About 'Deji
My name is 'Deji Dania otherwise known as Dejidan, a 1992 graduate of Fine Art specialising in painting from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. I am married and self-employed. I am an art administrator, comicbook creator, Illustrator, author and a Faith based Christian gospel preacher.
I started my professional career in the early nineties, experimenting with an art style I discovered christened 'Earthoil'. While I was involved in active studio work developing the technique, I had 9 painting exhibitions in public places across Nigeria which were widely covered by both the print and electronic media.
The style is a fusion of oil pigments and natural earth which was intended to take indigenous traditional paintings from the shrines into the modern art galleries and exhibition centres, putting it right in the face of those art lovers who would not have the guts and the time to enter into shrines to appreciate their art.
However, in 2003, I quitted professional painting practice for what I consider a more functional area of art - Illustrations and comics creation, to contribute my own quota to child development and to mentor budding artists.
Today, I have illustrated many published and yet-to-be published story books for different clients.
Besides this, I am on a publishing contract with a publishing house in Nigeria, to produce quality comic books for young readers; joining forces with others to arrest the scourge of dwindling reading culture prevalent among today's crop of youths.
Since 2004 when I joined the team, I have published about 62 books, out of which I personally wrote 30 and illustrated 5.
And as a preacher, I have published two Christian books titled The Rib Factor and Until the King Dies, for the benefits of adherents of the faith basically.
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I just quitted the publishing house mentioned above, to kick start mine I have delayed for too long. And I'll be posting covers of some of my new books online soon.
My name is 'Deji Dania otherwise known as Dejidan, a 1992 graduate of Fine Art specialising in painting from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. I am married and self-employed. I am an art administrator, comicbook creator, Illustrator, author and a Faith based Christian gospel preacher.
I started my professional career in the early nineties, experimenting with an art style I dis...
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