We are excited to announce the solo museum exhibition of 2021 Visiting Fellow, Samuel Olayombo.

‘Think Pink, Go West’ curated by Fabiola Ondzounga, is open to the public at the Institute Museum of Ghana from March 24 to June 24, 2023.

This will be a conclusive benchmark to Olayombo’s time of dedication and creative proliferation at the Noldor Artist Residency where he developed his practice. His bid to continuously challenge limiting aggressive-stereotypes associated with black men captured in his work is a way of examining the wider construct of gender roles and society’s complex relationship with masculinity.

Besides the disarming pink pastel hues that fill his canvases, a notable feature of his work is the conspicuous scarring of his subjects’ faces – a manifestation of his Yoruba roots which symbolise beauty and in some instances, authority.

We hope you can make time to see it.