Toyin Ojih Odutola (artist)

Nationality
American (born Nigeria)
Birth/Death
1985–

About

Toyin Ojih Odutola is a Nigerian-American contemporary artist. She was born in Nigeria and moved to the United States with her family as a child. She first lived in Berkeley, California, and later moved to Huntsville, Alabama. She went to art school in San Francisco and now resides in New York City. 

Ojih Odutola is known for her distinctive mark-making style. She uses layered marks to replicate the luminosity of skin. She only uses basic drawing materials, such as ballpoint pens, pencils, pastels and charcoal. Her work rethinks traditional portraiture by using it as a method for visual storytelling. She uses her work to explore themes of identity and transporting the self.

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Toyin Ojih Odutola (born 1985) is a Nigerian-American contemporary visual artist known for her vivid multimedia drawings and works on paper. Her unique style of complex mark-making and lavish compositions rethink the category and traditions of portraiture and storytelling. Ojih Odutola's artwork often investigates a variety of themes from socio-economic inequality, the legacy of colonialism, queer and gender theory, notions of blackness as a visual and social symbol, as well as experiences of migration and dislocation.

Artwork by Toyin Ojih Odutola