Adwoa Botchey and Solomon Adebiyi are the celebrated Storytellers, Artists, and Historians behind Adeche Atelier, the duo and brand redefining the representation of African mythology, folklore, and culture in contemporary art & media.
Winners of the ITV bCreator Awards: Canon Best Original Content Creator and recipients of the All Things Africa Cultural Vanguard Award, Adeche Atelier collaborators include The National Gallery London, BBC Arts, Tate Britain, and The Fitzwilliam Museum, cementing their global influence.
Their work brings African mythology, culture, and heritage to life across vibrant, carefully researched storytelling and is celebrated for advancing cultural literacy and championing overlooked narratives. Across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, they have amassed a global following of 650K+. Their content features viral formats, such as their A-Z in African Religion and African Hairstyles series, delivered through research-backed storytelling that layers personal narration with cultural imagery, references, and resources, keeping audiences engaged and motivated to keep learning.
They have partnered with major UK institutions and brands across social content, including for ITV’s Trigger Point, The Hayward Gallery, and Tony’s Chocolonely, making heritage more visible and accessible within UK arts and media.
Through their Afro Mythos podcast, Adeche Atelier spark meaningful conversations with notable authors, gallery educators, and cultural thinkers, while their digital library, featuring nearly 100 recommended books, serves as a rich resource for their community.
Adeche Atelier’s artistic journey began with a shared vision and has evolved into a deeply collaborative practice in which both artists paint every canvas simultaneously, a rare and intimate process that mirrors their creative and personal bond. The name ‘Adeche’ merges their surnames, symbolising this union at the heart of their work.
Trained in architecture at the Manchester School of Architecture, they bring structural precision and narrative depth to each piece. Their acrylic and oil paintings are stunning visual reimaginings of African mythology and folklore, honouring forgotten stories, historical figures, ancestral belief systems, traditional hairstyles, ritual practices, and cultural symbolism from across the continent.
Through bold colour and intricate detail, their canvases invite audiences to see African heritage not as distant history, but as living, evolving knowledge that continues to shape identity today.
In 2023, their debut solo exhibition, African Odyssey: Exploring Cultures, Myths, and Stories at OXO Tower, sold out entirely, demonstrating their position as leading voices in the resurgence of African mythology. In 2025, Adeche Atelier partnered with Tate for a live painting session and hosted their first-ever lecture at Tate Modern, selling out 240 seats and showing how their digital storytelling translates into real-world cultural demand and community learning.
In February 2026, they hosted their second solo exhibition, Shaped From Earth, which explored how communities across the continent have used image, ritual, and material culture to make sense of the body, the spirit, and the world around them.
Select Projects
Adeche Atelier x The National Gallery - Reimagining Mythology Through an African Lens
As creative collaborators for the National Gallery’s 200th anniversary, Adeche Atelier reimagined two of the institution’s Greek mythological paintings through the lens of African folklore. Their love of mythology began with Greek tales, but as Solomon, who is Nigerian, and Adwoa, who is Ghanaian, grew into their practice, they recognised the need for stories that reflected their own heritage and culture. With a mission to cover every country, tribe, and pantheon within the African continent, their work seeks to share narratives that remain largely untold on a global stage.
For this partnership, they handcrafted their own canvas and painted side by side, a process that took four months to complete. The final pieces brought new life to the myths of Oya, Sango, and Ogun, and the Legend of Wagadu, merging Western tales with African storytelling to highlight universal human experiences of love, betrayal, sacrifice, and courage. As part of the collaboration, they were invited to the gallery to immerse themselves in the collection, finalise their works, and record a podcast conversation exploring the importance of cultural representation in art.
Impact
This partnership marked a defining moment in Adeche Atelier’s career, aligning their artistry with one of the UK’s most prestigious cultural institutions. Their series of campaign content amassed over 150K views, extending the reach of African mythology to a wide and diverse global audience. By bridging traditions, Adeche Atelier not only amplified stories rarely told in mainstream art spaces but also inspired their community to reflect on their own cultural heritage and its connection to other mythologies around the world.
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Adeche Atelier Partners with the Fitzwilliam Museum to Amplify Untold Histories
Adwoa and Solomon partnered with the Fitzwilliam Museum on their Rise Up: Resistance, Revolution, Abolition exhibition, creating a series of educational Instagram videos that brought the museum’s collection to life. Through their signature visual storytelling and cultural insight, they explored themes of music, masquerade, and movement as forms of resistance across centuries and continents.
The Museum also commissioned the pair to create a painting in honour of the exhibition, a piece depicting Àyàngalú, believed to be the first Yoruba drummer whose rhythms embody storytelling and the preservation of oral history.
Impact
This collaboration showcased Adeche’s talent for transforming complex cultural histories into accessible stories. Their content celebrated the resilience and creativity within African traditions while prompting audiences to reflect on global legacies of resistance and identity. By weaving history, heritage, and contemporary reflection into compelling digital narratives, they extended the impact of the exhibition far beyond the gallery, cementing their reputation as exceptional cultural storytellers.
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Adeche Atelier × Tate Modern: Exploring Yoruba Cosmology
Adwoa and Solomon were invited to deliver their first-ever lecture at Tate Modern, exploring Yoruba cosmology, African spiritual systems, and Susanne Wenger’s Odùduwà Creation Myth, featured in the Nigerian Modernism exhibition. Their talk wove together art, ritual, memory, and spirituality, offering audiences a deep, engaging perspective on underrepresented histories and cultural narratives.
Impact
The lecture sold out all 240 seats, demonstrating the real-world demand generated by Adeche Atelier’s digital storytelling. By bringing their expertise into a live cultural setting, they empowered audiences to engage with African mythology, identity, and heritage in meaningful ways, reinforcing their role as educators and storytellers, expanding the conversation around global art and culture.
Adeche Atelier Unwraps the Story of Chocolate with Toney’s Chocolonely
Adwoa and Solomon partnered with Tony’s Chocolonely to explore the complex history and realities of the cocoa industry. Through their signature storytelling approach, they highlighted the sacred origins of cocoa, the challenges faced by farmers in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, and the ongoing environmental and social impacts of the industry.
Their video brought to life the work Tony’s is doing to create a fairer, more sustainable supply chain, from child labour monitoring to forest protection and supporting farmers toward a living income.
Impact
By combining visual storytelling with educational insights, Adeche Atelier sparked meaningful conversation about the true cost of chocolate beyond the price tag. The collaboration empowered audiences to engage with the cocoa supply chain critically, understand the global inequalities it perpetuates, and take part in supporting ethical change.
Watch the content here.
Adeche Atelier x Afrocenchix: Celebrating African Hair Heritage Through Art and Education
Adeche Atelier is currently partnering with haircare brand Afrocenchix on an ongoing collaboration, bringing their signature hair series to the brand’s platform. While styling Adwoa’s hair, Solomon explores traditional African hairstyles such as braids, cornrows, and twists, showcasing how Afrocenchix products help achieve smooth, healthy, and hydrated hair. Each episode blends practical hairstyling tips with rich cultural storytelling, highlighting the origins, meanings, and traditions behind the styles. This clever integration allows the brand to tap into Adeche Atelier’s established format, with content that is educational and focused on a key element of Black culture and history.
Impact
The partnership positions Adeche Atelier as innovative educators, creating a unique space where beauty, haircare, and cultural history intersect, and offers multiple layers of engagement. The series reinforces their reputation as multi-dimensional storytellers capable of creating content that informs, inspires, and entertains.
Check out some of the content here.
