Kayode Ojo

Born in 1990, in Cookeville, TN, USA.
Lives and works New York, USA.

Education

2012
BFA, School of Visual Arts
Group shows at Ceysson Gallery
Inflatable tear, New York
January 23 - February 24, 2018


Exhibitions

2018
Inflatable Tear, Ceysson & Bénétière, New York, NY

2017
Invisible Man, curated by Ebony L. Haynes, Martos Gallery, New York, NY
Taye Diggs, Motel, Brooklyn, NY
my fossil, my echo / my excess, my scrap, curated by Gabrielle Jensen and Julia Lee, MX Gallery, New York, NY
Discretion, curated by Sam Korman, Boatos Fine Art, São Paolo, Brazil

2016
Mortal Sequence, curated by Heather Guertin, Brennan & Griffin, New York, NY
Under the Volcano, LOMEX, New York, NY
Baboon Undaunted, curated by Jake Begin, Museum Gallery, New York, NY
maybe no one will notice, Guertin's Graphics, Brookyln, NY
Memory Room, curated by Andrew Ross, Outpost Artist Resources, Queens, NY

2015
Natural Flavor, curated by Vivien Trommer, MINI/Goethe-Institut Curatorial Residencies Ludlow, New York, NY
Inventors at the Apocalypse, curated by Jake McNulty, Institut für Alles Mögliche, Berlin
Hurt Me, FOUR A.M., New York, NY
AGGRO-CULTURE x Farm Tour CSA, curated by Kari Rittenbach, Holiday Cafe, Brooklyn, NY

2014
you gotta keep your head up but you can let your hair down, 55 Gansevoort, New York, NY (solo)

2013
True Lies, curated byColleen O’Connor and Pacifico Silano, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
Global Projects: Artists at Home and Abroad, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY

2011
If You See Men Stroking Their Beards, Stroke Yours, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

2010
Show de groupe curated by Fia Backstrom, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Bibliography

2017
Ojo, Kayode, “Become What You Fear”, Texte zur Kunst, June 2017.
Pedro, Lila, “When Conceptual Art Makes You Acutely Aware of Your Body”, Hyperallergic, June 9.
Heinrich, Will, “What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week: Invisible Man”, The New York Times, May 25.
“The space begs. The space weeps”: A black buck enters a freshly painted room in Kayode Ojo + Winslow Laroche’s ‘Taye Diggs’, aqnb.com, April 10.

2016
Sargent, Antwaun, “A Langston Hughes Short Story Inspired a Contemporary Art Exhibition”, The Creators Project, September 14.

2014
Loman, Carly, “To Chelsea and Beyond,” Brightest Young Things, August 19.

2012
Brand, Will, “Glassholes,” The L Magazine, November.

2011
Espino, Anthony, “Chasing the White Tiger,” Dear Dave, Fall, pp. 62-76