b. 1996
Lives and works in Lagos, Southwestern Nigeria
EDUCATION
2012-16 Bachelor of Arts, English and Literary studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun state, Nigeria
ARTISTIC RECOGNITION AND AWARDS
2025, Royal Over-seas League Photography Award, Shortlist - Invitation to Invade
2024, HIPA Sustainability Award, Shortlist - Invitation to Invade
2024, UN Photography for Humanity Prize, Honorable Mention – Invitation to Invade
2024, Prazzle inc. Visionary 35, Honorable Mention
2024, Africa Soft Power Climate Change Photo Essay Prize, Finalist – Invitation to Invade
2024, Art Partner, CREATECOP29 Artist Prize, 1st Runner-up – Invitation to Invade
2024, Daniele Tamagni Foundation Grant, Finalist - Invitation to invade
2024, Contemporary African Photography (CAP) Prize, Finalist – Invitation to Invade
2024, HUG 100 Artist to Watch
2024, Prazzle Inc. Galaxy Artist Grant, Winner - Invitation to Invade
2024, Lens Culture Art Photography Awards, Finalist - Invitation to Invade
2023, Lens Culture Critics’ Choice Award, Winner - Resurrection
2023, Agora One Minute Video World Awards, Finalist - Felabration
2022/23, 500px GPA Shortlist, Fine Art Category, – Esoteric Desires
2022, Nukhu Fest, New York, USA, Semifinalist – Damola in her Mother’s Dress
2019, Agora Images, ‘Eyes’ Photo Contest, Top 50 Images in the World, – Interruptions
2017, 500px Editor’s Choice, December - Market Faces, Interruptions
EXHIBITIONS AND FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
Royal Overseas League Photography Award Exhibition, Overseas House, London, UK. Nov. ‘25 – Feb. 2026
At a Crossroad - Climate & Change, Africa Soft Power Exhibition, Hourglass Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria. November 2025
‘Kindered’ Lagos Photo Festival. Installation by Emmanuel Iduma/ Ayobami Adebayo (Tender Photos). African Artists Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria. October 2025
Do No Harm: Reflections on Healthcare, Exhibition, curated by Tanishka Brahmanand, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne, Australia. October 2025
Earth Partner Exhibition (CreateCOP), Borgo Laudato Si', Vatican, Rome. September 2025
Vogue Threads Exhibition (Vogue Philippines), RCBC, Manilla, Philippines. September 2025
The Paranapiacaba Photography Festival (FFP), CERA - Center for Studies and Artistic Residency, Paranapiacaba, Brazil. September 2025
Climate Change Photo Prize Finalist Exhibition, Africa soft Power Summit, Tribal Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya. June 2025
United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Climate Art Exhibition. Curated by Genevieve Chukwuezi. UNDP Innovation Centre, Lagos, Nigeria. June 2025
Worlds Un/making Group Exhibition, curated by Eva Maria Ocherbauer (Fotofactory, Lagos). Iwalewa Haus, Bayreuth University, Bayreuth, Germany. May-July 2025
IPMA International Photography and Media Art Festival. Curated by Svetlana Batura. Mykolas Zilinskas Art Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania. October 2024
Through the Lens Group Exhibition at Alliance Française du Lagos. Curated by Oladunni Lambo, Lagos Nigeria, August 2024
Africa Foto Fair. Curated by Aida Muluneh. MuCAT, Abijan, Ivory Coast. July 2024
Identite Plurielle Group Exhibition. Evidences Paris, Curated by Charles Xelot. Domus Maubourg, Paris, France, July 2024
MAD HOUSE by Tikera Portfolio Review with Aida Mulune, Photographer, Founder Addia Foto Fest & Africa Foto Fair, March 2024
Lenscratch Online Exhibition. January, 2024
NLENLE Institute; The Lagos Portfolio Review (LPR). November, 2023
AFF Portfolio Review, with Prof. Celina Lunsford, Artistic Director, Fotografie Forum Frankfurt. November, 2023
The Sun on the River - Reel to Reality Film Festival, South Africa, March, 2023.
The Sun on the River - Nordisk Ungdom Film Festival (NUFF), Tromso, Norway, October, 2022.
Damola in Her Mothers Dress - Mister Vorky Film Festival, Serbia, June, 2022.
Damola in Her Mothers Dress – Semifinalist, Nukhu Fest, New York, USA, December, 2022.
Bankole is not at Home - Nukhu Fest, New York, USA, December, 2018.
Bankole is not at Home - Inshort Film Festival, Lagos, Nigeria, December, 2018.
Conversations - Inshort Film Festival, Lagos, Nigeria, December, 2018.
SELECTED PRESS AND FEATURES
Cover, A SPELL OF GOOD THINGS, Dylan Thomas Prize, and Booker Prize Longlisted Book by
Ayobami Adebayo, Published by Canongate Publishers, UK.
Gida Journal Vol. 1
African Lens Vol. 6
Alchemy Literary Magazine Issue 47
Suboart Magazine December 2023 Issue Cover
Maps Magazine, S. Korea. January – February Issue 2024
Obscura Magazine 2024 Debut Edition
Uncommon Images, Changing Times, Issue 3, 2024
Prazzle Green Canvas Issue V, 2024
HUG XYZ 100 Artist to Watch 2024
SELECTED COMMISSIONS and COLLABORATIONS
Reasons and Endings – Jeff Mitchell (AUS) 2022
Seasons of Baraka – Balimaya Project, United Kingdom
Urban Jungle - Mai Atafo, Lagos, Nigeria
Modern Pharaoh - Return to Royalty, USA
District Vision/New Balance
GTBank Fashion Weekend, 2019/ Nataal Magazine, UK
Aijno Jewelries, Denmark
Youth Hub Africa, Lagos, Nigeria
Gida JournaL
Canongate Publishers; Ayobami Adebayo
Places by Raya, USA
Fair Planet
Nowness
Behance
PUM, Netherland