ST!LL BLOOM!NG: Artist Conversations | Episode #4 — Funmilola Adeseun

In this episode of Artist Conversations, created alongside ST!LL BLOOMING: Emerging in Radiance, Rooted in Resilience, I sit down with architect and mixed media artist Funmilola Adeseun (@byajike) to explore legacy, colour, and the generational wisdom carried in her work.

Her painting Rooted (2025) reminds us that life is one big garden and we are the blossoms.

From seedling to elder, our growth unfolds through interconnected stages: budding, blooming, ripening, and returning to the earth to regenerate. In rejecting the idea of linear progress, Funmilola embraces a spiral understanding of life, one shaped by culture, kinship, and community.

In our conversation, she shares how her father inspired her creative path, how architecture infor ...