I kept wanting to push my image as validity; I wanted to se… - Toyin Ojih Odutola

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I kept wanting to push my image as validity; I wanted to see my portrait on a wall and know it was okay.

Toyin Ojih Odutola

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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.

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I kept wanting to push my image as validity; I wanted to see my portrait on a wall and know it was okay. - Toyin Ojih Odutola

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