Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, a 33-year-old London-born, Brooklyn-based artist, is featured in CULTURED's 2025 Young Artists list. He contributed a luminous ceiling painting to the Nigerian Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale, and his work is represented by White Cube and held in collections including the Dallas Museum of Art and Pérez Art Museum Miami. In the profile, he discusses his painting "Dance in Heat," his influences (including Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and Bob Thompson), and his interest in starting a clothing line.
This profile matters because it spotlights a rising contemporary artist whose work bridges West African history, Yoruba mythology, and modernist abstraction, gaining institutional and market recognition. Adeniyi-Jones's inclusion in the Nigerian Pavilion at a major international biennial and his representation by a top-tier gallery signal his growing significance in the global art world, while his candid reflections offer insight into the practices and aspirations of a new generation of artists.