Ayo Akínwándé
Place Publique Prize 2019, Fonderie Darling Montréal, Canada • Website — https: ayoakinwande.com Ayọ̀ Akínwándé (born in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian contemporary visual artist, curator, and writer. He is known for his vivid multimedia drawings and works on paper.
Ayo Akínwándé
- Name
- Ayọ̀ Akínwándé
- Birthplace
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Education
- * Covenant University
- Occupation
- Visual artist and writer
- Known for
- Edith Russ-Haus 2020 Media Art Award Oldenburg, Germany
- Nationality
- Nigeria
- Languages
- English · Yoruba · Nigerian Pidgin
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Place Publique Prize 2019, Fonderie Darling Montréal, Canada • Website — https: ayoakinwande.com Ayọ̀ Akínwándé (born in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian contemporary visual artist, curator, and writer. He is known for his vivid multimedia drawings and works on paper.
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Key facts
• Name — Ayọ̀ Akínwándé • Birthplace — Lagos, Nigeria • Education — * Covenant University • Occupation — Visual artist and writer • Known for — Edith Russ-Haus 2020 Media Art Award Oldenburg, Germany
Early life and education
Early life and education
Ayọ̀ Akínwándé was born and brought up in Lagos, Nigeria. He studied Architecture from Covenant University Nigeria.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Selected solo exhibitions: • Power Show III - The God-Fathers Must Be Crazy, Darling Foundry Montreal Quebec, Canada 2019. • the artist isn't present, The Gallow Gate, Glasgow 2019. • Power Show II: The God-Fathers Are Not To Blame, Revolving Art Incubator, Lagos (Nigeria) 2018. • Power Show I, Omenka Gallery, Lagos (Nigeria) 2018. • Deaf vs Dumb II, National Museum, Lagos 2017.
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- Lagos
Publications
• 2019 “Victor Ehikhamenor: From the Village to the World, and Back Again”, The Art Momentum. • 2018 Confronting an Unaddressed Nigerian Reality in the Exhibition ‘Salvage Therapy’ The Sole Adventurer. • 2020 "Who Art Exhibition Epp?”, People's Stories Project.
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- 1.Ayọ̀ Akínwándé. Le Cube.
- 2.Take Me Somewhere – Theatre SCOTLAND. 25 May 2021.
- 3.douw. African Crossroads / The journey to the future - ART AFRICA magazine. March 2019.
- 4.Ayọ̀ Akínwándé. Tique publication on contemporary art. 2021-01-18.
- 5.New Page. The Gallow Gate.
- 6.Diary of an Artist During COVID-19 Pandemic: Ayọ̀ Akínwándé. The Sole Adventurer. 2020-05-17.
- 7.MutualArt.com - The Web's Largest Art Information Service. www.mutualart.com.
- 8.thegallowgate.art.
- 9.Mitter, Siddhartha. Lagos, City of Hustle, Builds an Art 'Ecosystem'. The New York Times. 2019-02-08. 0362-4331.
- 10.Fonderie Darling Akínwándé, Ayọ̀. fonderiedarling.org.
- 11.Victor Ehikhamenor: From the Village to the World, and Back Again. The Art Momentum. 2019-09-02.
- 12.Confronting an Unaddressed Nigerian Reality in the Exhibition 'Salvage Therapy' By Ayò Akínwándé. The Sole Adventurer. 2018-08-21.
- 13.Who art exhibition 'epp'? People's Stories Project. www.psp-culture.com.
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