LADOZA

About​

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Ladoza is a UK based Abstract Artist, Photographer and creative enthusiast.

Exploring landscape plays a big role in what motivates and inspires him and his work. He has been a keen climber since the age of 11, which has embedded a love and respect for the outdoors from an early age. 

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"My work plays on the not so straight line between abstraction and narratives, a visual language and dialogue influenced by landscape, nature, emotion and experience. I experiment with lots of techniques and media as I find the practical process vital in exploring how best to create my ideas and concepts. I love how abstract art and photography are almost opposites in process and how they now each hugely influence the way I approach the other".

 

Over the past 17 years photography has become a huge part of his work process, which started out as a way of documenting his work during, and after it was made. It now exists as a source of research and experience, getting him out exploring different weathers, seasons and the unexpected.

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He also enjoys making music, films and prints in their many forms.

 

Masters graduate in Fine Art at Hallam University 2010 - 2012

BA (hons) graduate in Fine Art at Hallam University 2007-2010

 

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Painting

 

Abstract painting is the first love for Ladoza. Landscape painting was introduced to him at a very early age through his Gran, who was keen to get the brushes out at any opportunity and teach him different techniques. Along side a visual creative upbringing, he was a keen musician following in his dads and older brothers footsteps. It was much later on where he started to combine the skills of painting and emotions of music that led him to start creating his own abstract paintings.

 

“I use painting and art as a way to feel present. By creating something unique as a result of the things I am influenced by I have a purpose that has immeasurable value to me”. 

 

By combining many techniques learnt over many years Ladoza has come up with a unique way of oil painting which allows him to capture what it is that inspires him about landscape and who he is as an artist.

He loves exploring with photography and film making, which over the years has seen him venturing out in all weathers, at all times of the day, across the seasons.

With his camera in hand, He studies and explores all aspects of a landscape, from the vast awe-inspiring views, the fascinating rock formations and the flow of waters, down to the intricate patterns and colours in the nature that surrounds us. 

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Photography

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He first found an interest in photography after completing a night course in film photography and dark room editing in 1996, but it wasn’t until 2007, when he started a BA then moving onto a Masters, both in Fine Art, that he started to realise his love for photography and how it could influence and complement his practice. From documenting his work, to capturing compositions that inspired his abstract paintings, photography had become an important element of self-exploration and his artwork.

 

After his course he spent many hours developing knowledge of photography in both pre and post production. His passion for photography has grown over the years and there’s nothing he love more than getting out exploring, whether in the Peak District, which is practically on his doorstep or further afield, camera in hand.

 

Recently he has spent some time learning how to make films and has started to produce a small series titled ‘An Artist’s Walk’. These short films aim to highlight the elements of the great outdoors that inspire him as an artist and what influences the studio work he produces. 

You can find these films in the menu above.

 

Whilst he specialises in landscape photography, he has also been fortunate to work for many established companies producing high end images of their products, and has also covered event, portrait and sports photography.

 

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Macro Artworks

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Sitting somewhere between his photography and paintings is a world of shapes, textures, compositions, colour and chance. Whilst creating his abstract paintings, he began to observe intricate patterns and details that were occurring through the oils. 

Through the use of Macro photography, he was able to explore these details further and capture extreme close-ups of the oil paints which result in bold and colourful compositions, full of movement and texture. The outcomes are often influenced by his love of landscapes and the natural patterns, palettes and formations he has come to love so much.

 

He is currently working on a project to exhibit these digital macro artworks on a large scale across the streets of Sheffield, creating a bright, bold art trail across the city. If you would like to know more see the Billboards of Sheffield in the projects section above.