Toyin Ojih Odutola’s drawing, Paris Apartment, 2016-17, among others, is included in the group exhibition, For Opacity, at The Drawing Center, on view October 11th, 2018 through February 3rd, 2019.
Toyin Ojih Odutola, Testing the Name, 2018, which was the titular work for her solo exhibition at Savannah College of Art and Design’s Museum of Art. Read more about the significance of this work here.
Toyin Ojih Odutola's solo exhibition, When Legends Die, is now on view at both Jack Shainman Gallery spaces in Chelsea, New York, through October 27th, 2018.
Toyin Ojih Odutola, Evidence, 2014, has been included in the Museum of Modern Art, New York, public collection.
The Second Hour, 2018, part of the forthcoming exhibition, When Legends Die, on view at Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, September 6th through October 27th, 2018. Read more about the impetus for the exhibition here.
Toyin Ojih Odutola is featured in an article by Dodie Kazanjian for the August 2018 issue of Vogue US, with photography by Alec Soth.
In This Imperfect Present Moment, 2016, now on view at Seattle Art Museum, through June 16th, 2019.
Toyin Ojih Odutola, Orlando, 2018, part of Scenes of Exchange. Read more about the drawing here.
Toyin Ojih Odutola's solo exhibition, Scenes of Exchange, 2018, is now on view in the Orto botanico di Palermo, Italy, as part of the European biennial of contemporary art, Manifesta 12: The Planetary Garden. Cultivating Coexistence., through November 4th, 2018.
A segment of Toyin Ojih Odutola's The Treatment, 2015—17, series is included in the group exhibition Orientation: The Racial Imaginary Institute Biennial, on view at Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, through August 10th, 2018.
Toyin Ojih Odutola's solo exhibition, The Firmament, is now on view at Hood Museum Downtown, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, through September 2nd, 2018.
Toyin Ojih Odutola's diptych drawing, The Engagement, 2015, was recently acquired by Mississippi Museum of Art. Read more about the work here.
Toyin Ojih Odutola, along with Solange, cover the February 2018, Art & Music issue. (Photo: Awol Erizku. Courtesy of Cultured Magazine)
Toyin Ojih Odutola's solo exhibition, Testing the Name, at SCAD Museum of Art, opens February 20th and runs through September 9th, 2018.
Toyin Ojih Odutola's solo exhibition, To Wander Determined, at Whitney Museum of American Art, is on view through February 25th, 2018.
Forthcoming & Current Exhibitions
Men of Change
California African American Museum, Los Angeles, California
February 2019
For Opacity
The Drawing Center, New York, New York
12 October 2018 — 3 February 2019
In This Imperfect Present Moment
Seattle Museum of Art, Washington
21 July 2018 — 16 June 2019
The Racial Imaginary Institute: On Whiteness
The Kitchen, New York, New York
27 June — 3 August 2018
The Treatment 2017—15, by Toyin Ojih Odutola, with contributions from Joeonna Bellorado-Samuels, Claudia Rankine and William J. Simmons. Made in collaboration with Anteism Publishing, released on April 19th, 2018.
Events
(There are no events scheduled at this time.)
BOOKS
Toyin Ojih Odutola's drawing, The Garden Party, 2016, was acquired by New Orleans Museum of Art in 2017.
Ojih Odutola's cover feature in the November 2017 issue of JUXTAPOZ Magazine, to commemorate her solo exhibition, To Wander Determined.
Toyin Ojih Odutola, A Visual Grammar, 2015-2016.
Toyin Ojih Odutola's drawing, Untitled (Dotun. Enugu, Nigeria), 2012, covers George S. Schuyler's classic, Black No More, to be re-released January 16th, 2018 by Penguin Random House.
Biography
Toyin Ojih Odutola (b. 1985, Ife, Nigeria) creates drawings utilizing diverse mediums and surfaces to investigate the potential in the striated terrain of an image, to further question its formulaic representations.
Ojih Odutola has participated in exhibitions at various institutions, including The Drawing Center, New York (2018); Brooklyn Museum, New York (2016); Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (2015); Studio Museum Harlem, New York (2015, 2012); Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield (2013); and Menil Collection, Houston, (2012).
Permanent collections include Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Birmingham Museum of Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, New Orleans Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Princeton University Art Museum, Spencer Museum of Art, Honolulu Museum of Art, and the National Museum of African Art (Smithsonian).
She earned her BA from the University of Alabama in Huntsville and her MFA from California College of the Arts in San Francisco. Ojih Odutola lives and works in New York.
(PDF copy of CV)
Toyin Ojih Odutola, Birmingham (left, middle, right), 2014, lithograph suite, made in collaboration with Tamarind Institute.
"Toyin Ojih Odutola: Art Portrait," for MUSE Magazine, Issue 49, with an interview by Kathleen Hefty and photography by Brendan Burdzinski.
Toyin Ojih Odutola's drawing, M7, 2015, was acquired by Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2015.
Toyin Ojih Odutola, Picnic on the Grounds, 2017—18, included in the solo exhibition, Testing the Name, on view at Savannah College of Art and Design’s Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, through September 9th, 2018.
Toyin Ojih Odutola is the Lida A. Orzeck ’68 Distinguished Artist-in-Residence for the 2017—2018 academic year at Barnard College. She will be partaking in course-work and engaging with programming in conjunction with the college and overall Barnard community. She is pictured here with Lida A. Orzeck at Whitney Museum, featured in Barnard Magazine (Photo: Robert Wright. Courtesy of Barnard College.)
Toyin Ojih Odutola's solo exhibition "To Wander Determined," at Whitney Museum of American Art, is featured in a review for the June 2018 issue of British Vogue, written by Zadie Smith. (Portrait photo by Jason Schmidt.)
Toyin Ojih Odutola's is included in W Magazine's 2018 Volume III feature: "The New Guard," (May/June 2018), with text by Diane Solway and portrait photography by Ryan Lowry.
Toyin Ojih Odutola's feature in i-D Magazine's "Radical Issue," February 2018. Text by André-Naquian Wheeler and photography by Tyler Mitchell.
Toyin Ojih Odutola is featured in Monocle Magazine 116 (September 2018), for Manifesta 12, hosted in Palermo, Italy, written by David Plaisant, with photography by Ana Cuba.
Toyin Ojih Odutola, pictured here discussing "Art & Equity" with Mary Sibande, at Barnard College's Diana Center, moderated by Dr. Kellie Jones. The dialogue was organized in partnership with Columbia University, the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity (AFRE) and the Columbia Institute for Research in African American Studies (IRAAS). (Photo Courtesy of Barnard College.)
Toyin Ojih Odutola, pictured here in conversation with Yaa Gyasi and Texas Isaiah, at Whitney Museum, moderated by Rujeko Hockley, February 9th, 2018. (Photo: Filip Wolak. Courtesy of Whitney Museum of American Art.)
Videos
Mississippi Museum of Art, White on White: Toyin Ojih Odutola’s “The Engagement”, (2018)
Whitney Museum of American Art, Toyin Ojih Odutola in Conversation with Yaa Gyasi & Texas Isaiah, (2018)
Barnard College, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Artist-in-Residence, (2017)
FOX Empire, The Art of Empire: Toyin Ojih Odutola, Season 3, (2017)
State of the Arts NYC, Interview with host Savona Bailey-McClainn (Audio), (2017)
Parsons Fine Arts, The New School, Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Toyin Ojih Odutola, (2016)
Jack Shainman Gallery, Artist Talk with Toyin Ojih Odutola Odili Donald Odita and Moderator Rujeko Hockley, (2016)
Maier Museum of Art Randolph College, The 24th Annual Helen Clark Berlind Symposium: Panel Discussion, (2015)
PBS The Art Assignment, "Episode 3: Intimate, Indispensable GIF, with Toyin Ojih Odutola," by Sarah Urist Green, (2014)
NOWNESS, "On Collaboration: Solange Knowles x Toyin Ojih Odutola," by Johnnie Shand Kydd, (2013)
Asian Art Museum, "Rendition" with Toyin Ojih Odutola, (2013)
Toyin Ojih Odutola's drawing, LTS II, 2014, covers The Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Race textbook (2017).
Toyin Ojih Odutola in the September 2018 issue of Vanity Fair, with photography by Maciek Kobielski.
Press
The Art Newspaper, Three shows to see in New York this weekend, (2018)
The New York Times Magazine, Seven Boundary-Pushing Cultural Moments of 2018, (2018)
The Brooklyn Rail, Toyin Ojih Odutola: When Legends Die, by Amber Jamilla Musser, (2018)
ArtNews Magazine, PinchukArtCentre Names Shortlist for 2019 Future Generation Art Prize, by Alex Greenberger, (2018)
The New Yorker, Toyin Ojih Odutola, by Johanna Fateman, (2018)
The Paris Review, There Is No Story That Is Not True: An Interview with Toyin Ojih Odutola, by Osman Can Yerebakan, (2018)
The New York Times, Toyin Ojih Odutola, by Jillian Steinhauer, (2018)
OCULA Magazine, New York Exhibitions: The Autumn Lowdown, by Jareh Das, (2018)
W Magazine, Artist Toyin Ojih Odutola Is Reimagining the History of Nigerian Slaves as Royals, by Diane Solway, (2018)
The Brooklyn Rail, The Racial Imaginary Institute: On Whiteness, by Nico Wheadon, (2018)
OCULA Magazine, Manifesta 12: Cultivating Coexistence, by Jareh Das, (2018)
Vogue US, Reimagining Black Experience in the Radical Drawings of Toyin Ojih Odutola, by Dodie Kazanjian, (2018)
Art Papers, Toyin Ojih Odutola: Testing the Name, by Logan Lockner, (2018)
British Vogue, Zadie Smith On The Extraordinary Artwork Of Toyin Ojih Odutola, (2018)
Black Visual Impulse, Tour: 'Toyin Ojih Odutola: Testing the Name' at SCAD MoA, (2018)
Frieze Magazine, Unselfconscious is the New Black for Emerging Artists of Colour, by Chase Quinn, (2018)
Artsy + Dior, The Artsy Vanguard: Newly Established, (2018)
i-D Magazine, Nigerian Artist Toyin Ojih Odutola Paints Radically Soft Visions of Black Wealth, by André-Naquian Wheeler, (2018)
The Art Newspaper, SCAD honours Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, by Victoria Stapley-Brown, (2018)
Public Books, Toyin Ojih Odutola, The Treatment 2015–2017, by Anne Higonnet, (2018)
The New York Times, Toyin Ojih Odutola, by Martha Schwendener, (2018)
MUSE Magazine, Toyin Ojih Odutola: Art Portrait, by Kathleen Hefty, (2018)
CULTURED Magazine, Solange Knowles and Toyin Ojih Odutola Talk Sound, Art and Architecture, (2018)
HyperAllergic, The Permanence of Toyin Ojih Odutola’s Invented World, by Seph Rodney, (2018)
Whitney Museum of American Art, "Toyin Ojih Odutola: By Her Design," by Rujeko Hockley and Melinda Lang, (2018)
Girls at Library, Toyin Ojih Odutola, (2018)
Barnard College, Toyin Ojih Odutola: Orzeck Artist-in-Residence Investigates Meanings of Racial Identities, (2018)
Columbia Spectator, Barnard’s Black History Month kicks off with panel featuring Toyin Ojih Odutola, Mary Sibande, by Sophie Kossakowski, (2018)
Daily Beast, Toyin Ojih Odutola Challenges Blackness in Art—and Racism in Trump’s America, by Lyne Lucien, (2018)
Barnard Magazine, Making Her Mark, On Campus, by Makeda Best, (2018)
Elephant Magazine, Artists of the Year: 2017, (2017)
ArtReview, Ten exhibitions to see this month: December 2017 Previews, by Martin Herbert, (2017)
HyperAllergic, A Year of Magical Figurative Art, (2017)
Whitewall Magazine, 30 Artists With a Lasting Impact in 2017, (2017)
Walker Arts Center, Guest Lists, 2017: The Year According to Brad Ogbonna, (2017)
Broadly, 2017's Breakout Artists Brought Marginalized Identity to the Fore, by Sarah Burke, (2017)
Black Visual Impulse, Toyin Ojih Odutola: Surface & Blackness, by Jessica Owens, (2017)
Interview Magazine, Toyin Ojih Odutola defies conventional portrayals of black bodies, by Kat Herriman, (2017)
IFA Contemporary, Unpacking the Layers of Toyin Ojih Odutola: To Wander Determined, by Indira Abiskaroon (2017)
CULTURED Magazine, Toyin Ojih Odutola: Young Artists to Watch in 2018, by Jessica Lynne, (2017)
WNYC News, Review: Wandering with Determination and Beauty, by Rebecca Carroll, (2017)
Even Magazine, Hidden Noise: Episode no. 3, (2017)
Elle Magazine, Women in Art Issue, by Molly Langmuir, (2017)
The New Yorker, Toyin Ojih Odutola: To Wander Determined, (2017)
L'Officiel USA, Toyin Ojih Odutola’s To Wander Determined Is a Must-See at The Whitney, by Eduardo Alfonso, (2017)
Elle Magazine, Artist Toyin Ojih Odutola Finally Gets Her Due at the Whitney, by Sasha Bonét, (2017)
Vogue Magazine, At the Whitney, a Vision of Africa—Without the Colonialist Meddling, by Julia Felsenthal, (2017)
ArtNet News, See the Opulent Portraits That Took Toyin Ojih Odutola From the Set of ‘Empire’ to the Whitney, by Caroline Goldstein, (2017)
GARAGE Magazine, Toyin Ojih Odutola Imagines A World In Which Slavery Never Happened, by Aruna D'Souza, (2017)
The Cut, This Whitney Artist’s Drawing Appeared on Empire, by Rozanne Els, (2017)
JUXTAPOZ Magazine, Toyin Ojih Odutola: Infinite Possibility, by Kristin Farr, (2017)
ARTNews, Toyin Ojih Odutola Named Artist-in-Residence at Barnard College, by Alex Greenberger, (2017)
Barnard College, Visual Artist Toyin Ojih Odutola to Join Barnard College as Orzeck Artist-in-Residence, (2017)
Modern Painters Magazine, Toyin's artistic stroke, by Joseph Akel, (2017)
The New York Times Style Magazine, Five Artists Respond to: Charlottesville, (2017)
Raw Material: A Podcast from SFMoMA, Episode 4: The Mind, Season 2: Manifest, by Gerladine Ah-Sue, (2017)
The New York Times Style Magazine, "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young African Immigrant," by Taiye Selasi, (2017)
Lenny Letter, "The Artist Who's Giving Side-Eye to the Art World," by Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite, (2017)
MOUSSE Magazine, Exhibitions: “Vanishing Points” at James Cohan, New York, (2017)
Artforum International Magazine, Reviews: "Toyin Ojih Odutola, Museum of the African Diaspora," by Leigh Raiford, (2017)
NYLON Magazine, "Toyin Ojih Odutola Uses Art To Challenge Invented Constructs Of The Self," by Sydney Gore, (2017)
Artforum International Magazine, Critic's Picks: San Francisco, "Toyin Ojih Odutola," by Kim Beil, (2017)
Daily Serving, A Matter of Fact: Toyin Ojih Odutola at Museum of the African Diaspora, by Maria Porges, (2017)
Artforum International Magazine, "Best of 2016," by David Adjaye, (2016)
Aperture Magazine, Vision & Justice, Issue 223, Summer 2016, "Toyin Ojih Odutola: A New Grammar for Blackness," by Claudia Rankine, (2016)
Forbes Magazine, "Artist Toyin Ojih Odutola Explores and Questions the Construct of Blackness," by Adam Lehrer, (2016)
Whitewall Magazine, "Toyin Ojih Odutola's 'Of Context and Without' at Jack Shainman Gallery," by Emory Lopiccolo, (2016)
Artforum International Magazine, Critic's Picks: New York, "Toyin Ojih Odutola," by Ian Bourland, (2016)
Interview Magazine, "Traveling with Toyin Ojih Odutola," by Emily McDermott, (2015)
The Huffington Post, "Stunning Ballpoint Imagery Explores Blackness And The Power Of Ink," by Claire Fallon, (2015)
Wallpaper Magazine, "Toyin Ojih Odutola explores race and identity in black and white," by Michael Slenske, (2015)
Saint Heron, "Interview: Toyin Ojih Odutola," by Tanekeya Ward, (2015)
The Creators Project, "Journey Down Toyin Ojih Odutola and Kilo Kish's Creative Roadmap," by Kilo Kish, (2015)
The New York Times Style Magazine, "The Male Muse, Depicted by Women," by Leanne Shapton, (2015)
BOMB Magazine, Interview with Ashley Stull, (2015)
Studio International Magazine, "Toyin Ojih Odutola: ‘I’m no longer interested in portraying what I think I am in my work,’" by A Will Brown, (2015)
Modern Painters Magazine, "Toyin Ojih Odutola's Rich Figures, Born of Modest Medium," by Michael Slenske, (2014)
ArtNews Magazine, "Making Cutting-Edge Art with Ballpoint Pens," by Trent Morse, (2014)
The San Francisco Chronicle, "'The Moment for Ink': Show frees artist," by Kimberly Chun, (2013)
Interview Magazine, "Toyin Ojih Odutola and the Public Struggle," by Julie Bramowitz, (2013)
The New York Times, "Reflections: '26 July, 4:50am' by Toyin (Ojih) Odutola, Studio Museum in Harlem," by Holland Cotter, (2013)"
Forbes Magazine, "30 Under 30: Style and Art, Toyin (Ojih) Odutola, Artist, 27," by Susan Adams, (2012)
The Village Voice, Q&A: Toyin Ojih Odutola on Drawing, Chinese Art, and What It Really Means to Have a Big Head, by Alexandra Bell, (2012)
Vogue Italia, "Toyin Ojih Odutola," by Yomi Abiola, (2011)
The New York Times, "Museum and Gallery Listings for June 17-23, Toyin (Ojih) Odutola: 'MAPS,'" by Holland Cotter, (2011)
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