Hallmark Mahogany IG—Black Women's Appreciation Day 2022
Hallmark—Tree Trimming
Deborah Douglas — Emancipator Boston Globe
Hallmark Mahogany IG—Melanin Magic 2022
That Kind of Guy by Talia Hibbert
Hallmark Mahogany—Embrace Your Black Joy Card
Amber Payne—Boston Globe's The Emancipator
Hallmark Mahogany IG—International Women's Day 2022
Hallmark Mahogany—What Black Excellence Looks Like
Ibram X. Kendi—Boston Globe's The Emancipator
100 Days of Living Uplifted and Empowered Journal — Cover Illustration and Title lettering
Peniel Joseph—Boston Globe's The Emancipator
Hallmark—Sisterhood
Hallmark—Mahogany Social Post for International Women's Day 2021
Self-Portrait, May 2023—Procreate
golden–Watercolor
Gradient map on graphite study
Study in Procreate
Gouache Portrait Study
Graphite Study
Acrylic on WC paper study
Self—Jan 2022
Sketch—Procreate
Sketchbook study—Graphite
#kanthony—Graphite Study
Watercolor Portrait Study
Watercolor Study
Outdoor Flower Painting
Self-Portrait—Procreate
Outdoor Flower Painting
Figure Sketch from Life
Annie—Gouache Study
First Wash—WC Self-Portrait
My Valentine—Graphite Sketch
Gouache Sketch
Watercolor Sketch
Watercolor Sketch
Watercolor Eye Study
Gouache Sketch Process
Teju Abiola is a painter and illustrator based in Buffalo, New York who loves art history, materials, and processes. Primarily fascinated by watercolor’s fluid positionality and the intimacy of portraiture, she uses them to explore color, perception, identity, and representation from an intersectional lens. To capture and celebrate people, she extrapolates color, applies paint in fragmented ways, and highlights how pigment contrasts on white paper. The margins become frames for intimacy and color beacons for visibility.Teju was a 2018-19 Ringling Illustration Trustee Scholar and received her BFA in Illustration with a minor in Visual Development from the Ringling College of Art and Design in 2019. She is currently pursuing her MFA in Studio Art from SUNY University at Buffalo where she is a 2024 Arthur A. Schomburg Fellow. Teju is also a Senior Artist at Hallmark Cards and a Winsor & Newton Watercolour Demo Artist.Notable work includes her illustration, lettering, and writing for Hallmark Mahogany’s Uplifted & Empowered collection; contribution to the Art of Change: In Support of Black Lives book and Kickstarter alongside 100 artists and collaborators in the illustration, animation, fine arts, game, and other industries; and ongoing portraits of the advisory board and staff for the online newspaper The Emancipator, founded by Ibram X. Kendi and Bina Venkataraman.Inquiries: tejuabiolaart@gmail.com.
i didn't know how much worse i'd feel — watercolor, 9" x 11", 2023