Samuel Ojo
Biography

Samuel Ojo was a Nigerian painter and textile artist who came through the experimental Mbari Mbayo workshops in Oshogbo, one of the wider circle of self-taught artists trained by Georgina Beier in the mid-1960s.

Ojo is best known for his appliqué wall hangings, built up from cut-out and embroidered fabric into fantasy-like figures, as well as for painted wooden screens. Alongside his visual work, he took part in the dance, drama and musical performances that ran through the Oshogbo circle, appearing together with Twins Seven-Seven in several of these collaborations.

His work was shown publicly at the end of the decade, appearing in group exhibitions in Nigeria and the United States alongside better-documented Oshogbo names such as Asiru Olatunde, Jimoh Buraimoh and Twins Seven-Seven himself. Compared with some of his Mbari Mbayo contemporaries, published documentation of Ojo's later career remains limited.

source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Samuel Ojo"; Artstrings, "10 Other Artists from the Oshogbo Experiment"

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