- University of Alabama
- California College of the Arts
- Yale University
- University of Alabama in Huntsville
- St. John Paul II Catholic High School
Toyin Ojih Odutola creates elaborate figurative drawings and paintings in which skin is built from dense networks of marks. Her projects often unfold as fictional narratives about imagined Nigerian families, aristocracies and social worlds, using portraiture as a vehicle for speculative history.
Drawing; painting
Artist Films
Toyin Ojih Odutola in Conversation with Yaa Gyasi and Texas Isaiah
Whitney Museum of American ArtOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 2015–16The Treatment series
- 2015A Matter of Fact
- 2017To Wander Determined
- 2018Scenes of Exchange
- 2013Tell Me A Story, Even Shrouded
- 2017The UmuEze Amara Clan and the House of Obafemi
- 2020A Countervailing Theory
- 2019The Firmament
- 2017Compound Leaf
- 2017First Night at Boarding School
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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