Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé

  • With a background in engineering, through photography and onward into film and new media, Oladélé Ayiboyé Bamgboyé’s artistic work tackles sexuality, psychoanalysis, culture, and identity. In a deconstruction of anthropological myths, his work attempts to get to the center of his own identity, and to better understand who he is. Bamgboyé is concerned with the embodiment of diaspora, his desire to challenge the predictable through his work is clear, drawing upon the history of African studio-portrait photography, in which the studio is the site for staging fantasies of self-expression. He is also a pioneer of interactive computer installations, employing technology to offer a modernized version of the museum experience.

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With a background in engineering, through photography and onward into film and new media, Oladélé Ayiboyé Bamgboyé’s artistic work tackles sexuality, psychoanalysis, culture, and identity. In a deconstruction of anthropological myths, his work attempts to get to the center of his own identity, and to better understand who he is. Bamgboyé is concerned with the embodiment of diaspora, his desire to challenge the predictable through his work is clear, drawing upon the history of African studio-portrait photography, in which the studio is the site for staging fantasies of self-expression. He is also a pioneer of interactive computer installations, employing technology to offer a modernized version of the museum experience.