ADENIKE COSGROVEFounder
Born in Japan, raised in Hong Kong & Nigeria, residing in the UK and fortunate enough to have travelled extensively as an adult – I have seen some wonderful cultures, and as such have been exposed to art, history and people from around the world. This helped nurture an artistic interest I’ve had for many years.
More recently I began collecting art-pieces from West Africa, one of which was a pair of antique Benin bronze leopard aquamaniles. Convinced at the time I had purchased an authentic gem, I later realised these were fake. This revelation led to the idea for ÌMỌ̀ DÁRA, a resource that collectors can use to help better understand the distinguishing features of different antique pieces, in the hope that they might avoid acquiring fakes themselves.
JONATHAN COSGROVEChief Technology Officer
Born in England, raised in England, residing in… England and fortunate enough to be married to a woman who has extensively travelled the world, I too have seen lots of amazing art. My passion however lies in technology. The creation of something from nothing (you could argue this is a form of modern art). I take ideas and implement them, a problem-solver if you will.
When Adenike needs a new mobile-friendly website for her passion, new navigation menu items, a fancy new animation on the homepage or the ability to lazy-load images across parts of her shiny new site, I’m the man for the job! I also ‘consult’ on technology as a whole (which hosting, what CMS, which caching technology, how do I reboot my machine?) along with assisting on the marketing / media side… I guess the last 10 years working in advertising wasn’t a complete waste of time then!
