Ode to Equiano

Joy Labinjo (1994 - )

oil paint, oil stick, canvas

2022

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Cabinet Office, 70 Whitehall
  • About the artist
    Born in Dagenham, London, Joy Labinjo lives and works in London. In 2017, she graduated with a Fine Art BA from the University of Newcastle, during which she studied at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria. Her solo exhibitions include 'Our Histories Cling to Us' at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (2019); 'Recollections' at Tiwani Contemporary, London and 'Belonging' at Morley Gallery, London (2018). Group exhibitions include 'The Everyday Political' at Cafe Gallery Projects, London (2018); and 'The Accumulation of Things' at Bonington Gallery, Nottingham (2018). In 2017, Labinjo received the Woon Art Prize, jointly awarded and presented by Northumbria University and BALTIC. Her work has been collected by the Musée d’Art Contemporain Africain Al Maaden (MACAAL), Marrakesh; and the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota.
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    Olaudah, Equiano (c.1745 - 1797)
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    Materials & Techniques
    canvas, paint, oil paint, oil painting, oil stick
  • Details
    Artist
    Joy Labinjo (1994 - )
    Title
    Ode to Equiano
    Date
    2022
    Medium
    oil paint, oil stick, canvas
    Dimensions
    height: 200.0 cm; width: 150.0 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Tiwani Contemporary, March 2022
    Provenance
    Tiwani Contemporary, London UK; from whom purchased by UK Government Art Collection, 28 March 2022
    GAC number
    19054