Kayode Ojo

Kayode Ojo works in different media ranging from sculptural installations to painting, video, and photography. His works make reference to seductive moments in our consumerist culture, analyzing current status symbols and iconography as well as notions of social reputation. Ojo has often conceived of his sculptural works as if they were meant to be photographed, with an eye for staging. The works engage a drama of looking, a kind of voyeurism or scopophilia.

Kayode Ojo (b. 1990, Cookeville, USA) currently lives and works in New York. He graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York in 2012 and recently completed a residency at Callie’s Berlin. Solo exhibitions include Università Iuav di Venezia (Venice, 2023) and Giardino Segreto (Milan, 2019). His first solo exhibition with Balice Hertling was held in 2017. Recent group exhibitions include KALEIDOSCOPE at Espace Niemeyer (Paris, 2024); Kestner Gesellschaft (Hannover, 2022); MoMA PS1 (New York, 2021); and the Athens Biennial (Athens, 2021), among others.