Exhibitions, Conferences

Exhibitions

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Indigo Reimagined, solo Exhibition. 20 June- 20 August, 2018, Main Auditorium Gallery, University of Lagos, Nigeria / second viewing at Alara, Victoria Island, Lagos, 30 Oct-30 November, 2019.
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On and On Group Exhibition, Lagoon Gallery, Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos, January, 2019.
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October Rain, Group Exhibition of the Society of Nigerian Artists, 20th Annual Juried Exhibition, Pyramid Gallery, Ikoyi Lagos. 20 October, 2018,Fulbright Art Exhibition; Good Governance, University of Benin Banquet Hall, Edo State, Nigeria. 19-21 January, 2016.
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Return, Solo Exhibition, Raw Spot Gallery, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. June 13, 2018.
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Objectas Fontera at CA2M in Madrid, Spain   November 4, 2015 to February 28, 2016 (Curated by Solphie Golz Travelling exhibition featuring: Kader Attia (France/Algeria), artist collective Burning Museum (South Africa), Sammy Baloji (DR Congo)/ ‬Lazara Albear (Cuba/Belgium), Peju Layiwola (Nigeria), Michelle Monareng (South Africa), Paulo Nazareth ‬(Brasil), Lisl Ponger (Austria), Jorge Satorre (Mexico), Penny Siopis (South Africa), Dierk Schmidt (Germany), ‬Karl Waldmann († Germany), Emma Wolukau-Wanambwa (Great Britain/Uganda)‬.
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Artificial Facts and Boundary Objects, June 20-September 20, 2015, Kunsthaus Dresden, Municipal Gallery of Arts, Dresden, Germany.
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Curated/Exhibited in the Whose Centenary? Collaborative Public Art Project, Igun Street, Benin City, 6/7December, 2014. Group public art performance and exhibition done with the support of a University of Lagos research fund .
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Group show: Contemporary Artists from Nigeria, Nigeria/Roots, Luciano Benetton Collection, 2013
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Benin1897.com: Art and the Restitution Question, a Solo Traveling Exhibition by Peju Layiwola, Lagos, 8 April-30 May, 2010, Main Auditorium Gallery, University of Lagos, Nigeria. Solo Exhibition: Benin1897.com: Art and the Restitution Question, a Solo Traveling Exhibition, The Museum, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Ibadan, 20 August-10 October, 2010
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Joint show: Identities and Labels: Eight Contemporary Nigerian Women Artists, Pan African University Lagos, 24 September-8 October, 2005
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Two man show: Of Bronzes and Prints: a Mother/Daughter Perspective: an Exhibition of Sculptures, Reliefs and Prints. Goethe Institute Lagos, Two-person exhibition by Princess Elizabeth Olowu and Peju Layiwola. June 14 – 25, 2003.
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The African Woman: An Exhibition of Bronze Sculptures,’ solo exhibition, Flowerfield Arts Gallery, Portstewart, Northern Ireland, U.K, May 1996. Women, Art and Society: Queen’s University of Belfast, Armagh Campus. N. Ireland, UK, September, 1996.
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Curator: Wole Soyinka @ 80 Art Exhibition. Curator/Exhibitor, JP Clark Centre, University of Lagos.
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Art Cities of the Future: 21st Century Avant –Gardes, Group selection, Phaidon, London.

Selected Exhibitions

(Local and international)

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Not an Ocean between Us: Voices of Women from Africa and the African Diaspora. Diggs Gallery, Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC. Group exhibition of 41 works by 24 women artists. May 30, 2006 -March 17, 2007.
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African Art, African Voices, October 2, 2004- January 2, 2005, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia.
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Out of Bounds: Women Artists from Africa Curated by Mimi Wolford for the University of New England Art Gallery, Westbrook College, Maine, Portland July 20 – September 19, 2004. Peju Layiwola and Rackhi Diankha; an Exhibition of Two Female African Artists, Mbari Mbayo Institute, Washington DC, USA, 5 October, 2003.
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Breaking the Mould in Africa; The Cire Perdue Casting Technique Revisited,’ The Basement Gallery Dundalk, Republic of Ireland, August, 1996.
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Voices from Within: African Art Expressions, 2009, Enugu, Nigeria.
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3rd National Exhibition of Female Artists Association of Nigeria, September-October, 2007. Aina Onabolu House, National Theatre Annex, Iganmu. Lagos.
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Harvest of the Harmattan Retreat; Exhibition of Art Works from the Harmattan Workshop Series, Agbaraotor, Pan African University, Ajah, Lagos. 2-16 October, 2004.
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‘Just Prints’ Mydrim Gallery, Victoria Island, Lagos, July 1-12, 2004.
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Rhythms of the Forge, Aina Onabolu Gallery, Lagos, January 31- February 13 2003.
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Exhibition to mark the 1st year Anniversary of the Nigerian Society for Information, Arts and Culture (NSIAC). Tuesday 17, June 2003.
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‘Finger Prints and Footsteps of Nature’ An exhibition organized by Alliance Francaise in collaboration with the Society of Nigerian Artist, Oyo State Chapter May 31- June 14, 2002.
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Modern Nigerian Painters’ Exhibition Organized by the Nigerian Society for Information, ‘Arts and Culture (NSIAC), Ibadan and the Society Of Nigerian Artists, Oyo State, 28 August 2002.
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‘Third Tier of Government; Myth or Reality’ Exhibition and Symposium on Local Government held by the Nigerian Society for Information, Arts and Culture (NSIAC), Ibadan 30 July 2002.
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‘Creative Femininity’ Aina Onabolu Gallery, 21 November, 2002 organized by the National Gallery of Art, Abuja and the Nigerian Association of Female Artists.
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Exhibition in Honour of Professor C. O. Adepegba, Museum Lobby, Institute for African Studies, University of Ibadan, 29-31 October 2002.
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Nigerian Institute of International Affairs Open Day Exhibition 2002, 16 –20 December, 2002.
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‘Vision Rekindled’ Exhibition Organized by the Society of Nigerian Artists, Oyo State Chapter, the British Council, Ibadan, Oyo State. August 24-31, 2001.
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‘Echoes, Cities and Artists in Nigeria’ Organized by The French Institute of Research in Africa (IFRA) in collaboration with the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan. 29-31 October, 2001
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Images’ Exhibition organized by the Society of Nigerian Artists, Oyo State Chapter in Collaboration with the Ministry of Information, Youth, Sports & Culture, Oyo State. The Cultural Centre, Mokola Hill, Ibadan 5-19 October, 2001.

Conferences and Workshops

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Working Group Meeting on African Women Artist, (Aware) Paris, 8,9 November, 2019
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Making Meaning from a Fragmented Past: 1897 and the Creative Process, Rhodes Island School of Design, Art History Department,  March 6, 2019
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Workshop Undoing Postcolonial Knowledges July 18-21, Iwalewahaus, Bayreuth, Germany
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Art X; Statues Also Die, Considering Institutionalizing Collections, November 4, 2018, Civic Centre, Lagos.
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Publishing Workshop (PROSPA) publishing and Research in of the South: Positioning Africa, Mellon Funded. 19-25, November, 2018, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
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Agenda Setting Workshop, African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) ARUA Centre for Excellence for Unemployment and Skill Development, 6-7 September, 2018, University of Lagos.
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Condition Report 3, Raw Symposium on Art History in Africa, Raw Material Company, Dakar Senegal 20-22 September, 2018.
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Contemporary African Artistic Practise: Political Forms and Practise, Symposium Musee d’Aquitaine, Bordeaux, 17-18 May, 2018.
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Declaration of the exhibition open, Oreze VI, Imeobi-Obi of Onitsha’s palace, Onitsha, Anambra State, 30 September, 2018.
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“Prussian Colonial Heritage: Sacred Objects and Human Remains in Berlin Museums” on October 14/15, 2017, Berlin.
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The Friday Forum, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, USA. Paper presented: My Art Trajectory: Influences and New Directions’, 8 September, 2017.
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Visiting Scholar Lecture Series, Fine Art Center, Department of Art History, University of Arkansas, 18 September, 2017
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The Arts Council of the African Studies Association (ACASA), 17th Triennial Symposium, University of Ghana, Legon. August 8-13, 2017.
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Expropriate Art and the Never Ending ‘ongoing’ Discussion about Returns, Lecture for Life in My city festival (LIMCAF), Enugu, 2016.
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Chair, Jury Life in My City Art Festival, Enugu. 2016
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Looted Art and Restitution in the Twentieth century: Europe in Transnational and Global Perspectives, Newham College, Cambridge University, Cambridge UK.18-20 September, 2014.
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Artefakte Activation Session, Ecole du Patrimoine Africain in Porto Novo, Republic of Benin, 6-7 October, 2014.
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101st USA College Arts Association Conference, New York, 10-20 February, 2013.
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Organizer, Annual UNILAG/OYASAF Art Entrepreneurship Workshop 2011 and 2012, Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos sponsored by the Omooba Yemisi Adedoyin Shyllon Art Foundation.
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Disturbing Pasts: Memories, Controversies and Creativity Project Conference, Museum of Ethnology, Vienna, 20-22 November 2012.
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South African Visual Art Historians Conference (SAVAH), University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa,11-20 January, 2011.
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African Lace Exhibition and Summer Workshop on Indigenous Textile Art Techniques, Museum fur Volkerkunde, Vienna, Austria 22 October, 2010.
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International Conference on Africans and the Catholic Church Conference paper delivered Christian Images, African Idiom: An overview of Artistic Expressions of Worship in the Catholic Church of Nigeria, Global African Arts Program, Seattle University, USA, January 31-February 2, 2008.
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Women’s Art, Women’s Vision paper delivered Expanding the Frontiers of Women’s Art: The Women and Youths Art Initiative, Nigerian Society for Information, Arts and Culture, Jericho, Ibadan, 26th March 2008.
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Edo Art and the Reconstruction of Memory presented at the Fullerton Hall, The Art Institute of Chicago, USA.,18th of September 2008.
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Contemporary Benin Brasscasting: A Study in Continuity and Change, Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, September 23, 2008.
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Women’s Representation, Women’s Expressions in Benin Art, September 24, 2008, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Culture and Identity in the Mega City; Lagos as an Example, paper delivered titled ‘Cultural Life and Cultural Scene in the Mega City’ A Workshop and Symposium June 28 – June 30, 2007. Goethe Institute, Lagos.
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Royal Commemorative Fabrics of Benin, International Conference on Benin Kings and Rituals; Court Art from Nigeria, May 9-16, 2007, Museum fur Volkerkunde, Vienna, Austria.
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Children’s Crafts Workshop on Paper Crafts, Museum fur Volkerkunde, Vienna, Austria 16-17 May 2007.
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Coordinator, Talent Hunt workshop on vocational training in collaboration with the National Museum Lagos, December 10-17, 2006, Lagos.
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Facilitator, Goldsmithing session, 8th Harmattan Workshop of the Bruce Onobrakpeya Foundation, Agbarha-Otor, Delta State, Nigeria, March 2006.
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Discussant, ‘Art and Crafts for National Rebirth’ Lagos State Council for Arts and Culture, Lagos State Council for Arts and Culture, 23 May 2006.
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Guest Speaker, ‘When Does an Artist Become a Master’, Lecture in Honour of Yusuff Grillo, organized by Ara Studio, National Gallery of Arts, Lagos 30 ,May 2006.
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The 17th Archaeological Association of Nigeria Conference held in the University of Ibadan, on the 6-8th March, 2005.
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30th Anniversary Conference on the theme Contemporary Nigerian Art, Department of Fine Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife 1-4, June 5, 2005.
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Coordinator, Talent Hunt workshop on vocational training in collaboration with the National Museum Lagos, Mbari Mbayo School, Lagos, August 12th -26, 2005.
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Sustaining the Development of Theatre Practice in Nigeria, SONTA 2004, University of Lagos, July 1-3, 2004, paper delivered; ‘Depicting Illusion as Reality; The Role of the Visual Designer in the Development of Theatre Practice in Nigeria.
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Yari Yari Pamberi Conference; Black Women Writers Dissecting Globalization,
International Conference on Literature by Women of African Ancestry, Institute of African American Affairs, New York University, October 12-16, 2004.
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Convener of the conference and workshop titled Revisiting History Through the Arts and Creative Workshop, Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos. November 1-8, 2004.
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7th Harmattan workshop, Agbarha-otor, Delta State, February 2004.
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History seminars of the University of Zurich, Switzerland, 11th May, 2004.
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Presentation of the paper Benin Art, Memory and Reconstruction, on the Broken Memory Project, Ecole des hautes en sciences socials in collaboration with GTMS, Paris 13th May 2004.
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Facilitator, Bronze Casting and Jewelry at the 4th Harmattan Workshop of the Bruce Onobrakpeya Foundation, Agbarha-Otor, Delta State, Nigeria, February 24-March 9, 2002.
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‘Transmission of Knowledge; Terracotta and Metals in West Africa and Cameroons’ An International conference by the Institute of French Research in Africa, 9 – 12 September 2002.
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‘Harmattan in Lagos’ A workshop/Lecture series at the Centre Culturel Francais De Lagos, 14 September 2002. Paper delivered titled ‘Between the Forge and the Foundry.
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’Nigerian Traditional Craft for Self Reliance’ the 16th Archaeological Association of Nigeria Conference held on the 9-11 December 2002, National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Jos.
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‘The Transmission of Artistic Knowledge in Contemporary Nigeria (1960-2001)’ A
Workshop organized by the institute for French Research Institute in Africa (IFRA) 7 May
2001.
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The Universite Nationale du Benin Colloque Internationale titled ‘Borguo 98’ Parakou and Nikki, Republic of Benin. April 6-9, 1999.
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The Experimental Bronze Age Casting Project’ Organized by the Sculpture Society of Ireland, Umha Aois, Navan Centre, Armagh, Northern Ireland, 26 July-4 August, 1996.
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Trends and Themes in Environment and its Implication on Art and The Art Teacher, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Lagos 31 March 1993, Paper delivered titled ‘Extracting Beauty From Waste’.