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Meet the Artist: O yemi Tubi 

Olabamiji Yemi Tubi, commonly known as O Yemi Tubi and also known in the art world as MOYAT was born in 1955 in the city of Ibadan, Nigeria, West Africa. His BFA Degree was obtained from Valdosta State College, Valdosta Georgia USA where he majored in Graphic Design. He was awarded Art Scholarship and a plaque (Excellence in Fine Art) 1984 by South Georgia, Douglas Georgia, USA.

He currently lives and worked as a Graphic Artist in United Kingdom. While working as a Graphic Artist, he spent many of his free time drawing and painting. He works with various mediums: pencil, water colour, acrylic and oil paints. His works, influenced by Renaissance artists and current world political situation, evoked him to do some of his recent paintings like The Arab Revolution and The Eagle has landed. (The Eagle has landed is one of the 56 Paintings that was shortlisted for the ArtGemini Prize 2013.

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O Yemi has exhibited worldwide and received awards and recognitions. His works were awarded 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6th places in political commentaries in American Art Awards from 2014 to 2022. He also received First Round Award with cash in Art Olympia 2015 International Open exhibition in Tokyo Japan.

 O Yemi Tubi was awarded the Finalist Certificate for the 2024 Annual Challenge by UK  No Name Collective Art Magazine. He was selected the contemporary Art Station as one of the 50 artists winners of the Premier Artist Prize 2024.

He was a winner of the Award of Distinction in the Southern Tier Artists 2024 Noteworthy: Music in Art Exhibition. He won the Fletcher H Dyer Award at the 11th Anniversary FL3TCH3R 2023 Exhibition. He was awarded 2nd place in the 2023 Brouhahaart ‘Climate Change’ “Right Here, Right Now” exhibition.” O. Yemi won the First-Place award with his painting "The Chickens' Fight" in the WAR or PEACE 2022 International Competition by Art Impact International. He won the best show at the 2022 Urbanization and Health International Art Exhibition and Competition. Art Show International Gallery awarded him the Talent Prize Award in PORTRAIT 2022 International Juried Art Competition for his work “PORTRAIT of an Artist. His work GELE was awarded the Best Show Award in the CQ64 2021 Winter issue of Creative Magazine. His work “My Mother" won 1st Place (Best in Show) in the International Art Competition by Tall Sequoia Gallery, Toronto Canada in 2020. His works are part of the top 25 in the Fine Art category of Creative Quarterly Magazine and were awarded the 100 Best Annual 2019 Fine Arts Award Certificate. His works have been published in some Newspapers, Magazines, and art books.