About the Artist
Aluminum-relief artist Toyin Folorunso Santa Fe, July, 2007 (photo by A H Fisher).
Aluminum-relief artist Toyin Folorunso Santa Fe, July, 2007 (photo by A H Fisher).
Toyin Folorunso is a great nephew of the late master of Nigerian aluminum relief sculpture, Asiru Olatunde, and a grandson of Asiru's brother Yekini Folorunso. He was selected to exhibit his work at the International Folk Art Market in Santa Fe for several years. In 2009 Toyin Folorunso was one of three of our artists chosen by President Bill Clinton's Clinton Global Initiative to create commemorative artworks to be presented to the winners of the Clinton Global Citizen Awards (view the Press Release here).
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