Ayo
Akínwándé

Awardee

Country

Nigeria

Ayọ̀ Akínwándé promotes free expression through his artistic work.

Themes
Environment / Climate emergency
Racial justice
Free Expression / Civil Society
Reexamining history
Disciplines
Artistic Research
Performance
Photography
Sound Art
Video Art
Visual Art
Awards
SEED Award 2021

Profile

Ayọ̀ Akínwándé is an artist, activist, and writer from Lagos, Nigeria. With an academic background in architecture, his practice is multi-disciplinary, working across lens-based media, installation, sound, and performance. His works and art writings have been featured in publications around the world. He is also a recipient of the 2020 Edith-Russ-Haus Media Art Award and the 2019 Place Publique Prize. Akínwándé’s practice is focused on people, power, and politics, and how this manifests in the multi-faceted layers of human reality.