Olu Oguibe

Olu Oguibe is a multimedia artist, author, and theorist whose work often straddles minimalist formalism and social engagement. His work has been exhibited at museums and galleries, including the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, Whitechapel Gallery in London, and Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst in Zurich, as well as at biennials such as in Venice, Havana, and Busan. He created public artworks and monuments, including the The Strangers and Refugees Monument in Kassel, for which he received the Arnold Bode Prize at documenta14. Oguibe has been awarded fellowships by the Open Society Foundations, Smithsonian Institution, and The Rockefeller Foundation.