Contemporary artist / Leicester, UK

Contemporary Digital Portraiture & Collage

01 The Quiet Weight, 2026
The Quiet Weight by Ajiese: a father in a white kaftan and red cap carries a sleeping child on his back, wrapped in brightly patterned cloth, against a yellow circle on a deep green ground.

An evolving body of work exploring people, cultural references and visual memory through contemporary digital portraiture.

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Ajiese (Christopher Balogun), contemporary artist

Portrait of the artist Christopher Balogun (Ajiese)

The artist

A practice rooted in identity.

I am Christopher Balogun, a Leicester-based artist working under the name Ajiese. My practice explores identity, culture and memory through contemporary digital portraiture.

Through geometric forms, colour, pattern and visual distortion, I reconstruct familiar people and cultural references into expressive compositions that sit between representation and abstraction.

Exhibitions

2026

Beyond the studio.

On view 14 November 2026

Elephant Vision Lab

Organiser
Hit & Run
Venue
Triangle Pop Up, London, United Kingdom
Work
The Quiet Weight
Upcoming 21 to 27 November 2026

Sartori Exhibitions

Venue
67A York Street Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Work
ÀṢẸ (Together)
Exhibited 2026

RESONANCE

Organiser
OYEZ Arts
Venue
Altrincham Town Hall, Altrincham, United Kingdom
Work
ẸWÀ (Beauty)

Contact

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