Elizabeth Toyin Alade

Place: Akure

Born: 1961

Biography:

Toyin Alade is a Nigerian Postwar & Contemporary artist, born in Akure, Nigeria in 1961. She is known for her paintings, which have been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from $1,000 to $5,000. She is also known as the Visualist of Pan African Cultural Symbolism. She has a biography on MutualArt and has been featured in the Nigerian Times. Her work has been sold at auction on askART and Artprice. She has also published academic papers and is a lecturer at the Federal University of Technology, Akure. She is not to be confused with Nigerian actress Toyin Abraham.