Kareem Waris Olamilekan
Kareem Waris Olamilekan was six when he started drawing with friends. They drew super strikers, comics, newspaper and textbooks illustrations.
At eight he realized his ideas were getting elaborated, so he joined an academy of arts in Lagos, Nigeria.
Three years later, Olamilekan, now 11, is taking the art world by storm with his hyper-realistic portraits and skilled drawings.
Olamilekan drew the praise of French President Emmanuel Macron during the latter’s visit to Fela Kuti’s New Africa Shrine in Lagos last year after producing a stunningly mind-blowing portrait of Macron in just two hours. Click here to read more.
