Peju Layiwola is an artist, professor of art history and head of the Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos. She is a member of the board of the Lagos Studies Association. She is currently the President elect and Vice President of the Arts Council of the African Studies Association, USA.
She works in a variety of media and focuses on personal and communal histories which centralise Benin as both an ancient kingdom and a contemporary city. Layiwola’s dual heritage of Yoruba and Benin informs her art in diverse ways. Her artistic production has in the past three decades, addressed diverse strains of postcolonial condition exploring media and genre ranging from metalwork and pottery to textile and sculpture.
Peju Layiwola
Prices
