{"id":12896,"date":"2022-09-22T19:29:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T23:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=12896"},"modified":"2022-09-22T19:30:07","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T23:30:07","slug":"anthony-akinbola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/anthony-akinbola\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Akinbola"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9738\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-12896-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2022\/AnthonyAkinbola.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2022\/AnthonyAkinbola.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2022\/AnthonyAkinbola.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_12918\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12918\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12918 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Anthony-Akinbola-Photo-by-Fredrick-Nwosu.jpg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Anthony-Akinbola-Photo-by-Fredrick-Nwosu-rotated.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Anthony-Akinbola-Photo-by-Fredrick-Nwosu-rotated.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Anthony-Akinbola-Photo-by-Fredrick-Nwosu-rotated.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Anthony-Akinbola-Photo-by-Fredrick-Nwosu-rotated.jpg?resize=1024%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Anthony-Akinbola-Photo-by-Fredrick-Nwosu-rotated.jpg?resize=696%2C1044&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Anthony-Akinbola-Photo-by-Fredrick-Nwosu-rotated.jpg?resize=1068%2C1602&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Anthony-Akinbola-Photo-by-Fredrick-Nwosu-rotated.jpg?w=1184&amp;ssl=1 1184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12918\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anthony Akinbola Photo by Fredrick Nwosu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skny.com\/exhibitions\/anthony-akinbola\">Anthony Akinbola<\/a> is an interdisciplinary Nigerian- American, Brooklyn-based artist. Born in Columbia, Missouri, Anthony Akinbola, is a first-generation American raised by Nigerian parents in the United States and Nigeria. His layered, richly colored compositions celebrate and signify the distinct cultures that shape his identity. The artist\u2019s signature <em>Camouflage<\/em> paintings, consisting of single and multi-panel works, utilize the ubiquitous du-rag as their primary material. Universally available and possessed of significant cultural context, the du-rag represents for Akinbola a readymade object that engages the conceptual strategies of Marcel Duchamp and other significant artistic predecessors. Throughout his work Akinbola unpacks the rituals and histories connecting Africa and America, addressing the power of fetishization around cultural objects.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Akinbola was selected for the Anderson Ranch Art Center Residency in 2017 and created a monumental wall collage for The Queens Museum in 2018. In 2019, Akinbola was awarded the Van Lier Fellowship and named the eighth Museum of Arts and Design Artist Fellow, which resulted in a solo exhibition at the museum. In September 2022, Anthony Akinbola was awarded the Silver Arts Project residency in New York. Akinbola\u2019s work is currently featured in a group exhibition at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts. His work will be included in a group exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art in March 2023. His work has been featured in exhibitions at The Queens Museum, NY; the Bronx River Art Center, NY; The Zuckerman Museum of Art, GA; and The Verbeke Foundation, Belgium, amongst others. Following his exhibition at the Museum of Art and Design, NY in 2020, Akinbola mounted a significant solo exhibition in early 2021 at the Kohler Arts Center, WI. Akinbola received a BA in communications and media from SUNY Purchase College. His work is included in the Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH, the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, and The Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY amongst others.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12922\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12922\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12922\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/0c307152af8220eda301a1d3aca82ea0.jpg?resize=696%2C464&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/0c307152af8220eda301a1d3aca82ea0-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/0c307152af8220eda301a1d3aca82ea0-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/0c307152af8220eda301a1d3aca82ea0-scaled.jpg?resize=1920%2C1280&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/0c307152af8220eda301a1d3aca82ea0-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view of Anthony Akinbola: Natural Beauty at Sean Kelly, New York, September 8 &#8211; October 22, 2022, Photography: Adam Reich, Courtesy: Sean Kelly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12919\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12919\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12919 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAK-11_002_photo-Adam-Reich.jpg?resize=696%2C928&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAK-11_002_photo-Adam-Reich-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAK-11_002_photo-Adam-Reich-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAK-11_002_photo-Adam-Reich-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAK-11_002_photo-Adam-Reich-scaled.jpg?resize=1535%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1535w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAK-11_002_photo-Adam-Reich-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C928&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAK-11_002_photo-Adam-Reich-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C1425&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAK-11_002_photo-Adam-Reich-scaled.jpg?resize=1920%2C2561&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAK-11_002_photo-Adam-Reich-scaled.jpg?w=1919&amp;ssl=1 1919w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAK-11_002_photo-Adam-Reich-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anthony Akinbola White Bronco, 2022 durags, acrylic on wood panel overall: 110 x 72 inches \u00a9 Anthony Akinbola Courtesy: Sean Kelly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12920\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12920\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12920 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAK-10AB_001_photo-Adam-Reich-1.jpg?resize=696%2C443&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAK-10AB_001_photo-Adam-Reich-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C652&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAK-10AB_001_photo-Adam-Reich-1-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C191&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAK-10AB_001_photo-Adam-Reich-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C489&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAK-10AB_001_photo-Adam-Reich-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C978&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAK-10AB_001_photo-Adam-Reich-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1304&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAK-10AB_001_photo-Adam-Reich-1-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C443&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAK-10AB_001_photo-Adam-Reich-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAK-10AB_001_photo-Adam-Reich-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1920%2C1223&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAK-10AB_001_photo-Adam-Reich-1-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anthony Akinbola Camouflage Study &#8220;Lilac\/Green&#8221;, 2022 durags, acrylic on wood panel 48 x 96 inches \u00a9 Anthony Akinbola Courtesy: Sean Kelly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12921\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12921\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12921 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAk-12_001_photo-Adam-Reich.jpg?resize=696%2C941&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAk-12_001_photo-Adam-Reich-scaled.jpg?resize=757%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 757w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAk-12_001_photo-Adam-Reich-scaled.jpg?resize=222%2C300&amp;ssl=1 222w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAk-12_001_photo-Adam-Reich-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1039&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAk-12_001_photo-Adam-Reich-scaled.jpg?resize=1135%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1135w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAk-12_001_photo-Adam-Reich-scaled.jpg?resize=1514%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1514w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAk-12_001_photo-Adam-Reich-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C942&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAk-12_001_photo-Adam-Reich-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C1445&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAk-12_001_photo-Adam-Reich-scaled.jpg?resize=1920%2C2598&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAk-12_001_photo-Adam-Reich-scaled.jpg?w=1892&amp;ssl=1 1892w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAk-12_001_photo-Adam-Reich-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12921\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anthony Akinbola Lift Every Voice, 2022 durags, acrylic on wood panel overall: 149 x 73 1\/2 inches \u00a9 Anthony Akinbola Courtesy: Sean Kelly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2022\/AnthonyAkinbola.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listAnthony Akinbola is an interdisciplinary Nigerian- American, Brooklyn-based artist. 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