ARTWITHAKIRASH
STUDIO
ARTIST STATEMENT
My work focuses on time, fleeting moments that can be easily forgotten or transformed. Reflecting on rural versus urban life, the accelerated pace of development and infrastructure, performative activities play around Culture, history, Trauma & social subjectivities that investigates problems like identity, immigration, Gun violence, race, religion the components that break down conventional barriers.
My work investigates the role of textiles in society around the world and in relation to economic trade, meaning behind the scenes of creating, what inspired the design, colors palettes, patterns that were on the fabrics which become statements and form of communication.
My work is about the journeys of everyday life which Explore the invisible systems of power that govern everyday existence, I utilize a multitude of techniques and materials, including Vintage / repurposed objects, which may manifest in mixed media painting, sculpture, installation, video, photography, sound, performance. While inscribing all these mediums in my comprehensive composition’s it’s accumulative density and complexity into forging the past & present with the future.
I tell stories that address issues that affect us all around the world, or those that are at the forefront in the society in which I find myself. I try to expand the presentation of the artworks to educate, as a conversational starter and engage a larger audience by creating an immersive experience that explores the ideas at hand in multiple ways.
I believe art is an instrument to question and search for solutions - to dig out the truth without violence.
Ultimately, my work is designed to create comfort, peace, and solace. Art can be a balm to the soul, revealing a quiet inner truth. My art reflects the joys of life and the movement of daily existence.
BIOGRAPHY
Olaniyi Rasheed Akindiya aka AKIRASH, was born in Lagos - Nigeria. His first degree in BIOCHEMISTRY from the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta in Nigeria (1991). Later he studied Fine and Applied Art at the Institute of Textile Technology Art and Design in Lagos - Nigeria (1995). He moved to USA in 2011. He now live between Lagos - Nigeria and Pflugerville - Texas - USA.
Olaniyi is a recipient of of Commissioned sculpture for Palabras – Words sculpture for City of Desoto, Knowledge is power sculpture for City of Pflugerville Tx 2023, AR Rashid sculpture for Travis County Plaza of Civil & Family court Austin 2022, ArtPrize installation artist honorary mentioned Grand Rapids MI, Contemporary Black art award, Grand Rapids MI 2021, TEMPO 21 City of Austin 2021, Red bull Arts, CERF+ 2020, Foundation for contemporary arts emergency grants 2021, 2020 & 2019, ArtPrize Honorary Mentioned, Foundation for contemporary arts emergency grants, the Otis & Velma Davis Dozier Travel Grant Award From DMA 2019, the CORE Funding from Cultural Art Division Austin 2018, The Innovative Artist Award from the Mid America Artist Alliance (MAAA / NEA) for 2017, Pollock Krasner Foundation Award 2016/17 & 2011, Cultural Initiative & Capacity Building Grant, Culture Alive from city of Austin 2016/17, the Santo Foundation grant 2015, and the Commonwealth Connection Award UK 2011.
Olaniyi has been awarded residencies in the USA Residency Fellowship at International Studio and Curatorial Program NY 2016/17, Oklahoma State University Museum of Art 2015, University of Texas in Austin 2015, Santa Fe Art Institute Residency Award 2015, Mass gallery (Hot box Residency in Austin TX 2014, Centraltrak UTDallas 2013, Residency at Triangle Art Association New York 2012, residency at the Vytlacil of Art Students League New York, Residency Fellowship at Vermont studio Center 2011, Fellowship Residency at Bluesky Project Woodstock – Chicago 2008, artists in Residency at Artcroft Kentucky. Internationally, Olaniyi has been awarded residencies Art at the Heart Award 2016 & 17 in Western Australia, Sacatar Instituto Fellowship Residency Brazil 2015, Kiosko Gallery Residency in Bolivia 2014, Fellowship Residency at John Muafangejo Art Center Namibia 2013, Fellowship Residency at Nafasi Art Space Tanzania 2012, Tupelo / Bag Factory Residency South Africa 2012, Nirox Projects Space Residency Johannesburg- South Africa 2012, Residency at Gladstone Gallery Toronto - Canada 2011, Centre for contemporary Art Residency Lagos- Nigeria 2010, Thami Mnyele Foundation Amsterdam-The Netherlands 2010, and Sansa Triangle International Residency in Kumasi – Ghana 2009.
Olaniyi’s work was exhibited at the 12th edition of Dak’Art Biennale, Dakar- Senegal 2016. He also participated in Chale Wote Street Festival Accra – Ghana 2013, International Multimedia Festival Yagon-Myanmar 2012, Infecting the City Street Festival Cape Town – South Africa 2012, and the East Africa Biennale (ESTAFAB), Dar Sallam - Tanzania 2005 & 2007.
His works and writing has been featured in several publications including Important World Artists Vol 1, Hidden Treasure Art Magazine UK, Virtual Residency 2006/2007 Germany, Freedom to Create Prize 2009, ART EDUCATION (The journal of the national art education association Vol 68, No. 6) Studio Visit Magazine Vol 26 & Vol 34, Critical Interventions (journal of African Art History & Visual Culture. NOV 11). Spring 2013, Reechantments (The City in the Blue Daylight) Dak’Art 12thEdition 2016.
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NAME: OLANIYI RASHEED AKINDIYA
BRUSH NAME: AKIRASH
EDUCATION: 1991 BIO-CHEM HONOR, Federal University of Agriculture. Abeokuta - Nigeria
1995 Higher National Diploma, Institute of Textile Technology Arts & Design (ITTAD).Lagos-Nigeria.
EMAIL: artistsrootsembassy@yahoo.com , artwithakirash@gmail.com
WEBSITE: www.artwithakirash.com
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AWARDS
2022 JUROR'S MERIT PRIZE, CRAFTTEXAS HCCC, HOUSTON TEXAS, USA
2021 ARTPRIZE INSTALLATION ARTIST HONORARY MENTIONED, GRAND RAPIDS. MI
2021 CONTEMPORARY BLACK ART AWARD, GRAND RAPIDS AFRICA AMERICAN ARTS & MUSIC, MI
2019 THE OTIS & VELMA DAVIS DOZIER TRAVEL GRANT, DMA. DALLAS – TX, USA
2017 & 16 ART AT HEART, SHIRE OF EAST PILBARA- AUSTRALIA
2017/18 ARTISTIC INNOVATION GRANT BY MAAA, KANSAS CITY - MISSOURI
2017 POLLOCK KRASNER FOUNDATION /ISCP-NY FELLOWSHIP RESIDENCY NY-USA
2011 POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION GRANT- USA
2011 COMMONWEALTH CONNECTION INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS AWARD, UNITED KINGDOM
COMMISSIONS
2023 KNOWLEDGE IS POWER COMMISSIONED SCULPTURE BY CITY OF PFLUGERVILLE TEXAS, USA.
2023 PALABRAS - WORDS COMMISSIONED SCULPTURE FOR CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, USA
2022 AR - RASHID COMMISSIONED SCULPTURE FOR TRAVIS COUNTY FAMILY & CIVIL COURT, AUSTIN TX, USA 2021 BRIGHT DAYS AHEAD COMMISSIONED TEMPO SCULPTURE FOR HOWSON LIBRARY AUSTIN TX , USA
2019 EAST 51st STREETSCAPE, CULTURAL ART DIVISION, CITY OF AUSTIN- USA
2019 TEMPO 2D, AUSTIN BERGSTORM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, COA /CAD AUSTIN – TEXAS, USA
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GRANTS
2021, 20 & 19 FOUNDATION FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS EMERGENCY GRANTS, NY - USA
2020 RED BULL ARTS MICGROGRANTS, DETROIT, MI.
2020 BIG MEDIUM ARTISTS RELIEF FUND, AUSTIN TX
2020 CEFT+, THE ARTIST SAFETY NET, MONTPELIER, VT, USA.
2018 CORE FUNDING, CULTURAL ART DIVISION, CITY OF AUSTIN- USA
2017 ARTISTIC INNOVATION GRANT BY MAAA, KANSAS CITY - MISSOURI
2016 / 17 COMMUNITY INITIATIVE AND CAPACITY BUILDING, CITY OF AUSTIN- USA
2015 THE SANTO FOUNDATION GRANT, St. LOUIS, MO -USA
2010 Go INGENIOUS AWARD, SANTA MONICA, CA - USA
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FELLOWSHIPS
2023 McKINNEY INTERNATIONAL ARTIST IN RESIDENCY , INDIANA UNIVERSITY, BLOOMINGTON, IN
2015 SACATAR INSTITUTO ITAPARICA – BAHIA, BRAZIL.
2015 OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ART, OK-USA
2014 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN, USA
2014 ARTIST INC / MAAA/ CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS - USA
2014 KIOSKO GALLERY & INTERNATIONAL, BOLIVIA
2013 JOHN MUAFANGEJO ART CENTER, WINDHOEK - NAMIBIA.
2013 CENTRALTRAK, UNI.OF TEXAS – DALLAS. USA
2012 VYTLACIL CAMPUS THE ART STUDENT’S LEAGUE RESIDENCY. NEW YORK - USA
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RESIDENCIES
2023 VIRGINIA CENTER FOR THE ART CREATIVE ART, AMHERST, VA
2023 PARENTS & EDUCATOR RESIDENCY AT McCOLL CENTER , CHARLOTTE, NC
2023 McKINNEY INTERNATIONAL ARTIST IN RESIDENCY , INDIANA UNIVERSITY, BLOOMINGTON, IN
2022 PRO-HELVETIA / TADA RESIDENCY, SWITZERLAND.
2019 CROSSTOWN ARTS, MEMPHIS - TENNESSEE, USA
2018 FACEBOOK ARTISTS IN RESIDENCY PROGRAM AUSTIN – TX
2018 CROSSTOWN ART, MEMPHIS – TENNESSEE. USA
2017 ART AT HEART, SHIRE OF EAST PILBARA- AUSTRALIA
2017 ISCP - NY RESIDENCY NY-USA
2016 ART AT HEART, SHIRE OF EAST PILBARA – WESTERN AUSTRALIA
2015 SACATAR INSTITUTO ITAPARICA – BAHIA, BRAZIL.
2015 SANTA FE ART INSTITUTE, NEW MEXICO – USA
2014 HOT BOX AT MASS GALLERY, AUSTIN – TEXAS USA
2014 KIOSKO GALLERY & INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS IN RESIDENCY BOLIVIA
2013 JOHN MUAFANGEJO ART CENTER, WINDHOEK - NAMIBIA.
2013 CENTRALTRAK, UNI.OF TEXAS – DALLAS. USA
2012 VYTLACIL CAMPUS THE ART STUDENT’S LEAGUE RESIDENCY. NEW YORK - USA
2012 TRIANGLE ART ASSOCIATION RESIDENCY, NEW YORK - USA
2012 NAFASI/ ART SPACE RESIDENCY DANISH EMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM TANZANIA.
2012 THUPELO /BAG FACTORY INTERN. RESIDENCY, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
2011 NIROX PROJECTS/12 DECADE ART HOTEL, JOHANNESBURG - SOUTH AFRICA
2011 ART FARM ARTISTS RESIDENCY, NEBRASKA – USA
2011 VERMONT STUDIO CENTER, FELLOWSHIP ARTISTS IN RESIDENCY, VERMONT – USA
2011 GLADSTONE GALLERY/STUDIO, TORONTO – CANADA
2010 CCA LAGOS, TRIANGLE, BRITISH MUSEUM ARTIST IN RESIDENCY, LAGOS-NIGERIA
2010 THAMI MNYELE FOUNDATION, ARTISTS RESIDENCY AMSTERDAM – THE NETHERLANDS
2008 BLUESKY PROJECT ARTISTS RESIDENCY, WOODSTOCK IL- CHICAGO – USA
2008 ARTCROFT ARTISTS IN RESIDENCY, KENTUCKY – USA
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BIENNALE
2016 12th DAK’ART BIENNALE 2016, DAKAR - SENEGAL
2005 & 2007 EAST AFRICA BIENNALE (ESTAFAB), DAR SALLAM – TANZANIA
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ART FAIR
2018 SPECTRUM MIAMI – FLORIDA
2018 SOFA ART FAIR, CHICAGO- USA
2018 CLIO ART FAIR, NY - USA
2015 DALLAS ART FAIR, DALLAS TX – USA
2014 DALLAS ART FAIR, DALLAS TX – USA
2011 JOBURG ART FAIR, SOUTH AFRICA
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FESTIVALS
2022 & 21 ARTPRIZE, GRAND RAPIDS, MI. USA
2019 CONNECTIVITY, LUMINARIAN ART FESTIVAL, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, USA
2013 CHALE WOTE STREET FESTIVAL, ACCRA -GHANA
2012 INTERNATIONAL MULTIMEDIA FESTIVAL YAGON-MYANMAR
2012 INFECTING THE CITY FESTIVAL, CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 RECAP - REVIEW - ASSESMENT, ESKENAZI SCHOOL OF ART, ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN, INDIANA - USA
2022 IPINYA - ISOLATION, IVESTER CONTEMPORARY GALLERY, AUSTIN TEXAS
2021 FAGILEE-SIWAJU-TUNTO/CANCELED-POSTPONED-RESCHEDULED, CENTRAL LIBRARY AUSTIN TX.
2021 IGBERIKO – Curbside, DIMENSION GALLERY, AUSTIN TX.
2020 COMMON GROUND, COCA. ST. LOUIS MISSOURI.
2020 ABAWON - STAIN #2, VISART CONCOURSE GALLERY, ROCKVILLE, MD
2020 ADITTU – PUZZLE #2, AUSTIN CENTRAL LIBRARY, AUSTIN – TEXAS, USA.
2020 MAJELE - VENOMOUS #1 CARVER MUSEUM – TEXAS, USA.
2019 ASIKO - MOMENTS , CROSSTOWN ART, MEMPHIS – TENNESSEE - USA
2019 OJUSE – DUTY, RO2 ART GALLERY , DALLAS-TEXAS. USA
2018 ARA ORUN KINKIN-EGUNGUN MYTHOLOGY, LAWNDALE ART CENTER HOUSTON-TX
2018 SASO L’OJU EGUN-BEHIND THE MASK, BIG MEDIUM/CANOPY GALLERY AUSTIN - TEXAS
2017 ARANPO / STITCH, DIMESION GALLERY AUSTIN - TEXAS, USA
2017 ATIBABA / HERE I LIVE NOW , HARDESTY ART CENTER , TULSA-OKLAHOMA-USA
2016 WE ARE ALL BEWITCHED AT CANOPY / BIG MEDIUM GALLERY , AUSTIN- TEXAS, USA
2016 IMOLE / LIGHT, AT EAST PILBARA ART CENTER, NEWMAN -W.AUSTRALIA
2016 EBUN / GIFTS, RO2 ART - DALLAS TEXAS. USA
2016 OJU INU / INSIGHT, TIKHONOVA WINTNER GALLERY, HARLEM- NY
2015 ADITTU / PUZZLES, MAC GALLERY. DALLAS –TEXAS. USA (FORTH COMING MAY)
2014 GBAJUGBAJA / CELEBRATY, AT ART CURRENTS INSTITUTE NY-USA
2014 SHOPPING LIST, FREEDOM PARK AUSTIN TEXAS, USA
2014 SAJE NWA? / HOW IS THE MARKET? CARVER MUSEUM, AUSTIN-TX. USA
2014 ASHIRI / SECRET, THE MUSEUM OF HUMAN ACIEVEMENTS, AUSTIN – TEXAS, USA
2014 Et) Et) / ENTANGLE, RO2 ART GALLERY DALLAS- TEXAS- USA
2013 AKWATA ONDJUHWA KOMULUNGU, NATIONAL ART GALLERY WINDHOEK NAMIBIA.
2013 SIDE EFFECTS, CO-LAB PROJECTS SPACE, AUSTIN-TEXAS-USA
2012 UFAHAMU: INSIGHT, NAFASI ART SPACE, DAR ES SALAAM – TANZANIA
2012 ABAWON: STAIN FORECOURT STATION CAPE TOWN-S.AFRICA
2012 isiCelo: PETITION, NIROX FOUNDATION @ART ON MAIN. JOHANNESBURG- S.AFRICA
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 TEXAS SCULPT III, THE ARTCENTRE OF PLANO. PLANO TEXAS.
2024 20TH ANNUAL SCULPTURE GARDEN, KEMP CENTER FOR THE ARTS WICHITA FALLS TEXAS
2024 MATERIALS EVOLUTION, ACC ART GALLERY AUSTIN TEXAS.
2023 BODY & POLITICS, McCOLL CENTER, CHARLOTTE - NORTH CAROLINA, USA.
2023 GEWERBE MUSEUM WINTERTHUR / MATERIALS- ARCHIVE, WINTERTHUR - SWITZERLAND
2022 TILL DEATH DO US PART #2, ARTPRIZE, GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN - USA
2022 CRAFTTEXAS, HOUSTON CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT, HOU- TX
2022 BLUE NORTHER, REDBUD GALLERY & SITE GALLERY, HOUSTON - TEXAS
2022 NOTHING GOES TO WASTE, HOUSTON CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT, HOU- TX
2022 TILL DEATH DO US PART #2, ARTPRIZE GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN, USA
2021 JUSTICE-EQUALITY-RACE-IDENTITY AT AMOA, AMARILLO, TEXAS. USA
2021 ILE ITAJA – SHOPPINGLIST AT ARTPRIZE GRAND RAPID MICHIGAN
2021 STATE OF SCULPTURE, TSG MEMBER EXHIBITION AT SAMFA – SAN ANGELO, TX
2020 UNESCO MEDIA ART, MOTION MEDIA ART /SXSW AUSTIN – TX, USA
2019 CONNECTIVITY, LUMINARIAN ART FESTIVAL, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, USA
2019 PEOPLE GALLERY, CITY OF AUSTIN HALL, AUSTIN - TEXAS
2018 CHOAS, RO2ART GALLERY, DALLAS – TEXAS. USA
2017 Art Bash, Artist Alliance Austin, Native. Austin – Texas. USA
2017 Art at the Heart, East Pilbara Art Center, Newman Western Australia
2016 RETHINK, IGNA GALLERY in ISREAL
2016 OPEN STUDIO EXHIBITION AT SANTA FE ART INSTITUTE, SANTA FE - NM
2016 12TH EDITION OF DAK’ART BIENNALE, DAKAR- SENEGAL
2016 EVERYDAY REDEFINE AT CORRIDOR GALLERY, BROOKLY - NEW YORK. USA
2016 BIRTH- REBIRTH, DIMENSION GALLERY, AUSTIN – TEXAS. USA
2016 EVERYDAY REDEFINE AT CORRIDOR GALLERY, BROOKLY - NEW YORK. USA
2016 BRONX: AFRICAN AT LONGWOOD ART GALLERY @ HOSTOS, BRONX-NY
2015 BOMBAY SAPPHIRE ARTISAN SERIES AT ART ON 5TH, AUSTIN –TEXAS
2015 WAKATI (HOW TIME SHAPES AFRICA ART), OSUMA-STILLWATER-OK
2015 AURORA NEW MEDIA EXHIBITION, DALLAS – TEXAS. USA
2015 UMOJA/COMING TOGETHER, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, IN DALLAS TEXAS, USA
2015 De La TIERRA, TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY GALLERY in San Marcos, TEXAS. USA
2015 FUSEBOX 60 SECONDS / 60 ARTISTS, AUSTIN-TX, USA
2015 WEST AUSTIN STUDIO TOUR / DUE WEST, AUSTIN- TEXAS, USA
2015 DALLAS ART FAIR, DALLAS – TEXAS, USA
2014 CLOSING ECOUNTER, MASS GALLERY AUSTIN – TEXAS. USA
2014 SOMETHING NEW-OLD-BLUE-FUNKY AT MAC – DALLAS, USA
2014 DALLAS TRADE FAIR, DALLAS – TEXAS. USA
2014 AMBITION, GEORGETOWN ART CENTER – TEXAS. USA
2014 ONSITE, TEMPORARY ART PROJECTS, SOUTHEND-UK
2013 “THE STORY OF CREATIVE” SEE/ME, NEW YORK, USA
2013 “DELTA”, MAC MEMBERSHIP EXHBITION DALLAS TEXAS, USA
2013 “PAINT” , RO2 ART GALLERY DALLAS TEXAS. USA
2013 ART CLUSTER, GIRONA - SPAIN
2013 AUSTIN WEST STUDIO TOUR, AUSTIN-TEXAS.USA
2013 PEOPLE GALLERY/CITY OF AUSTIN, AUSTIN- TEXAS, USA
2012 LONDON INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE COMPETITION /EXHBITION
2012 OPEN STUDIO AT VTLACIL CAMPUS OF THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE, NEW YORK-USA
2012 OPEN STUDIO @ TRIANGLE WORKSHOP NEW YORK.USA
2012 Infecting the city, cape town-south Africa
2012 PEOPLE GALLERY/CITY OF AUSTIN, AUSTIN- TEXAS, USA
2012 THUPELO / BAG FACTORY, JOHANNESBURG- SOUTH AFRICA
2011 ONEMINUTE VIDEO AMSTERDAM/TOWN GALLERY. EGYPT
2011 SOVEREIGN ART FOUNDATION JAPAN, JOBURG ART FAIR SOUTH AFRICA
2011 FAMILY UNITY OF THE WORLD “2”, the Yekaterinburg Art Fund, Moscow –Russia
2011 FAMILY UNITY OF THE WORLD, the Yekaterinburg Art Fund, Ekaterinburg-Russia
2011 PAUSE THE PULSE :( PORTRAIT OF ACCRA), ACC Galerie Weimar-Germany
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PERFORMANCES
2023 WHAT IF THIS HAPPENS TO ME? #3, INSTITUT MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY– ENUGU, ANAMBRA - NIGERIA
2023 WHAT IF THIS HAPPENS TO ME? #2 JUNE 12 CULTURAL CENTER – ABEOKUTA, OGUN - NIGERIA
2023 WHAT IF THIS HAPPENS TO ME? #1 CONTNUUMART FESTIVAL – IBADAN, OYO STATE- NIGERIA
2023 WHICH TABLE DO YOU AND I BELONG ? McCOLL CENTER, CHARLOTTE - NORTH CAROLINA, USA
2022 YEYE OLOOMO – MOTHER’S AFFECTION, BLANTON MUSEUM OF ART, AUSTIN – TX. USA
2020 AABO - SHIELD, FUSEBOX FESTIVAL, AUSTIN TX .
2020 ETUTU - ATONMENT, CARVER MUSEUM AUSTIN , TX
2020 ISE YA - TIME TO WORK #1, NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART. NEW-ORLEANS - LA
2019 ORI LABABO - HEADS ARE TO BE WORSHIP #1 , CROSSTOWN ARTS, MEMPHIS - TN.
2019 ARA ORUN KINKIN – MASQUARADES MYTHOLOGY, LAWNDALE ART CENTER, HOUSTON TEXAS
2018 OPO OTITO – TRUE TALK, CROSSTOWN ART, MEMPHIS – TENESSESS. USA
2018 OPE NI MO DU – BLESSING IS MINE, CANOPY GALLERY, AUSTIN - TEXAS
2018 FARM HARVEST, FUSEBOX FESTIVAL / BIG MEDIUM, AUSIN – TEXAS
2018 YEYE OSUN YEMOJA, FUSEBOX FESTIVAL/ BIG MEDIUM, AUSTIN - TEXAS
2018 WE ARE ALL BEWITCHED, SOUND SPACE, BLANTON MUSEUM AUSTIN - TEXAS
2018 ATUNBI-REBIRTH, SOUND SPACE, BLANTON MUSEUM AUSTIN - TEXAS
2017 ORI MI GBE MI , ART ALLIANCE AUSTIN, TEXAS - USA
2016 OWO – AJE O AT BIG MEDIUM / CANOPY GALLERY, AUSTIN – TEXAS USA
2016 WE EXITS, EAST PILBARA ART CENTER NEWMAN , W. AUSTRALIA
2016 BORDER CONTROL OFFICER, SFAI, SANTA FE NEW MEXICO-USA
2016 SEW WASTED, MACC AUSTIN- TEXAS. USA
2016 HOMAGE TO HOMELESS, RIO DE JANEIRO - BRAZIL
2016 ILE KOKO NTAGBE / HOMAGE - HOME COMING, ITAPARICA-SLAVADOR ,BRAZIL
2015 BATETELE(COMING OF AGE FOR MALE) UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, STILLWATER-OK.
2015 OWO IWO / MONEY, FUSEBOX 60 SECONDS / 60 ARTISTS, AUSTIN TEXAS, USA
2015 BATETELE(LIBATION), OKLAHOMA STATE UNIV. MUSEUM OF ART, STILLWATER- OK
2015 COLOURATION NIGHT, UNIVERSITY PARK. AUSTIN – TX. USA
2015 CHECKING OUT, DUE WEST/ BIG MEDIUM AUSTIN – TX. USA
2015 OTO GEE/ ENOUGH, AC INSTITUTE NY. NEW YORK - USA
2014 AGIDIMALAJA, MASS GALLERY /HEB STORE ON 7TH STREET AUSTIN TX, USA
2014 GBANJO/ ON SALE, DOWNTOWN CONGRESS AVENUE/ FREEDOM PARK AUSTIN-TX.USA
2014 MAMA RAJA TAJA/ MAMA BUYING & SELLING, CARVER MUSEUM AUSTIN – USA.
2014 OYEKU/SHIELDS AGAINST DEATH, MAIN GARDEN PARK DALLAS TX-USA
2014 I WANT TO BE BORN AGAIN, THE MUSEUM OF HUMAN ACHIEVEMENTS AUSTIN–TX-USA
2014 ILE PUPA / RED CARPET, R02 ART GALLERY DALLAS – TEXAS, USA
2013 3 SIDE OF A COIN, NATIONAL ART GALLERY WINDHOEK - NAMIBIA
2013 BABA MAGANA, ROBERT MUGABE AVENUE WINDHOEK-NAMIBIA
2013 PENDUKEJE TU RI HONGE, UNIVERSITY OF NAMOBIA, WINDHOEK- NAMIBIA
2013 NAMBIA FACING FORWARD, ZOO PARK WINDHOEK - NAMIBIA
2013 AKOWE AKAWE, UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA, WINDHOEK- NAMIBIA
2013 ODA / PAINTS, PEGASUS PLAZA PARK DOWNTOWN DALLAS - TX, USA
2013 HARMONY, RO2 ART GALLERY, DALLAS – TX, USA.
2013 OGED NBAJE / ROTTEN BANANA, CO-LAB PROJECTS SPACE, AUSTIN – TEXAS. USA
2012 AHAN/TOUGUE, INTERNATIONAL MULTIMEDIA FESTIVAL, YAGON-MYANMAR
2012 EYIN LOHUN/EGGS ARE LIKE WORDS,VYTLACIL CAMPUS OF ART STUDENTS LEAGUE NY
2012 PETEPETE ROFOROFO: LIVING IN MOULD, MWENGE/UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM
2012 ABAWON/STAIN”2”: CAPETOWN STATION FORECOURT-S.AFRICA
2012 isiCelo/PETITION: NIROX PROJECT GALLERY-ARTONMAIN. JOHANNESBURG-S.AFRICA
2012 EJE LEPO: BLOOD DONATION, BAG FACTORY/THUPELO, JOBURG-S.AFRICA
2011 AFOKU JIGI/ BROKEN MIRROR: ART FARM, MARQUETTE-NEBRASKA
2011 BEHINDE THE MASK, LECTURE HALL, (VSC) Vermont- USA
2011 AYE ONI YO/ LIFE OF SALT, SCARBOROUGH – TORORNTO CANADA
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PRESENTATIONS / VISITING ARTIST
2023 MCKINNEY INTERN. RESIDENCY, ESKENAZI SCHOOL OF ART, ARCHITECTURE+DESIGN. IU, IN
2022 TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN MARCO TEXAS. USA
2019 UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, MEMPHIS - TENNESSEE
2017 HARDESTY ART CENTER, TULSA-OKLAHOMA- OK
2017 ISCP - NY , BROOKLYN - NY
2015 OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, STILLWATER - OK
2014 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN, USA
2013 UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA, WINDHOEK – NAMIBIA
2013 COLEGE OF ART / JMAC KATUTURA WINDHOEK - NAMIBIA
2012 THE COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND, NEW-YORK- USA
2012 UNVIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM, DAR ES SALAAM-TANZANIA
2012 THE COLLEGE OF ART BAGAMOYO, BAGAMOYO- TANZANIA
2012 VAAL UNIVERSITY, JOHANESBURG – SOUTH AFRICA.
2011 YORK UNIVERSITY, TORONTO – CANADA
2010 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY GHANA, ACCRA- GHANA
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MEDIA PUBLICATIONS
2015 ADOC “CULTURE, TRADITION AND MEDIA” , By Leah Constantine, JUNE 23,
2015 2014 STUDIO VISIT, VOL. 26, Page 11. USA
2014 HIDDEN TREASURE ART MAGAZINE VOL.2, Page 146. UK
2013 Dallas Observer. “TODAY WE PAINT” By Luke Darby. Aug 5th 2013 visual art categories.
2013 WEST AUSTIN STUDIO TOUR, page 12. Austin- Texas, USA
2013 CRITICAL INTERVENTIONS, #11.Spring `2013, page 40 -48. NY
2013 The Namibia Weekender, “AKIRASH, NOMADIC ARTIST ON NAM ART” By Martha Mukaiwa.1st Nov. 2013.
2013 The Villager, “GRAP THE ROOSTER BY THE MOUTH” By Andreas Kathindi, 11th Nov, 2013
2013 ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG “INTERNATIONALER KUNSTKER STELLT IN NAMIBIA AUS, 21st Nov, 2013
2012 THISDAY, “EXPANDING THE TRIANGLE” By Amber Croyle Ekong 07th Oct 2012.NY
2011 THE SOVEREIGN AFRICAN ART PRIZE, page 8 & 9, South Africa
2011 IN FAMILY UNITY-UNITY OF THE WORLD, Catalog page 63 & 103
2010 The Mail, AKIRASH ROUNDS OFF NATIONWIDE EXHIBITION.VOL. 10 NO.3, Edition 118 Friday June 2010. Accra – Ghana.
2010 The Mail, AKIRASH STAGES “KAYAYO” WORKSHOP. Vol. 10 NO.3, Edition 118 Friday 16th 2010. Accra – Ghana. 2010 The Mail,” AKIRASH GETS BUSSY THIS APRIL” Edition April, page 10, Friday 29th 2010, Accra-Ghana.
2010 The Mail, “A DECADE OF CREATIVITIES” Edition March
2009 FREEDOM TO CREATE PRIZE, PAGE 73, PUB. SINGAPORE
2008 NORD ART (KIC), Catalog page122, publ. Germany
2008 Local & Regional, Northwest Herald, BLUESKY PROJECT, 8th of August 2008, front page and page 4c, Chicago, USA
2008 Graphic Showbiz, Rasheed & the promised land, Edition No. 524, 29th of May - 7th June 2008, Accra, Ghana 2007 UNFINISHED WORKS, Catalog page 94, 95 & 144,145. Publ. CA-USA 2007 EAST AFRICA ART BIENNALE, Catalog page 16, 17. 18 & 19. Publ. Tanzania
2007 Daily Guide, “Artists contribute to HIV/AIDS stigma reduction”, edition No.1935, 29th of January 2007, Accra, Ghana
2007 The Heritage, “Artists contribute to HIV/AIDS stigma reduction”, edition vol. 4, No. 505, 26th of January 2007, Accra, Ghana
2007 Accra Daily Mail, “Artists fight HIV/AIDS stigma”, edition January
2006/07 VIRTUAL RESIDENCY, Catalog page 70 & 71. Publ. Germany
2006 The Accra Daily Mail, “Opening of international art-workshop at Alliance Francaise”, 22nd
of November 2006, Accra, Ghana
2006 The Heritage, “International artists attend workshop at Alliance Francaise”, edition vol. 4, No. 485, 24th of November 2006, Accra, Ghana
2006 The Ghanaian Times, “Quest and Question”, edition No.14, 17th of June 2006, Accra, Ghana 2006 Public Agenda, “Art in the Garden stuns”, 19th of May 2006, Accra, Ghana
2006 The Ghanaian Times, “Ghanaian artists mount exhibition”, edition No. 14, 836, 27th of May 2006, Accra, Ghana
2005 EAST AFRICA ART BIENNALE, Catalog page 6, 7. 8 & 9. Publ. Tanzania
2005 SMALL WORKS BIG CITY, Catalog page 20. Publ. Accra-Ghana
2005 Graphics Showbiz, “50 artists at once”, Gava monthly long exhibition, 4th of August 2005, Accra, Ghana
2005 Graphics Showbiz, “Music garnishes Art in the Garden”, edition No. 397, 9th of November 2005, Accra, Ghana
2004 Graphics Showbiz, “Akirash exhibition ends”, edition No.306, 21st of January 2004, Accra, Ghana
2002 Graphics Showbiz, “Are you fit?”, edition No. 226, 27th June - 3rd July 2002, Accra, Ghana
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