In the dawn of 2019, Toluwalope Ajayi, a graduate of the University of Lagos has initiated herself into the republic of Nigerian artists who are experimenting and creating series of artistic movement through their artistic series and paintings.



For one who is familiar with the Art scene in Nigeria, it is no doubt that among artists who have birthed their own style and now crossing boundaries with such expressions is Mufu Onifade- debuting his art movement, Araism in the wake of 2011. Mufu’s Araism is a peculiar kind of painting that covers the entire canvas with some pattern, irrespective of what is in the background.

With Mufu and other artists breaking remarkable grounds in Nigerian Art history, the works of Toluwalope Ajayi are pronouncing her as an Art prophet whose name should be included in contemporary Art discourse as she leads the creative movement, Stonism. An acronym for a body of work (painting) developed with stones.

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