{"id":15899,"date":"2025-09-29T19:41:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T23:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=15899"},"modified":"2025-09-29T19:42:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T23:42:24","slug":"anthony-olubunmi-akinbola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/anthony-olubunmi-akinbola\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Olubunmi Akinbola"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9793\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-15899-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/AnthonyOlubunmiAkinbola2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/AnthonyOlubunmiAkinbola2.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/AnthonyOlubunmiAkinbola2.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_15901\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15901\" style=\"width: 286px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-15901\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AnthonyAkinbola_Portrait_Photo-Courtesy-of-SCAD-Large.jpeg?resize=286%2C190&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"286\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AnthonyAkinbola_Portrait_Photo-Courtesy-of-SCAD-Large.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AnthonyAkinbola_Portrait_Photo-Courtesy-of-SCAD-Large.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AnthonyAkinbola_Portrait_Photo-Courtesy-of-SCAD-Large.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AnthonyAkinbola_Portrait_Photo-Courtesy-of-SCAD-Large.jpeg?resize=696%2C464&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AnthonyAkinbola_Portrait_Photo-Courtesy-of-SCAD-Large.jpeg?resize=1068%2C713&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AnthonyAkinbola_Portrait_Photo-Courtesy-of-SCAD-Large.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SCAD Savannah \u2013 Summer 2024 \u2013 Exhibitions \u2013 Anthony Akinbola \u2013 \u201dGood Hair\u201d \u2013 Artist Portrait \u2013 SCAD Museum of Art, Gallery 109 \u2013 Photography Courtesy of SCAD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Born in Columbia,Missouri, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skny.com\/exhibitions\/anthony-olubunmi-akinbola\">Anthony Olubunmi Akinbola<\/a>, 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 Camouflage 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>His previous interview on <a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/anthony-akinbola\/\">Yale University radio can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Olubunmi Akinbola recently was recently selected for the Pullman Yards Artist Residency, which will begin in early 2026. He also recently completed his residency at Black Rock Senegal in Dakar. In 2024, he was named Artist-in-Residence at Dragon Hill in France and in 2022, Akinbola was selected to be in The Artsy Vanguard, an annual feature spotlighting the most promising artists working today. That same year, Akinbola was also awarded the Silver Arts Project residency in New York. In 2019, he 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. Akinbola was also selected for the Anderson Ranch Art Center Residency in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Akinbola\u00a0has exhibited his work in group and individual shows at renowned institutions such as\u00a0the\u00a0SCAD Museum of Art,\u00a0Savannah, GA;\u00a0the\u00a0Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco, San Francisco,\u00a0CA;\u00a0Schirn\u00a0Kunsthalle,\u00a0Frankfurt, Germany;\u00a0The Queens Museum, New York; the\u00a0Randall Recreation Center, Washington D.C.;\u00a0the August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Pittsburgh, PA; the\u00a0John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI;\u00a0the\u00a0Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO;\u00a0Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria; the\u00a0Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT;\u00a0and\u00a0the Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY, among others.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15902\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15902\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15902 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAk-59_AL-1.jpg?resize=696%2C687&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAk-59_AL-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C1011&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAk-59_AL-1.jpg?resize=300%2C296&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAk-59_AL-1.jpg?resize=768%2C758&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAk-59_AL-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C1516&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAk-59_AL-1.jpg?resize=2048%2C2021&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAk-59_AL-1.jpg?resize=696%2C687&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAk-59_AL-1.jpg?resize=1068%2C1054&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAk-59_AL-1.jpg?resize=1920%2C1895&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAk-59_AL-1.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anthony Akinbola Brick \u201cSandstone\u201d, 2025, durags on wood panel 48 x 48 x 3 1\/4 inches.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15903\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15903\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15903 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAk-56_AL-1.jpg?resize=696%2C695&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAk-56_AL-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C1022&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAk-56_AL-1.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAk-56_AL-1.jpg?resize=768%2C767&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAk-56_AL-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C1533&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAk-56_AL-1.jpg?resize=696%2C695&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAk-56_AL-1.jpg?resize=1068%2C1066&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAk-56_AL-1.jpg?w=1737&amp;ssl=1 1737w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAk-56_AL-1.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anthony Akinbola Celestial \u201cSpace Jam\u201d, 2025, durags on wood panel 36 x 36 x 3 1\/4 inches.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15904\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15904\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15904 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAk-66_AL-1-Large.jpeg?resize=696%2C915&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAk-66_AL-1-Large.jpeg?resize=779%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 779w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAk-66_AL-1-Large.jpeg?resize=228%2C300&amp;ssl=1 228w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAk-66_AL-1-Large.jpeg?resize=768%2C1009&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAk-66_AL-1-Large.jpeg?resize=696%2C915&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAk-66_AL-1-Large.jpeg?w=974&amp;ssl=1 974w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anthony Akinbola Icarus, 2025, durags on wood panel panel: 72 x 72 x 3 1\/4 inches.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/AnthonyOlubunmiAkinbola2.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listBorn in Columbia,Missouri, Anthony Olubunmi Akinbola, is a first-generation American raised by Nigerian parents in the United States and Nigeria. 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