Art Jollof
Vibrant layers capturing resilience and unity.
Projects
Bold layers revealing stories of resilience.
Art Jollof
“Art Jollof”: a philosophy that celebrates freedom, originality, and expressive abundance. Like its culinary namesake, Art Jollof embraces richness and diversity, layering color, texture, and material into compositions that are visually generous and emotionally resonant. His abstraction resists minimalist restraint, proposing instead an open, evolving process shaped by culture, belief, and everyday life
Travels and Hobby
Aliyu enjoys traveling and draws inspiration from his extensive journeys across Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas. Countries visited include: Africa: Niger, Rwanda, The Gambia, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Togo, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone, Ghana. Middle East: Saudi Arabia, UAE. Europe: Netherlands, Germany, France, UK. Americas: USA (Washington DC, Denver, Hollywood, San Francisco), Mexico
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Aliyu Aminu Ahmed is an abstract artist and art advisor, and the pioneer of the Art Jollof style. He is the Founder of Garga Art Galleries Limited, a Professional Member of the Society of Nigerian Artists (SNA) (PTN/2025/BOR/024), and an Honorary Fellow of the Society. His work explores acrylic and mixed media on canvas and paper, using texture paste and natural or found materials.
