Móyòsóré Martins, 1986

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Resonance, 2025 (Diptych)
180 x 300 cm | Oil, oil stick, pigments, and graphite on canvas

70,000 USD

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Ghana III, 2024
200 x 200 cm | Oil, oil stick, pigments, and graphite on canvas

50,000 USD

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MÓYÒSÓRÉ MARTINS, 1986

Móyòsóré Martins, a self-taught mixed-media artist, uses his art to express his innately curious and spiritual nature. Raised in Lagos, Nigeria by a Brazilian father and a Nigerian mother from Ekiti state, Martins began using a paintbrush and pencil at a young age. He combines his traditional Yoruba cultural roots with a contemporary vision to create

artwork that blends figurative, abstract, and narrative elements drawn from his unique life experience, including his journey from Nigeria to his Bronx studio.

Martins’s deeply symbolic artwork frequently features cultural and personal iconography, reflecting his life experience. His paintings are richly textured and use bold brushstrokes, thick oil paint, drawings, scribbles, collaged materials, and text. The vibrant, heavily layered

canvases often include spiritual elements and wishes manifested and fulfilled. In addition to painting, Martins also creates three-dimensional art through using found objects and mixed media. As Martins describes:

My artwork is intentionally raw. I like to use a lot of different materials and have rough-cut edges on the canvas. The paintings are textured with scratches, scribbles, and mud-like paint, as well as clay, liquid plastic, oil sticks, chunky layers of oil paint. I layer the background and then deconstruct them, which gives the feeling of wear and tear on the canvas. No painting is alike as each has symbolic patterns and encrypted messages hidden within it. I want to merge the vision with the given and the new world that I live in now. The word “Why?” is seen in a lot of the work because it leaves you asking the same question.

Forbidden by his father to create or study art, Martins spent his college years in Ghana and the Ivory Coast studying computer science. He immigrated to New York City in 2015 to pursue his artistic ambitions.

Selected Exhibitions

2025

“Móyòsóré Martins”, Upsilon Gallery, London Opening June 1-July 15, 2025

“Móyòsóré Martins”, Pulpo Gallery, Murnau, Germany—October 2025

2024

“Móyòsóré Martins”, TrafficArts in collaboration with curators Jerome Neutres and Aurore Blanc, Paris, France (Solo Show)

“Through the Light”, Olivier Varenne Art Moderne & Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland (Solo Show)

“Arms Around The Child Foundation” Artists in Residency, Accra, Ghana

Convergence: From Bytes to Brush Strokes, Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong, China (Group Show)

2023

“SCOPE Miami Art Show” – Art Fair, Mitochondria Gallery, Miami, USA (Group Show)

“Now, They Now”, Galerie Tanit X Teal Contemporary, Beirut, Lebanon (Solo Show)

“Art Shenzhen” – Art Fair, Crossing Art, Shenzhen, China (Group Show)

“Butter” – Art Fair, Long-Sharp Gallery, Indianapolis, USA (Group Show)

“Portraits in Focus”, Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami, USA (Group Show)

“The Artist Journey”, Crossing Art, New York, USA (Solo Show)

“Intimate”, Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami, USA (Group Show)

“Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary” – Art Fair, Long-Sharp Gallery, Palm Beach, USA (Group Show)

2022

“Art Miami” – Art Fair, Long-Sharp Gallery, Miami, USA (Group Show)

““Butter 2” – Art Fair, Long-Sharp Gallery, Indianapolis, USA (Group Show)

“The Soul of African Diaspora”, Beverly Hills Art Exchange, San Francisco, USA (Group Show)

“Móyòsóré Martins : Seen”, Long-Sharp Gallery, Indianapolis, USA (Solo Show)

2021

“Songs Without Words: The Art of Music”, Nassau County Museum, Roslyn, USA (Group Show)

“IRÁNTI (Nostalgia)”, Path Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (Solo Show)

“Art Stays Here”, Long-Sharp Gallery, art rotating program with Conrad Hotel, Indianapolis, USA (Featured Artist)

“Móyòsóré Martins”, TrafficArt, New York, NY (Solo Show)

2019

“Holiday Exhibition”, Dacia Gallery, New York, USA (Group Show)

2018

Heath Gallery, New York, USA (Group Show)

2017

“Radical Resistance to Xenophobia”, Grady Alexis Gallery, New York, USA (Group Show)

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Market Presence

Investing in Móyò's artwork presents a compelling opportunity, bolstered by strong historical returns and a growing market presence. Over the past four years, the prices for Móyò's 180 x 150 cm paintings have skyrocketed by an impressive 600% increase. This surge reflects not only the increasing demand for his pieces but also the artist's rising profile, evidenced by successful gallery exhibitions. Móyò currently has a solo show in Geneva at Olivier Varenne Art Moderne & Contemporary, where more than half of the exhibited works sold within the first two days. Additional exhibitions are scheduled: one in Paris in mid-October, coinciding with the prestigious Paris Art Basel 2024 fair, and one in Germany in early 2025, further enhancing his visibility and accessibility to collectors. His status as a cult figure among an expanding collector base, with over 150 collectors and approximately 250 paintings sold to date, solidifies his prestige in the art world. Collectively, these factors create a robust case for investing in Móyò's artwork as his market continues to grow.

Strong Historical Return

Prices for Móyòsóré Martins’ 180 x 150 cm paintings have risen from $5,000 to $30,000 in the past three and a half years. His popularity has grown, with over 125 collectors acquiring about 200 of his paintings. He is becoming a cult figure with fifteen gallery exhibitions so far, and more planned in Geneva this September, Paris the following month, and Germany in early 2025. Demand for his work remains strong as his collector base continues to expand.