art, Summer Exhibition. London. |
| 2017 | John Martin Gallery, London. Solo |
| 2017 | Roots and Wings, Tatha Gallery. Fife |
| 2017 | Secrets of the Sand. The Suttie Arts Space, Aberdeen. Solo |
| 2016 | Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Art Open Exhibition. Torrance Memorial Award. |
| 2016 | Society of Scottish Artists, Annual Open Exhibition. The Deloitte Prize. |
| 2016 | Beyond the Light, Eton College. Eton. Solo |
| 2016 | Artist in Residence, Eton College. Eton, 2016. |
| 2016 | National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London |
| 2016 | Just Before the Light, The Gallery Tweeddale Museum. Peebles. |
| 2016 | Linocut Today 2016, Stadtische Galerie, Bietigheim Bissingem, Germany. |
| 2016 | 8th International Printmaking Biennial of Douro 2016, Portugal. |
| 2016 | Awake, Newave Gallery, Aberdeen. Solo |
| 2016 | The Long Walk, Highland Print Studio, Inverness. Residency Exhibition |
| 2016 | Aberdeen Visual Artist and Craft Makers Award. |
| 2016 | There Will Be Light, Edinburgh Science Festival, Summerhall. Solo |
| 2015 | Artist in Residence, Highland Print Studio, Inverness. 2015-2016. |
| 2015 | Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition, Wasps Residency Award. |
| 2015 | The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle. |
| 2015 | National Original Print Exhibition. London. |
| 2015 | National Original Print. Hawthorn Printmaking Supplies Award. |
| 2015 | Tribuna Graphic 2015. Romania. |
| 2015 | The 2ND Global Print 2015. Portugal. |
| 2015 | Royal Academy of Art, Arts Club Trust Award |
| 2015 | Royal Academy of Art, Summer Exhibition. London. |
| 2015 | Nature’s Footprint, BP Atrium Gallery, BP Headquarters, Aberdeen |
| 2015 | Gallery At Fifty Five, Stonehaven. Solo |
| 2015 | Glasgow Print Studio. Solo |
| 2014 | Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition. London. |
| 2014 | Day Watchers, Peacock Visual Art, Aberdeen. Solo |
| 2014 | Rise of the Sun, Grampian Hospitals Art Trust. Solo |
| 2014 | The Royal Scottish Academy, Generation 2014 |
| 2014 | Woodend Barn Gallery, Banchory. Solo |
| 2014 | Heal the World, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. Solo |
| 2013 | The Royal Scottish Academy, Resident 13 |
| 2013 | Linocut Today 2013, Stadtische Galerie, Bietigheim Bissingem, Germany. |
| 2013 | The Aberdeen Artists Society, Wellhead Electrical Supplies Prize. |
| 2013 | The Royal Scottish Academy, New Contemporaries |
| 2013 | Hard Ground, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen |
| 2013 | RSA Artist in Residence, Glasgow Print Studio |
| 2013 | The Royal Scottish Academy, New Contemporaries Awards |
| 2013 | Walter Scott Global Investment Award |
| 2013 | David & June Gordon Memorial Trust Award |
| 2013 | Art in Healthcare Purchase Prize |
| 2013 | Belvidere Gallery, Aberdeen solo |
| 2013 | Ink and Ivory, Artist in Residence Exhibition, Gray's School of Art |
| 2013 | Compass Gallery, Cabinet Show, Glasgow |
| 2012 | Artist in Residence, Gray's School of Art. |
| 2012 | Compass Gallery, New Generation, Glasgow |
| 2012 | RSA John Kinross Scholarship to Florence |
| 2012 | Grampian Hospital Art Trust, group exhibition |
| 2012 | Transition, Aberdeen, group exhibition |
| 2012 | Aberdeen Art Fair, Aberdeen Music Hall |
| 2011 | SUT JP Kenny Award, Gray’s School of Art |