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Selected paintings

Work.

Portraits and imagined interiors that hold a space for memory, kinship and everyday life.

Where Moments Are Made, 2023, painting by David Olatoye

Where Moments Are Made

Dreams of Many Colours (diptych), 2024, painting by David Olatoye

Dreams of Many Colours (diptych)

Duvets Are For Cold Days I, 2023, painting by David Olatoye

Duvets Are For Cold Days I

Duvets Are For Cold Days II, 2023, painting by David Olatoye

Duvets Are For Cold Days II

My Barber’s Shop, 2024, painting by David Olatoye

My Barber’s Shop

Self Portrait (Two Oceans Away), 2024–25, painting by David Olatoye

Self Portrait (Two Oceans Away)

2024–25 ↗︎

My Beloved, in Whom I Found Peace II, 2021, painting by David Olatoye

My Beloved, in Whom I Found Peace II

Feel at Home I, 2020, painting by David Olatoye

Feel at Home I

Untitled (Young Man), 2020, painting by David Olatoye

Untitled (Young Man)

My Beloved, in Whom I Found Peace II, 2021, painting by David Olatoye

My Beloved, in Whom I Found Peace II

Self Portrait (Two Oceans Away), 2025, painting by David Olatoye

Self Portrait (Two Oceans Away)

Christmas Eve, 2022, painting by David Olatoye

Christmas Eve

On film

In conversation

David Olatoye discusses Love and Life with Christopher Moller Gallery. The video is hosted by the gallery on Vimeo.

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Exhibition film

I Love Who You Are, Love Who You Ain’t

A film of the 2021 group exhibition at Bill Brady Gallery, Miami, which included Olatoye’s work.

Watch on Vimeo ↗︎

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Further viewing

Explore the archive

Artsy artwork archive ↗︎Ocula works & exhibitions ↗︎Christopher Moller Gallery ↗︎I Love Who You Are, Love Who You Ain’t · group exhibition film ↗︎

Artwork images reproduced with permission. Titles, dates and image references: Artsy and Christopher Moller Gallery.