Kayode Ojo (b. 1990, Cookeville, United States) lives and works in New York. Recent solo exhibitions include Sweetwater, Berlin (2024) and 52 Walker, New York (2023). His work has also been exhibited in group exhibitions at the CCS Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson; White Columns, New York; Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover; MoMA PS1, New York; and the Athens Biennale, among others, and is featured in the permanent collections of the CCS Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson; the Museum Brandhorst, Munich; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; and the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York. He has been featured in Artforum, Art in America, Flash Art, Frieze, Mousse, The New York Times, and Texte zur Kunst. Ojo received a BFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York, in 2012.
Kayode Ojo’s practice examines ersatz glamour, interpersonal relations and pop culture through sculpture, photography, and video. His sculptures, precariously balanced compositions, take the form of ready-made assemblage, frequently created from glass, mirrors, clothing, furniture, rhinestones, and acrylic jewelry. Through photography, Ojo documents spontaneous scenes on analog film, capturing deeply personal moments, everyday public theater, and the stage settings that often inform our behavior.
