News / Updates
Tell Me A Story, I Don’t Care If It’s True, Ojih Odutola’s solo exhibition, which viewed online early this summer, will be opening at Jack Shainman’s West 24th Street gallery, New York, September 10th through October.
National Portrait Gallery, London, has unveiled the latest commissioned portrait in their collection, Sadie, 2019, of the celebrated writer, Zadie Smith, by Toyin Ojih Odutola.
TIME magazine’s “100 Women of the Year” cover project, includes Toyin Ojih Odutola’s portrait of Beyoncé Knowles-Carter for the year 2014.


Selected Works
2012 — 2020

Works, Information, Index      

Tell Me A Story, 
I Don’t Care If It’s True

2020
A series of anecdotal drawings: some images with accompanying, free-associative text, while some isolated picture and text narratives. All the works were created during quarantine in New York.
Tell Me A Story, I Don't Care If It's True, exhibition install at Jack Shainman West 24th Street Gallery, New York, New York. Photo courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery. Misread, 2020 Misread, 2020 (Detail) The Trap Vowel, 2020 The Trap Vowel, 2020 (Detail) Tell Me A Story, I Don't Care If It's True, exhibition install at Jack Shainman West 24th Street Gallery, New York, New York. Photo courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery. A Delayed Understanding, 2020 A Delayed Understanding, 2020 (Detail) Chosen, 2020, Diptych Chosen, 2020, Diptych (Detail) Chosen, 2020, Diptych (Detail) Reiteration, 2020 Reiteration, 2020 (Detail) Caring, 2020 Untitled (Tokyo, 2017), 2018-2020, Diptych Untitled (Tokyo, 2017), 2018-2020, Diptych (Detail) Untitled (Tokyo, 2017), 2018-2020, Diptych (Detail) Untitled (Tokyo, 2017), 2018-2020, Diptych (Detail) Tell Me A Story, I Don't Care If It's True, exhibition install at Jack Shainman West 24th Street Gallery, New York, New York. Photo courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery. 10 Minutes, 2020, Diptych 10 Minutes, 2020, Diptych (Detail) 10 Minutes, 2020, Diptych (Detail) 10 Minutes, 2020, Diptych (Detail) As He Walked Him Walk Away, 2020 As He Walked Him Walk Away, 2020 (Detail) Nourishment, 2020, Diptych Nourishment, 2020, Diptych (Detail) Both, 2020, Diptych Both, 2020, Diptych (Detail) Both, 2020, Diptych (Detail) Both, 2020, Diptych (Detail) Streets Ain't Ready, 2020 Streets Ain't Ready, 2020 (Detail) Already Inside, 2020, Diptych Already Inside, 2020, Diptych (Detail) All That Weight, 2020, Diptych All That Weight, 2020, Diptych (Detail) After, Them, 2020 After, Them, 2020 (Detail) It'll Be Over Soon, 2020, Diptych (Detail) It'll Be Over Soon, 2020, Diptych (Detail) It'll Be Over Soon, 2020, Diptych (Detail) Tell Me A Story, I Don't Care If It's True, exhibition install at Jack Shainman West 24th Street Gallery, New York, New York. Photo courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery. Heuristic, 2020 Heuristic, 2020 (Detail) Heuristic, 2020 (Detail) For All The Wrong Reasons, 2020 For All The Wrong Reasons, 2020 (Detail) For All The Wrong Reasons, 2020 (Detail) Tell Me A Story, I Don't Care If It's True, exhibition install at Jack Shainman West 24th Street Gallery, New York, New York. Photo courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery. Every Inch, 2020, Diptych Every Inch, 2020, Diptych (Detail) Every Inch, 2020, Diptych (Detail) Every Inch, 2020, Diptych (Detail) Tell Me A Story, I Don't Care If It's True, exhibition install at Jack Shainman West 24th Street Gallery, New York, New York. Photo courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery. Recall the Position, 2020 Recall the Position, 2020 (Detail) Recall the Position, 2020 (Detail) Pick One, 2020, Diptych Pick One, 2020, Diptych (Detail) The Day You Finally See It, 2020, Diptych The Day You Finally See It, 2020, Diptych (Detail) The Day You Finally See It, 2020, Diptych (Detail) The Day You Finally See It, 2020, Diptych (Detail) Tell Me A Story, I Don't Care If It's True, exhibition install at Jack Shainman West 24th Street Gallery, New York, New York. Photo courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery. Through the Back Door, 2020 Through the Back Door, 2020 (Detail) For Evidence, 2020, Diptych For Evidence, 2020, Diptych (Detail) For Evidence, 2020, Diptych (Detail) For Evidence, 2020, Diptych (Detail) Nanban, 2020 Nanban, 2020 (Detail) Nanban, 2020 (Detail) Tell Me A Story, I Don't Care If It's True, exhibition install at Jack Shainman West 24th Street Gallery, New York, New York. Photo courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery. Tell Me A Story, I Don't Care If It's True, 2020, Diptych Tell Me A Story, I Don't Care If It's True, 2020, Diptych (Detail) Tell Me A Story, I Don't Care If It's True, 2020, Diptych (Detail) Tell Me A Story, I Don't Care If It's True, 2020, Diptych (Detail) Tell Me A Story, I Don't Care If It's True, exhibition install at Jack Shainman West 24th Street Gallery, New York, New York. Photo courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery. Reliable Remedy, 2020 Reliable Remedy, 2020 (Detail How Far?, 2020, Diptych How Far?, 2020, Diptych (Detail) How Far?, 2020, Diptych (Detail) Still Greedy, 2020 Tell Me A Story, I Don't Care If It's True, exhibition install at Jack Shainman West 24th Street Gallery, New York, New York. Photo courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery. Always Been, 2020, Diptych Always Been, 2020, Diptych (Detail) Always Been, 2020, Diptych (Detail) Always Been, 2020, Diptych (Detail) Tell Me A Story, I Don't Care If It's True, exhibition install at Jack Shainman West 24th Street Gallery, New York, New York. Photo courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery. The Collector, 2020, Diptych The Collector, 2020, Diptych (Detail) The Collector, 2020, Diptych (Detail) The Collector, 2020, Diptych (Detail) Homeroom, 2020, Diptych Homeroom, 2020, Diptych (Detail) Homeroom, 2020, Diptych (Detail) Save Face, 2020, Diptych Save Face, 2020, Diptych (Detail) Save Face, 2020, Diptych (Detail) Tell Me A Story, I Don't Care If It's True, exhibition install at Jack Shainman West 24th Street Gallery, New York, New York. Photo courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery. Tell Me A Story, I Don't Care If It's True, exhibition install at Jack Shainman West 24th Street Gallery, New York, New York. Photo courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery.