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CG016, Portrait 001

$450.00

Aluu Prosper, Lagos, Nigeria

Materials: Mixed media acrylic and papers on canvas

Size: 10.5 × 15 inches [click image for full view]

Shipping: Included in price, please contact us before adding to cart to discuss international shipping.

“My work begins with fragments, newspapers, photographs, and pigment materials that once carried information but now hold memory. Through Abfillage, a language I developed that fuses abstraction, figuration, and collage, I rebuild these fragments into living archives. Each layer listens to time, revealing how societies learn, remember, and endure. What began as a technique has become a philosophy: painting with memory itself. In my hands, the everyday becomes sacred; surfaces turn into spaces of reflection where color, text, and silence speak together, preserving what history forgets and transforming remnants into stories of resilience.”

Aluu Prosper, a rising artist from Lagos, Nigeria, brings a powerful visual voice shaped by culture, community, and contemporary African identity. Aluu’s collage and painting work weaves together bold color, layered symbolism, and modern narrative. Each portrait feels alive with meaning.

Featured here in ART SHOP, Aluu Prosper represents our commitment to connecting collectors with exceptional artists from every corner of the world. His work is more than an acquisition — it’s an invitation into a global conversation, a tangible connection to a thriving creative movement beyond borders. Collecting Aluu Prosper is not only an investment in a gifted emerging talent, but also supporting an artistic voice shaping the future of contemporary art.

Through Juniper Rag, art becomes a shared language — and artists like Aluu Prosper remind us that beauty, power, and expression know no geographical limits. ‍‍

Aluu Prosper, Lagos, Nigeria

Materials: Mixed media acrylic and papers on canvas

Size: 10.5 × 15 inches [click image for full view]

Shipping: Included in price, please contact us before adding to cart to discuss international shipping.

“My work begins with fragments, newspapers, photographs, and pigment materials that once carried information but now hold memory. Through Abfillage, a language I developed that fuses abstraction, figuration, and collage, I rebuild these fragments into living archives. Each layer listens to time, revealing how societies learn, remember, and endure. What began as a technique has become a philosophy: painting with memory itself. In my hands, the everyday becomes sacred; surfaces turn into spaces of reflection where color, text, and silence speak together, preserving what history forgets and transforming remnants into stories of resilience.”

Aluu Prosper, a rising artist from Lagos, Nigeria, brings a powerful visual voice shaped by culture, community, and contemporary African identity. Aluu’s collage and painting work weaves together bold color, layered symbolism, and modern narrative. Each portrait feels alive with meaning.

Featured here in ART SHOP, Aluu Prosper represents our commitment to connecting collectors with exceptional artists from every corner of the world. His work is more than an acquisition — it’s an invitation into a global conversation, a tangible connection to a thriving creative movement beyond borders. Collecting Aluu Prosper is not only an investment in a gifted emerging talent, but also supporting an artistic voice shaping the future of contemporary art.

Through Juniper Rag, art becomes a shared language — and artists like Aluu Prosper remind us that beauty, power, and expression know no geographical limits. ‍‍

 

ARTIST'S STATEMENT AND BIO

Prosper Aluu (b. 1999, Nigeria) is a multidisciplinary visual artist whose work explores identity, culture, and history through a fusion of abstraction, figuration, and collage. His artistic journey began in childhood, drawing comic book characters, which developed his understanding of human anatomy and expression. He studied Building Technology at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, where he gained an architectural background that influenced his compositions. His signature technique, Abfillage, combines painting with newspapers sourced from his location during the creative process, preserving contemporary stories while connecting them to the past. Occasionally incorporating photography, his layered compositions challenge perspectives on self-representation and historical narratives. Elongated figures, exaggerated forms, and symbolic Afro hairstyles are recurring motifs in his work, celebrating resilience and cultural identity. Since winning the Peace Poster Award at ANBUKRAFT in 2018, he has exhibited in multiple group and solo exhibitions. His practice invites viewers to engage with the nuances of history and memory, questioning dominant narratives while documenting evolving cultural landscapes.

 
 

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