Art of Gboye (Stevén G. Fajana)

Stevén Gb’yega Fajana is a multidisciplinary artist working across photography, painting, video, moving images, and dance on screen. His practice is deeply rooted in the interplay of form, narrative, and gesture, capturing fleeting moments and layering them with rich visual storytelling. Born in Nigeria and now based in London, Stevén holds a Master’s in Design and Media Arts from the University of Westminster and is largely self-taught in his artistic disciplines. His African heritage and childhood memories remain central to his work, infusing it with cultural depth and emotional resonance.

Stevén’s artistic journey began in dance, a foundation that continues to shape his work, particularly in his early explorations of dance-on-screen films. Movement serves as both a subject and a medium, examining spatial relationships, scenography, and the transient body’s interaction with space. His visual language is a dialogue between the tangible and the intangible—an ever-evolving pursuit of capturing the ephemeral.

Inspired by artists such as Ben Enwonwu, Isaac Julien, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Roy Lichtenstein, Damien Hirst, Joan Miró, and Young-Deok Seo, Stevén seamlessly blends elements of painting, sculpture, and performance into his multidisciplinary practice. His process-driven approach treats each medium as a vessel for storytelling, emotion, and exploration.

His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and featured in prestigious art fairs, galleries, and dance film festivals. Notable showcases include group exhibitions in Greece, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, and the USA, as well as screenings at the American Dance Festival, Berlinale Talent Campus, and Monaco Dance Film Festival. Continuously pushing creative boundaries, Stevén merges traditional and contemporary art forms to examine themes of identity, memory, and the human experience.