He is a prince of Ake in Abeokuta, Ogun state, Nigeria. He hails from sogbulu and Ogunfayo lineage of the Laarum ruling house of Ake in Egba land.
He studied engineering at the university of Ibadan, law at the university of Lagos, the Nigeria Law school, and earned his MBA from University of Ife.
Presently he is the Nigeria's largest private art collector, with over 7,000 artworks of sculptures, paintings and other media, as well as over 55,000 photographic shots of Nigeria's cultural festivals. The art works in his collection are dated from early as the 9th century and as late as the 21st century.
He is no other great icon than PRINCE YEMISI ADEFOYIN SHYLLON.
Prince is ranked among the world's top 100 art collector and the largest collector in Africa in 2016. He has made presentation about African art and culture at art fairs in different part of the world. He is the founder of OYASAF. It is a non-profit organization established in 2007 to promote the appreciation and study of Nigerian arts and artist, both in Nigeria and internationally.
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