Photo credit: Courtesy of SCAD
Ep.224 Anthony Olubunmi Akinbola (b. 1991, Missouri) has had solo exhibitions at Sean Kelly, New York; Night Gallery, Los Angeles; Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna; Carbon 12, Dubai; John Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan; the Queens Museum, New York, and other galleries and institutions. His work has been featured in group shows at the Guggenheim, New York, NY; Hauser & Wirth, New York and Los Angeles; Pace Gallery, New York; and the Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, among others. Akinbola’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI; The Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection; The Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, ME; Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH; and Zabludowicz Collection, London, United Kingdom. Akinbola lives and works in New York.
Sean Kelly https://www.skny.com/news-events/anthony-akinbola-good-hair
Hauser Wirth https://www.hauserwirth.com/viewing-room/anthony-olubunmi-akinbola/
Galerie Krinzinger https://galerie-krinzinger.at/artists/anthony-olubunmi-akinbola-0494f551/
Night Gallery https://www.nightgallery.ca/exhibitions/anthony-akinbola/about
zidoun-Bossuyt https://zidoun-bossuyt.com/worksavailable/anthony-olubunmi-akinbola/
SCAD https://www.scad.edu/event/2024-08-23-anthony-olubunmi-akinbola-exhibition-good-hair
Contemporary Art Review https://contemporaryartreview.la/anthony-olubunmi-akinbola-at-night-gallery/
L’Officiel https://www.lofficielusa.com/art/artists-to-watch-2024
Cultural DC https://www.culturaldc.org/anthony-akinbola
Vogue https://www.vogue.com/article/this-nigerian-american-artist-uses-durags-as-his-medium
Contemporary Art Review https://contemporaryartreview.la/anthony-olubunmi-akinbola-at-night-gallery/
1201 https://www.1202magazine.com/art/anthony-olubunmi-akinbola-scad-good-hair
Visionary Artistry Magazine https://visionaryartistrymag.com/2024/06/anthony-akinbola-bridging-identity-through-art/
Rivalry Projects https://www.rivalryprojects.com/anthony-olubunmi-akinbola
John Michael Kohler Arts Center https://www.jmkac.org/exhibition/magic-city/
Silver Arts Project https://www.silverart.org/artists/27-anthony-akinbola/overview/
Cultured Magazine https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2022/05/17/anthony-bunmi-akinbola-uses-art-as-social-commentary
C& https://contemporaryand.com/exhibition/anthony%E2%80%AFolubunmi%E2%80%AFakinbola-magic-city/
NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/30/arts/design/art-gallery-shows-to-see-right-now.html
Artnews https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/anthony-akinbola-durag-paintings-interview-1234649721/
Absolution
2023
DuRag on Wooden Panel
121.5 x 72 x 6 in.
Photo Courtesy of Night Gallery, Los Angeles
Sunday’s Best
2024
Durags on Wooden Panel
144 x 576 x 3 in.
Photo Courtesy of SCAD
Jubilee
2021
Durags on Wooden Panel
96 x 108 x 3 in
Photo Courtesy of The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
untitled (self-portrait)
2022
DuRag on Wooden Panel
72 x 360 in.
Photo Courtesy of Sean Kelly NY
