Rotimi Fani-Kayode

Rotimi Fani-Kayode
Lagos, 1955
O ya TiŋgbaŋUnited Kingdom
Kpibu sheeLondon, Silimin gɔli December 21, 1989
Ŋ-ŋɔ kumnatural causes (en) Translate (death from AIDS-related complications (en) Translate)
Education
Shikuru shɛli o ni chaŋGeorgetown University (en) Translate
Pratt Institute (en) Translate
Bala yɛlibu, sabbu bee buɣisibuSilmiinsili
Tuma
Tumafoot ŋmara

Rotimi Fani-Kayode (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la Silimiin goli April biɛɣ'pishi dali yuuni 1955 ka daa kpi Silimiin goli December biɛɣ'pishi ni yini dali yuuni 1989), o dɔɣim yuli nyɛ Oluwarotimi Adebiyi Wahab Fani-Kayode,[1] daa nyɛ Nigerianima nuchee ni baŋda ka nyɛ ŋun daa be o daŋ sani England o yuun pin'yini saha.[2] O daa nyɛla British contemporary art.[3]

Piligu biɛhigu mini shikuru baŋsim

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Rotimi Fani-Kayode daa nyɛla bɛ dɔɣi so Lagos, Nigeria Silimiin goli April biɛɣ'pishi dali yuuni 1955.[4] O ba Chief Babaremilekun Adetokunboh Fani-Kayode (1921-1995) daa nyɛla siyaasa nira[5] ka daa lahi nyɛ Na'bia zaŋ n-ti Yoruba. O ma Chief (Mrs.) Adia Adunni Fani-Kayode (nee Sa'id) (1931-2001).[6] Rotimi nyɛla ŋun mali mabihi anahi, Femi Fani-Kayode nyɛla o tizo ŋun nyɛ doo.[5]

Fani-Kayode daŋ nyɛla ban daa labi Brighton, England, yuuni 1966 din daa niŋ ka sooja gɔmnanti deegi Nigeria.[7][8] Rotimi nyɛla ŋun daa chaŋ British private schools, di shɛŋa nyɛ Brighton College, Seabright College n-ti pahi Millfield ka daa labi United States yuuni 1976.

Rotimi daa deegi o BA degree in Fine Arts and Economics shikuru yuli booni Georgetown University yuuni 1980.[9] O daa nya o MFA degree in Fine Arts and Photography shikuru yuli booni Pratt Institute yuuni 1983.[6][10][8] Din daa niŋ ka o be Pratt, Rotimi daa leei Robert Mapplethorpe.[11]

Exhibitions

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  • No Comment, group show, Brixton Artists Collective, December 1984
  • Seeing Diversity, group show, Brixton Artists Collective, February 1985
  • Annual Members Show, group show, Brixton Artists Collective, November 1985
  • South West Arts, group exhibition, Bristol, 1985[6]
  • Rotimi Fani-Kayode, one person show, Riverside Studios, London, 1986[6]
  • Same Difference, group show, Camerawork, July 1986[12]
  • Oval House Theatre, group exhibition, London, 1987[6]
  • The Invisible Man, group show, Goldsmith's Gallery, 1988[13]
  • ÁBÍKU - Born to Die, one-person show, Centre 181 Gallery (Hammersmith), September/October 1988[14]
  • US/UK Photography Exchange, touring group show, Camerawork & Jamaica Arts Centre, New York, 1989[15][6]
  • Ecstatic Antibodies: Resisting the AIDS Mythology, Touring group exhibition, Curated by Sunil Gupta and Tessa Boffin, Impressions Gallery, York; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; Battersea Arts Centre, London, 1990
  • In/Sight, modern and contemporary African photography exhibition, Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1996[16]
  • African Pavilion, group exhibition, Venice Biennale, 2003[6][7]
  • Rotimi Fani-Kayode, one person show, Hutchins Center, Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2009[6]
  • ARS 11, group exhibition, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, 2011[6]
  • Rotimi Fani-Kayode, one person show, Rivington Place, London, 2011[6]
  • Rotimi Fani-Kayode, one person show, Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, 2014[6]
  • Rotimi Fani-Kayode, one person show, Tiwani Contemporary, London, 2014[6]
  • Rotimi Fani-Kayode, one person show, Palitz Gallery, Lubin House, Syracuse University, New York, 2016[6][17]
  • Rotimi Fani-Kayode, one person show, Hales Project Room, New York, 2018[6]
  • African Cosmologies: Photography, Time, and the Other, FotoFest Biennial 2020, Houston, TX, 2020[2][18]
  • Rotimi Fani-Kayode, 1955–1989, Iceberg Project, Chicago, IL, 2020[8]
  • Greater New York 2022, a group show of 47 artists and collectives, MoMA PS1, New York, 2022[10]
  • One Nation Underground: Punk Visual Culture 1976-1985, Georgetown University, 2022[9]
  • Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989), Georgetown University, 2022[9]
  • Rotimi Fani-Kayode: Tranquility of Communion, "the first North American survey of Fani-Kayode’s work and archives," Wexner Center for the Arts, 2024-2025.[19][20]
  • The Studio – Staging Desire, Autograph Gallery, Shoreditch, London, 2024-2025.[3]

Kpibu

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Fani-Kayode nyɛla ŋun daa kpi Coppetts Wood Hospital Silimiin goli December biɛɣ;pishi ni yini dali yuuni 1989.[2][5][6][7][21][22]

Publications

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  • Communion. London: Autograph, 1986.[4]
  • Black Male/White Male. London: Gay Men's Press, 1988. Photographs by Fani-Kayode, text by Alex Hirst.[4] The "only solo collection of his works to appear during his life."[23]
  • Bodies of Experience: Stories about Living with HIV. - a group show at Camerawork in 1989
  • Autoportraits. Camerawork RF-K March 1990 (He was included in the publicity for the exhibition but work was not shown due to his sudden death in December 1989).
  • Memorial Retrospective Exhibition. 198 Gallery, December 1990 (Brian Kennedy, City Limits magazine, makes a request for donations to fund the exhibition.) Poster-catalogue essays by Alex Hirst and Stuart Hall.
  • Rotimi Fani-Kayode and Alex Hirst: Photographs. Autograph ABP, London, 1996. By Fani-Kayode and Alex Hirst.[24][7]
  • Decolonising the Camera. Lawrence & Wishart: 2019. By Mark Sealy pages 226-232.
  • And Bloodflowers: Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Photography and the 1980s. Duke University Press: 2019. By W Ian Bourland.

Kundivihira

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  1. ↑ "Rotimi Fani-Kayode (In Memoriam)" Archived 4 Silimin gɔli March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Autograph Newsletter, No. 9, December 1989/January 1990.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Seymour, Tom (March 6, 2020). Resistance, subversion and identity at the heart of Fotofest's first African focus. The Art Newspaper.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rotimi Fani-Kayode Explores the Studio as a Safe Space. Hypebeast.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Rotimi Fani-Kayode - Nominee, 1955 - 1989. Note: Hirst's death is listed as 1994, albeit other sources cite 1992. The Legacy Project.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Biography: Chief Femi Fani-Kayode
  6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 Rotimi Fani-Kayode. The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Race, Sexuality, Spirituality and the Self: The Photography of Rotimi Fani-Kayode. Autograph.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Quiles, Daniel (February 2020).Rotimi Fani-Kayode Iceberg Projects. Artforum.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Kelly, Julia (March 3, 2022). Georgetown University Art Galleries Feature New Exhibitions. Georgetown University Art Galleries Feature New Exhibitions. Georgetown University.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 The People Make the Place. Pratt Institute. https://www.pratt.edu/prattfolio/stories/the-people-make-the-place/
  11. ↑ Conversation with the author 1988
  12. ↑ Same Difference - Emily Andersen, Keith Cavanagh, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Jean Fraser, Sunil Gupta, Nigel Maudsley, Brenda Prince, Susan Trangmar, Val Wilmer, Bob Workman (en-GB).
  13. ↑ Recordings:A Select Bibliography of Contemporary African,Afro-Caribbean and Asian British Art.
  14. ↑ Tate. 'Abiku (Born to Die)', Rotimi Fani-Kayode, 1988, printed c.1988 (en-GB).
  15. ↑ Diaspora-artists: View details.
  16. ↑ W. IAN BOURLAND ON THE LEGACY OF ROTIMI FANI-KAYODE. Duke University Press.
  17. ↑ Rotimi Fani-Kayode. March 3, 2016. The New Yorker.
  18. ↑ African Cosmologies: Photography, Time, and the Other, FotoFest Biennial 2020. FotoFest.
  19. ↑ Rotimi Fani-Kayode: Tranquility of Communion. Wexner Center for the Arts.
  20. ↑ Hopkins, Zoe (October 27, 2024). Two Lenses, One Language. New York Times.
  21. ↑ Rotimi Fani Kayode – Photo | Revue Noire.
  22. ↑ Bourland, W. I. (2019). NIGHT MOVES. In Bloodflowers: Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Photography, and the 1980s (pp. 209–249). Duke University Press. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv11hpm2v.10
  23. ↑ Bourland, W. I. (2019). BRIXTON. In Bloodflowers: Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Photography, and the 1980s (pp. 23–57). Duke University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv11hpm2v.5
  24. ↑ Extract. Revue Noire.