Toyin Odutola


1985 Born in Ife (Osun State), Nigeria
2008 BA in Studio Art and Communications
University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAHuntsville)



SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 "A Colonized Mind"
University Center Gallery, Huntsvillle, AL



SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008"Flesh and Bone: Mixed Media Exhibition of Bodies and Nature"
Madrone Lounge, San Francisco, CA
(Curator - Leila Fakouri)
2008"Misc. Womanhood"
Ori: Center for African Diasporic Culture, Oakland, CA
(Curator - Muinat Kemi Amin)
2008"UAHuntsville Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition"
Huntsville, AL
(Juror - Brain Bishop)
2008"Panoply Festival of Arts"
Huntsville City Council for the Arts. Huntsville, AL
(Juried by Panel)
2007"Yale/Norfolk Summer Art Program Student Exhibition"
Norfolk, CT
2007"Huntsville City Summer Art Stroll"
Huntsville, AL
2006"UAHuntsville Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition"
Huntsville, AL
(Juror - Michael Aurbach)



SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009POP AFRICANA: The Africana Global Book of Style
Issue 01 (ed. Oroma Elewa), New York, NY
2009The Ark Project: An Illustrated Animal Bible by Artists from All Around the World
Anthology by DGPH (Argentina). Systems Design Pty Ltd.: IDN (HK) & La Fraise (FR)
2008"More Crime on Campus", by Katherine Baker
THE EXPONENT (Mar. 14), UAHuntsville Press
2007EMPTY Magazine
Issue 07. Design is Kinky (DiK) Pty Ltd., Sydney, Austrailia
2006 CURVY III: Art and Design Book
Anthology by Paper Tiger Media Group: Sydney, Australia



AWARDS & GRANTS
2008 Erzulie Veasey Johnson Painting & Drawing Award
Show prize in UAHuntsville Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition.
2007 Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship (Scholarship),
Recipient of fellowship upon acceptance into the Yale University Summer Art Program at Norfolk, CT.



COMMISSIONS
2006The Lesbian & Gay Community Center of Charlotte, NC
Requested by director to donate commissioned piece for silent auction to aid in fundraising pursuits for community activities, construction of facilities, and overall LGBT awareness.