Oluwatobiloba Ajayi


is a London-based artist and writer. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Princeton University and her Masters in History of Art from the Courtauld Institute of Art, specialising in Post-war Black British Art. In her writing, she continues to nurture her throughline of care and criticism, and her writing has appeared in PIN—UP, 032c, Elephant, and the Architectural Review, among other outlets.




@oluwatobilobaajayi_   //    tobi_ajayi@ymail.com
     



RECENT WRITING

  1. ‘A Shared Appetite: Frank Bowling in conversation with Reginald Sylvester II’, Elephant, 2025
  2. ‘Pressing Mastters’, Essay, The Toe Rag, 2025
  3. ‘A Reciprocal Mapping Exercise’, Essay, Worms/Novembre Magazine, 2025
  4. ‘Beyond the Polemic: Dean Kissick, Jack Self, and Peter Davies Debate the Future of the London Art Scene Over a Pint’, Elephant, 2025
  5. ‘Infraestudio, Cuba’, Profile, The Architectural Review, 2024
  6. ‘Must-See: Gustavo Nazareno’s Acts of Faith,’ Exhibition Review, Frieze, 2024
  7. ‘So be it, see to it!’, Exhibition Text, Soup Gallery, 2024
  8. ‘LaToya M. Hobbs Traces Intimacies’, Profile, Boston Art Review, 2024 
  9. Book Review of An Alterable Terrain by Rhea Dillon, The Whitney Review of New Writing, 2024 
  10. ‘My Mother’s Plate: A Walking Recipe,’ Essay/Recipe, The Toe Rag, 2024 
  11. ‘Translating Girlhood’, Exhibition Review, Elephant, 2024
  12. ‘Yang’s Residence in Guiliu village’, Building Review, The Architectural Review, 2024
  13. Book Review of Severance by Ling Ma, PIN—UP, 2024
  14. ‘Fertile Grounds: Interview with Yussef Agbo-Ola,’ DADA, 2023
  15. Book Review of JOKE by Talia Chetrit, 032c, 2023

recent GROUP exhibitions

  1. Amphiphrasis (words as objects): Oluwatobiloba Ajayi and Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Broodthaers Society of America, Harlem, NYC, 2024
  2. Manifold Lagos, Alara, curated by Faridah Folawiyo, FF Projects, Lagos, NG, 2024
  3. Situational Attempts, The Artist Room, London, UK, 2024
  4. Make yourself at home, Hweg, Penzance, UK, 2024
  5. Manifold Deluxe, Frieze No. 9 Cork Street, curated by Faridah Folawiyo, FF Projects, London, UK, 2023
  6. Home as Corpus, Strada Gallery,  presented by Head of State, curated by Diallo Simon Ponte, NYC, US, 2023
  7. Manifold, curated by Faridah Folawiyo, FF Projects, 2022

Selected artworks