Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), artist, lecturer at the University of Lagos, scholar in the visual and creative arts, and life coach Bolaji Ogunwo has spoken about his path in art, science, and teaching, as well as his experience of working in different countries.
Anastasiia Zuieva, an expert at the scientific and educaional centre of the Scientific Publications company, spoke with Bolaji Ogunwo, a lecturer at the University of Lagos, as part of a series of interviews with scholars.
Bolaji Ogunwo:
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- artist
- lecturer at the University of Lagos
- researcher in the visual and creative arts
- life coach
- visiting professor at Missouri State University, 2026
The conversation touched on several sides of Bolaji Ogunwo's creative and academic work at once: painting, research in the arts, teaching, and his experience of working in different countries. A separate place in the interview was given to the culture of Nigeria, which he actively presents to an international audience.
In this interview, you will learn:
- How do the roles of artist, lecturer, and scholar influence one another in Bolaji Ogunwo's work?
- How has his approach to art changed over the years?
- How did his recognisable style of working with colour and texture take shape, and which artistic and technical decisions influenced it the most?
- What was the process of preparing publications, formatting, and academic translation like for him while working on his dissertation in the field of art?
- Do the current requirements of academic journals reflect the specific nature of research in the arts, and how difficult is it to apply standard criteria to them?
- How can an artist turn their own practical work into a research topic and recognise that it could become a scholarly question or article?
- Has his approach to writing academic papers changed with experience, and what does he now do differently compared with the start of his academic career?
- Beyond the technical skills of painting, what is important for him to pass on to students at the University of Lagos?
- How did his experience of teaching at Missouri State University in 2026 differ from working with students at the University of Lagos?
- How have masterclasses and his own projects in the United States influenced Bolaji Ogunwo's creative work?
- What would Bolaji Ogunwo like the world to know about the culture of Nigeria, which he represents to an international audience?
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