Joe Abdallah
Artist in Nigeria
Ex-Big Brother Housemate, Joe Abdallah's artistic oeuvre encompasses visual paintings, (graffiti & murals ) , prop creation, space management, and miniature sculptural works as well as of modern architectural illustration. His creations, abstract, and heavily detailed paintings are expressed mostly in his paintings and handcrafts. He gradually learned the process of recreation at a young age and started his designs and creation of props with sightable junk and old materials, till present where he has been working on stage designs and set designs. The theme of his large graffiti art is a reflection of hidden thought while his canvas paintings are a full representation of his love of nature and human growth.
During his early school years in Ibadan, he made still life paintings with watercolor and built his own toys out of craft boards and foil. His love for art and animals lured him to Practicing art privately guided by his mother , and studying his father's library of encyclopedias. He tutored his mates till he finished his primary school. Graduating as an art prefect in his secondary school he began making paintings and hand-painted shirts until he made official his creative ambition in 2010. The Tertiary institution provided the space and time for him to Express himself and started creating larger designs, from Wall murals to graffiti.
After working as a freelance; doing designs and creative works for his clientele. In 2017, he got employed as a Creative Director at Central Park, Abuja. Being a contract job, that has not stopped him from showcasing his versatile talent in creativity and getting undertake different design projects for various business and corporate establishments in the city of Abuja.
He has a company in Abuja registered as BH Designs that Abuja that deals in production and sales of artworks and designs including visual arts, body arts, and movie props, execution of contracts for supplies of arts and creative works.
Joe is a self-developed detail-oriented illustrator, idea replicator and self-developed creative with a vast experience in the field of corporate identity. He is a specialist in graffiti and commercial art. He has displayed a high level of uniqueness in his creativity with his love for body arts using non-toxic glow-in-the-dark neon paints. Below are the notable events he displayed the beauty of these body arts which has earned him a significant level of recognition within the Abuja social and diplomatic circles.