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Polly Alakija
British muralist, artist and children's book author
Polly Alakija (born 1966) is a British muralist, artist and children's book author. Born in Britain, she moved to Nigeria upon marrying her Nigerian husband and most of her works focus on Nigerian-themed concepts.[1]
She was an artist in residence for the 2015 Cheltenham Jazz Festival[2] and had a solo exhibition at the Quintessence Gallery, Ikoyi also in 2015.[3] A number of her works are composed of paintings of objects such as Cycle rickshaws called marwa in Nigeria, molue bus and Volkswagen Beetles.[4] In 2019, Alakija was featured in the Visual Collaborative electronic catalog, under the Polaris series, she was interviewed alongside other artists from around the world.[5][6]