Toyin Ojih Odutola

Born in Ilé-­ Ifẹ̀, Nigeria (b. 1985)

This Side of Paradise, 2017

Charcoal, pastel, and graphite on paper
© Toyin Ojih Odutola; courtesy the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Photo by Ian Reeves.

Toyin Ojih Odutola. Photo by Vicente Muñoz for Interview Magazine

“It becomes about the time, place, and context—’Of Context and Without,’ this idea of how malleable identity is when you’re looking at a portrait. Are we seeing a portrait of a subject or are we seeing a portrait of the artist?”

—Toyin Ojih Odutola