meet BALA
CREATIVE PERSON
Hi! I’m Balafaama, a self-taught multidisciplinary artist from Nigeria, now based in the UK. My art began as a way to express emotions when words couldn’t, and it’s been my passion ever since! I love experimenting with different mediums, using vibrant colours and bold strokes to tell stories. My work has been featured in exhibitions and galleries around the world. I’m open to commissions and collaborations, and I’m also looking to slowly transition into design.
past exhibitions
2025, Group Exhibition, My Kreative Mind 2.0, LSTV and New Comma, London, UK.
2025, BP Office Lunchtime Pop-Up, Middlesex, London, UK.
2025, Group Exhibition, Togetherness, Black Creative Trailblazers Showcase, Aviva Studios, Manchester, UK.
2025, Live Painting Feature, Black Creative Trailblazers Showcase, Aviva Studios, Manchester, UK.
2024, Group Exhibition, Deconstruction - Reconstruction, Manchester, UK.
2024, Group Exhibition, Black Artists in Manchester, UK.
2024, Group Exhibition, Common Ground, New Comma, London, UK.
2024, Group Exhibition, Good Things Take Time, Art Roost Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria.
2022, Group Exhibition, Overturned, the Brigid Alliance, the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, Planned Parenthood, Makersplace.
2022, Group Exhibition, Afrofuturism, Afrofuture 3rd Cohort Drop, Web3 Africa.
2022, Group Exhibition, Forging the Future, Dak'Art La Biennale De Dakar, Dakar, Senegal.
2021, Group Exhibition, FTX Africa, Lagos, Nigeria.
2021, Group Exhibition, Colors of the Rainbow Collective, Makersplace.
2021, Group Exhibition, NFT Lagos, Nigerian NFT Community, Lagos, Nigeria.
