Toyin Ojih Odutola

**Toyin Ojih Odutola** (amuru 1985) bu onye Naijiria-Amerika nke oge a na-ese ihe nlere anya nke ama ama maka eserese otutu mgbasa ozi doro anya ma na-aru oru na akwukwo.  Ụdị ya pụrụ iche nke ime akara gbagwojuru anya na nhazi dị mma na-atụgharị uche n'ụdị na ọdịnala nke eserese na ịkọ akụkọ.  Ihe osise Ojih Odutola na-enyochakarị isiokwu dịgasị iche iche site na enweghị mmekọrịta ọha na eze na akụ na ụba, ihe nketa nke ochichi ndị ocha, queer na atụ tụ nwoke maọbu nwaanyị

A mụrụ Ojih Odutola na 1985 na Ile-Ife, Nigeria, ebe nne na nna ya bụ ndị nkuzi. N'afọ 1990, nne ya, Nelene Ojih, kpọọrọ Toyin na nwanne ya nwoke dị afọ abụọ ga United Steeti ka ọ soro nna ha, Dr. Jamiu Ade Odutola, na Berkeley, California, ebe ọ nọ na-eme nchọpụta na nkuzi kemisitiri na mahadum . Mgbe afọ anọ gasịrị na Berkeley, ezinụlọ ahụ kwagara Huntsville, Alabama na afọ 1994 ebe nna ya ghọrọ prọfesọ osote na Mahadum Alabama A&amp;amp;M   na nne ya nọọsụ. Ojih Odutola bụ onye Yoruba na ndị Igbo sitere na nna ya na nne nne ya. 

Na 2007, mgbe ọ na-agụsịbeghị akwụkwọ, ọ sonyere na Norfolk Summer Residency nke egwu na ụzụ,   site na Mahadum Yale na Connecticut. Obere oge na 2008, ọ nwetara nzere bachelọ nke Arts na Studio Art na Communications si Mahadum Alabama na Huntsville .  Na 2012, ọ nwetara akara ugo mmụta Master of Fine Arts na kọleji California nke Arts, na San Francisco. 

## Ọrụ
Mgbe ọ na-agụ akwụkwọ na California College of Arts na San Francisco, o gosipụtara ihe nkiri solo mbụ ya na New York, "(MAPS)" na Jack Shainman Gallery na 2011. Ọ bụ mkpokọta ọnụ ọgụgụ ojii n'otu n'otu na nzụlite ọcha depụtara n'ọnọdụ ya, nke e sere n'ígwé nwere mkpịsị bọọlụ. Echiche ndị dị n'azụ usoro akpụkpọ ahụ dị ka ọdịdị ala gosipụtara ya dị ka olu ọhụrụ na ihe ngosi anya nke akpụkpọ ojii. 

Forbes gosipụtara Ojih Odutola na 2012 ndepụta mmadụ 30 ama ama n'okpuru afọ 30 na udi "Art & Style."  

N'afọ 2015, ihe ngosi ngosi ihe ngosi ihe ngosi ya, "Akụkọ A Na-adịghị Anya," na Contemporary Art Museum St Louis, webatara akụkọ akụkọ na ederede n'ime ọrụ ya, na-egosi mgbanwe na omume ụlọ ọrụ ya. 

Na 2016, o gosipụtara "A Matter of Fact," ihe ngosi ngosi solo na Museum of the African Diaspora, na San Francisco, na-enyocha ụdị ọrụ ọhụrụ ọ malitere n'oge obibi ya na Headlands Center for Arts, na Sausalito, California. 

Ọrụ ya bụ akụkọ mkpuchi egosipụtara maka *Juxtapoz Magazine* na Nọvemba 2017, n'oge ngosi ihe ngosi solo nke ihe ngosi nka, "To Wander Determined," na Whitney Museum of American Art, na New York.  Ihe ngosi ahụ gosipụtara ọnụ ọgụgụ dị egwu jikọtara ya na akụkọ ifo nke usoro ndị eze abụọ na-achị Naịjirịa, bụ ndị otu ụmụ nwoke akpọrọ aha sitere na ezinaụlọ abụọ jikọtara. Ojih Odutola na-ewebata eserese dị ka mkpokọta nzuzo sitere na ezinaụlọ ndị a, nke sitere na klaasị dị iche iche na-enweghị akụkọ ihe mere eme nke ọchịchị colonial. Ntọala dị n'azụ ihe onyonyo a bụ akụkọ ifo na-akpọ ndị na-ege ntị ka ha ghọta eziokwu dị n'azụ ha. 

A họpụtara ya *Lida A. Orzeck '68 Distinguished Artist-in-Residence* maka afọ agụmakwụkwọ nke 2017 ruo 2018 na Barnard College na New York. 

Na 2018, o sonye na 12th iteration nke Manifesta international biennial, na Palermo, Italy, na ihe ngosi ya, "Scenes of Exchange." 

Na Septemba 2018, ahọpụtara ya ka ọ bụrụ otu n'ime ndị nka 21 ahọpụtara maka ihe *nrite Ọhụụ Ọdịnihu Art* maka 2019, gosipụtara na ngosi otu na PinchukArtCentre na Kiev, Ukraine, nke mechara mee njem ka etinye ya na ihe ngosi nkwekọrịta maka Venice 58th. Biennale na 2019. 

A kpọbatara Ojih Odutola na *klaasị mba nke 2019*, nke National Academy of Design . Nhọpụta nsọpụrụ na ọdịnala nke ndụ niile malitere na 1825, ndị otu ugbu a na-ezobe na-ahọpụta ma na-ahọpụta klas ọhụrụ kwa afọ na-asọpụrụ onyinye dị ịrịba ama nke ndị na-ese ihe na akwụkwọ akụkọ na akụkọ nkà America. Ihe ngosi na ihe osise nke ndị nnọchianya gosipụtara na-akpali ọgbọ na-abịa n'ihu ka ha na-azụlite omenala ya nke dị afọ 200. Ndị Ọkammụta Mba na-enyere aka dị ka ndị nnọchianya maka nka. 

N'August 2020, ihe ngosi ngosi solo nke mbụ ya na United Kingdom meghere na The Curve gallery na Barbican Center, London, akpọrọ "A Countervailing Theory." Kpọmkwem maka kọmishọna a, Ojih Odutola kere ọrụ iri anọ na-egosi ilu mgbe ochie e debere na etiti Jos Plateau nke Naijiria. N'ajụjụ ọnụ onye na-ese ihe na *The Guardian*, Ojih Odutola kwuru na ihe ngosi a sitere na akụkụ abụọ: ịgụ banyere usoro nkume oge ochie na Central Nigeria; na ịnụ banyere onye ọkà mmụta ihe ochie nke German bụ onye n'ụzọ na-ezighị ezi na-ekwu na ihe oyiyi ọla a chọtara na Nigeria bụ 'Greeks si Atlantis' n'ihi na ọ 'enweghị ike iche n'echiche nke ndị Naijiria nwere ikike uche iji mepụta ihe ndị dị otú ahụ ziri ezi na ndị mara mma'. N'ime ihe osise ojii na nke ọcha abụọ a na-atụgharị 'edemede n'akụkụ ọ bụla', n'okwu onye na-ese ihe.  Onye edemede, Zadie Smith, dere edemede na isiokwu nke ihe ngosi na *New Yorker*,  tinyekwara na katalọgụ ihe ngosi. 

## Ụdị na mmetụta
Ojih Odutola bụ onye amara nke ọma maka eserese eserese ya zuru oke, kpamkpam ma ọ bụ nke ejiri ink mkpịsị oji mee ya. Ọrụ ya na nso nso a gbasaara gụnyere unyi, pastel, nzu na pensụl.  Otú ọ dị, onye na-ese ihe adịghị ewere onwe ya dị ka onye na-ese foto; isiokwu nke eserese ya na-esite n'ọtụtụ mmadụ dị iche iche.  Ọ na-eto onye nkuzi nka ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị, Dana Bathurst, maka iwebata ya na ndị na-ese ihe osise nke Africa-American dị ka Jacob Lawrence, Elizabeth Catlett, Romare Bearden na Barkley L. Hendricks .  Ojih Odutola enwetawokwa mkpali na mmetụta sitere na akwụkwọ ndị na-atọ ọchị, manga Japanese, na anime. Ọzọkwa, ịmụ ọrụ nke ndị na-ese ihe n'oge a dị ka Kerry James Marshall, Wangechi Mutu, na Julie Mehretu nwere mmetụta mgbe ọ nọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ. 

A na-elekarị ọrụ Ojih Odutola anya dị ka ihe ịma aka ọtụtụ echiche ọdịnala gbasara ọha mmadụ na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị yana usoro nke akọwara ya. Ọrụ ya bụ ụzọ ebum n’obi sụgharịa akụkọ ndị ahụ gbasara agbụrụ, njirimara, na klaasị n’anya. A na-eme nke a site na usoro mgbasa ozi na elu ọ na-eji yana textures ewepụtara na ọnụ ọgụgụ na ọdịdị ala ọ na-egosi na eserese ya zuru ezu. Maka Ojih Odutola, ederede bụ ụdị nzikọrịta ozi na asụsụ ya na onye na-ekiri ya. Akara dị iche iche ọ na-emepụta na-anọchi anya ụdị olumba na ụda olu. 

## Ihe ngosi
Ihe ngosi sọlo ahọpụtara:

* 2008: *A Colonized Mind*, University Center Gallery, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Alabama, tesis solo ngosi. 
* 2011: *(MAPS)*, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, bụ nke gosipụtara ihe ngosi mbụ ya na gallery na New York City. 
* 2013: *Obodo m enweghị aha*, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, nke na-ekwu banyere isiokwu na malleability na nrutuaka gbasara njirimara na otú ihe osise nwere ike isi bụrụ naanị ihe na-ekewapụ nke mmadụ. 
* 2013-2014: *The Constant Wrestler*, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art (iMOCA), Indianapolis, Indiana. Julie Bramowitz mechara gosipụta ihe ngosi ahụ maka *Magazin Interview*, nke e bipụtara na Disemba 3, 2013. 
* 2014: *Dị ka Oké Osimiri*, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Aha ngosi a sitere na aphorism sitere na akwụkwọ akụkọ Zora Neale Hurston, Anya Ha Na-ekiri Chineke, ebe Hurston dere, sị: *"Ịhụnanya bụ lak de sea.* *Ọ bụ uh movin 'ihe, mana ka na ihe niile, ọ na-ewere ọdịdị ya site n'ikpere mmiri ọ zutere, ọ dịkwa iche n'ikpere mmiri ọ bụla."* 
* 2015: *Akụkọ* ndị na-adịghị ekwu okwu, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Missouri. 
* 2015-2016: *Nke Context and Without*, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Emily McDermott gosipụtara ihe ngosi a maka *Magazin Interview* na Disemba 20, 2015. 
* 2016-2017: *Okwu nke Eziokwu*, Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), San Francisco, California.  Onye na-ese ụkpụrụ ụlọ, David Adjaye, kpọrọ ihe ngosi ahụ dị ka otu n'ime "Kasị Mma nke 2016" na mbipụta December nke   . 
* 2017-2018: *Ka Wander kpebisie ike*, Whitney Museum of American Art .  Zadie Smith gosipụtara ihe ngosi ahụ maka *British Vogue* na mbipụta June 2018. 
* 2018: *Nyochaa Aha*, Savannah College of Art and Design 's (SCAD) Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, nke a gụnyere na *SCAD de: FIE* ngosi usoro maka oge ahụ. 
* 2018: sonyere na 12th Manifesta Biennial, kwadoro na Palermo, Ịtali, ya na ihe ngosi solo ya, *Scenes of Exchange*, nke emere na Orto Botanico di Palermo . 
* 2018: *The Firmament*, Hood Museum of Art, nke Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. 
* 2018: *Mgbe Legends nwụrụ*, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. 
* 2020: *Theory Countervailing,* Barbican Center, na London, England, ihe ngosi ngosi ihe ngosi nka nke mbụ ya na UK. 
* 2020: *Gwa m Akụkọ, Achọghị m ịma ma ọ bụrụ na ọ bụ eziokwu*, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, na-enyocha echiche ndị bụ isi na "ọpụpụ na nghọta"  n'etiti onyonyo na ederede. Emepụtara ọrụ niile dị na ihe ngosi ahụ n'oge mkpọchi COVID-19 na New York. 

Ojih Odutola sokwa na ngosi otu na ụlọ ọrụ dị iche iche gụnyere:

* *Ihe nrite nka nke ọgbọ n'ọdịnihu @ Venice 2019,* akụkụ nke 58th Venice Biennale (2019). 
* *Gosi m ka m chọrọ ka a hụ m*, na Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, (2019). 
* *Maka Opacity: Elijah Burgher, Toyin Ojih Odutola, na Nathaniel Mary Quinn*, na Ụlọ Ọrụ Drawing, New York, (2018). 
* *Histórias Afro-Atlânticas (Akụkọ Afro-Atlantic)*, na São Paulo Museum of Art, São Paulo, Brazil, (2018). 
* *Mgbanwe: Masks na Global African Art*, na Brooklyn Museum, New York, (2016). 
* *FORE* na *Black: Agba, Ihe, Echiche*, na Studio Museum na Harlem, New York, (2015, 2012, n'otu n'otu). 
* *Ihe osise Ballpoint Ebe ọ bụ na 1950*, na Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, (2013). 
* *Ọganihu nke ịhụnanya*, na mkpokọta Menil, Houston, (2012). 
* *Afro: Black Identity na America na Brazil*, Tamarind Institute, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, (2012). 

## mkpokọta
A na-arụ ọrụ Ojih Odutola n'ọtụtụ mkpokọta ọha, gụnyere:

* Museum of Modern Art, New York 
* Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka nke Whitney nke American Art, New York 
* Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka nke Metropolitan, New York 
* Birmingham Museum of Art, AL 
* Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka nke Baltimore, Maryland 
* Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington 
* Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire 
* Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts 
* Mississippi Museum of Art, Mississippi 
* Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego 
* National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom 
* Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka nke New Orleans, Louisiana 
* Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
* Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka nke Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
* Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka nke Mahadum Princeton, New Jersey 
* RISD Museum of Art, Providence, Rhode Island 
* Society for Contemporary Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois 
* Spencer Museum of Art, Kansas 
* Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka nke Honolulu nke Ụlọ Spalding, Hawaii 
* National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 

## Ihe nrite

* 2007: *Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship Grant,* Mahadum Yale.
* 2008: *Erzulie Veasey Johnson Painting & Drawing Award*, Mahadum Alabama na Huntsville.
* 2011: *Murphy na Cadogan Fellowship Award*, San Francisco Foundation .
* 2017: *Lida A. Orzeck Distinguished Artist-in-Residence*, Barnard College. 
* 2018: *Rees Visionary Award*, Amref Health Africa . 
* 2019: Edepụtara aha maka Victor Pinchuk Foundation 's *Future Generation Art Prize.* 
* 2020: Lauréate nke *Prix Jean-François Prat,* Bredin Prat Foundation for Contemporary Art. 

* *Alphabet: Ndekọ ahọpụtara nke akụkọ akụkọ na eserese*, 2012. 
* *Ọgwụgwọ ahụ, 2015-17*, Akwụkwọ Anteism, 2018. 
* *Maka Opacity: Elijah Burgher, Toyin Ojih Odutola, na Nathaniel Mary*, Ụlọ Ọrụ Na-ese Ihe, Ihe ngosi ngosi, 2018. 
* *Toyin Ojih Odutola: A Matter of Fact*, Museum of the African Diaspora, ngosi katalọgụ, 2019. 
* *Ozizi Countervailing*, Barbican Center, katalọgụ ngosi, 2020. 

## Ndemsibia

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