Ayomide Tejuoso (Plantation)
Ayomide Tejuoso (Plantation) is a Nigerian-British artist based in Geneva and London. Working across photography, film, and installation art, she turns her practice into a frenzied search for Blackness by constructing visual tales of the Black experience and expression. She creates visual worlds deeply immersed in the Black sacred and profane, while exploring themes such as the Black home, Black boyhood, girlhood, death, and love. Through her work, she delves into the complexities of being a Nigerian and navigating viscous systems. Drawing inspiration from esteemed Black creative visionaries such as Deana Lawson, Arthur Jafa, Liz Johnson Artur, and Khalil Joseph, Ayomide Tejuoso actively references their perspectives and contributes to the ongoing evolution of Black visual culture. Her artistic endeavors have garnered recognition, and her works have been exhibited in prestigious institutions across Europe and West Africa, including: PhotoVogue Festival 2021, Foam Talent 2021, Photo Vogue Voice Residency 2022, PhMuseum Women’s Grant Shortlist 2022, Getxophoto Festival Shortlist 2022, OSCAM Amsterdam, Rele Gallery, and Affinity Gallery.
Currently, she works in the fields of creative direction and literary production, coordinating a visual campaign for PhotoVogue Festival and writing for TWIST Magazine, New Currency Magazine, and PhotoVogue. She is invested in visual culture and its iterations. She examines how to re-contextualize a brand through creative practice and across the digital and physical spheres. Her writing is grounded in research and she uses language to further her passion for architecture, Black revolutionary thought, and contemporary art.