Haneefah Adam is a self taught contemporary artist currently living and working in Nigeria. Her work reflects issues of identity, culture and representation. She captures experiences by utilising both traditional and unconventional mediums to tell her stories.
Google Doodle: Guest Artist
Today’s Doodle celebrates jollof rice, a quintessential West African dish simmered in reduced tomatoes, onions, peppers and regional spices. On this day each year, rice farmers plant and reap a bountiful harvest — as cooks across West Africa prepare to make fresh jollof. Nigeria-based guest artist Haneefah Adam created the artwork and Senegalese jazz musician…
Breaking the ‘mould’
As a working mother of two young children, navigating career opportunities while attempting to maximise motherhood is a big challenge. The fundamental inequality that women face both politically and economically has made the re-entry into the work force uncommon. Hardly able to “do it all”, women of talent have often have to pause careers to…
Digital Art for NFTs (Portfolio)
My NFTs are a collection of alphanumeric portraits where I use letters and numbers to create stories of characters captured in a moment. I’m a self taught multidisciplinary artist with an MSc from Coventry University. My work typically explores issues related to identity, culture and representation in society, with personal experiences and observations serving as…
Impart Art Fair
Group Show 24th October, 2020 Presence and Presencing. Perceptions of femininity are a broad socially constructed idea where, due to a range of reasons, women are often expected to present themselves in certain ways. From the immense pressure to conform to stereotypical beauty standards, to social expectations of performative femininity, the message that a woman’s…
A Changing Landscape & The Female eye
Group Show at VAN DER PLAS Gallery, New York- March 2nd-8th, 2020. These paintings are a figurative reflection of my embrace of the headscarf as a religious and personal moral obligation; a manifestation of living in a world with a rapidly changing cultural landscape, yet one where ingenuity and otherness is often viewed with wariness….
Life Long Percussion: Angels and Muse
On the 27th of January was the official opening of Angels and Muse. Angels and Muse is a creative hub for nurturing and empowering artistic talent. The space offers itself as a support system for expression, productivity and education for the best creative hands and minds in Nigeria and around the world. In line with their…
Currency
To celebrate Nigeria’s independence, the series mirrors the creation of the nation from a melting pot of ideals, cultures, and stories. The hexaptych consists of various naira notes which, through their insertion into scenarios, create a new whole from a fusion of our heritage and the present day . The series aims to create stories…
Her Story
Exhibited at Rele gallery, this is the story of breaking free. Haneefah Adam makes her debut in this exhibition with a female subject and a journey through time. In the beginning, we find her encrusted, searching and still in a process of discovery. From there on is her blooming and freedom; she is observed unravelling…
Alphanumeric Series
When Jay Z released his 14th studio album, 4:44, it birthed this series as I was inspired to create portraits of the artist using the unique play of numbers, 444, and his song titles in one of the portraits. That album was a reminder that people are not just faces. There is a story behind…
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