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.