ABOUT
JUMOKE MURITALA
IT STARTED WITH
An Endless Passion for Art
For Discovery, for People, for Life...
Jumoke Muritala is a Nigerian-born, UK-based multi-disciplinary visual artist, art educator, British Arts Member and Global Arts in Medicine Fellow whose practice explores identity, cultural storytelling, and community healing. She is widely recognised for pioneering face art as a medium of protest, dialogue, and empowerment transforming the human face into a canvas for narratives of heritage, resilience, and social commentary.
Her work has been featured in The Guardian Nigeria, ThisDay Live, The Telegraph & Argus, and the University of Bradford News. Since 2020, she has championed the use of art to address social issues, beginning with a project that protested gender-based violence, later expanding into large-scale cultural initiatives.
In July 2025, Muritala launched Cultural Togetherness: Stories on Skin at the University of Bradford in partnership with Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture, UBU, and the University of Bradford. This interactive workshop and exhibition empowered participants to translate cultural
narratives into face art, fostering creativity and dialogue.
It never ends
Passion never dies. It grows
In August 2025, she exhibited some of her works; The Crying Fire, Wakefield, and African Motif at the Young Leaders for Arts and Health London Summit, hosted by the Commonwealth Secretariat, and later that month at the Bradford African Festival of Arts (BAFA) where one of the pieces she presented caught the attention of the Mayor of Bradford, sparking a dialogue on how visual storytelling can be used to address violence against women.
Muritala studied Mass Communication at the University of Lagos, earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration from the National Open University of Nigeria, and completed an MSc in Digital and Strategic Marketing at the University of Bradford, where she received an Award of Excellence from the Nigerian Student Society. She has also been honoured with a Certificate of Leadership Recognition from the Commonwealth in recognition of her cultural impact through art.
She continues to build a global vision of art as a tool for unity, education, and social transformation.
