Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé
{{Short description|British-Nigerian artist and scientist (born 1963)}}
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| birth_name = Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé
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| birth_place = Odo-Eku, Nigeria
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Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé (born 1963) is a Nigerian-born British artist and scientist known for his Unmasking series which innovated with early 3D technology in the 1990s.{{cite web |date=1998 |title=Unmasking 3|url=http://www.wdw.nl/event/unmasking-3/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915121554/http://www.wdw.nl/event/unmasking-3/ | archive-date=15 Sep 2015 |access-date=May 12, 2023 |website=www.wdw.nl |publisher=Witte de With |quote=Unmasking 3 is a project by Oladélé Bamgboyé, and part of the ongoing Unmasking series (1999) which Bamgboyé has developed with cultural scholars, computer programmers and scientists. The series focuses on the use of and access to cultural artefacts which are buried in museums thousands of miles from their source of origin. With cutting edge 3D technology, these artefacts are scanned and provided with multiple digital contexts and interpretative suggestions. Subsequently, they are made available to users who can view, alter, and, ultimately, repossess these objects.}}
A founding member of the Street Level Gallery in Glasgow and curator at the Cambridge Darkroom Gallery, Bamgboyé has been exhibiting internationally since the mid-1990s.{{cite web |date=5 Aug 2003
|title=Rewriting Mapplethorpe's "Black Book"
|author=Christian Rattemeyer
|url=http://www.culturebase.net/artist.php?1447
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609195923/http://www.culturebase.net/artist.php?1447
| archive-date=9 June 2013
|access-date=May 12, 2023
|website=www.culturebase.net
|publisher=House of World Cultures
}} In 1997, he attended documenta X, where he won international acclaim for his work Paradigm Shift: African Stories.{{cite web |date=5 Aug 2003 |title=Bamgboyé, Oladélé Ajiboyé |url=http://www.wdw.nl/participant/bamgboye-oladele-ajiboye/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920212444/http://www.wdw.nl/participant/bamgboye-oladele-ajiboye/ |archive-date=20 Sep 2015 |access-date=May 12, 2023 |website=www.wdw.nl |publisher=House of World Cultures }}
Currently, he is a civil servant and member of the UK Government Science & Engineering Profession.{{cite web | url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/bamgboye/ | title=Oladélé (Ola) Bamgboyé - Chief Architect - Cabinet Office {{pipe}} LinkedIn }}
Early life and education
Bamgboyé was born in Odo-Eku, Nigeria in 1963 as the second of seven children to Salome and Ezra Bamgboyé. In 1975, the family emigrated to Glasgow, Scotland. After 6 years in Scotland, the family moved back to Nigeria in 1981 while he remained in Scotland to continue his studies.
{{cite web |last=Odita |first=Odili Donald |date=1998 |title=Movement and Real Time in the Work of Oladele Ajiboye Bamgboyé |url=https://plexus.org/connect/texts/essays/texts/5.html |access-date=May 11, 2023 |website=plexus.org |publisher=PLEXUS }}
[https://plexus.org/connect/texts/essays/texts/5.html]
In 1985, he received a Bachelors of Science in Chemical & Process Engineering (BSc) from the University of Strathclyde. He later attended the Slade School of Fine Art, graduating with a Master of Arts in Digital Media & Philosophy of Art in 1998.
Bamgboyé was awarded three residencies: International Artist in Residence Awards at the Banff Centre and ArtPace in 1992 and 1999, respectively, and the Koninkrijk der Nederlanden Artist in Residence Scholarship from the V2_Lab and Witte de Wit in 2000.{{cite web |title="Unmasking" (2000-2001) is a project by Oladélé Ajibojé Bamgboyé.|url=https://www.v2.nl/works/unmasking |website=www.v2.nl |access-date=May 30, 2023 |publisher= }}
The Unmasking series
The Unmasking series was developed and exhibited in three parts and, as noted in the Unmasking-3 Framework, was "a logical development of the artist's general inquiry into the prevalent issues of cultural ethics, the role of a future art practice, and finally making sense of the artist's interest in the intersection of technology, culture, art, philosophy and politics".{{Cite tech report |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228712893 |title=Unmasking 3-A Framework for the Interactive African Art Museum|year=2001|last=Bamgboyé|first=Oladele|last2=England|first2=David|last3=Tai|first3=Ming|access-date=May 11, 2023}}
First conceptualised when Bamgboyé was at Slade in 1998,{{cite journal |last1=Carvalho |first1=Denise |title=Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé (review) |journal=Nka |date=2001 |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=128 |doi=10.1215/10757163-13-14-1-128 |id={{Project MUSE|422649}} }} it continued during his residency at ArtPace in 2000 and finally culminated in 2001 at Witte de With. Utilising cutting-edge technology for the era, Bamgboyé tested the boundaries of art ownership and commodification by scanning artefacts held in museums and notably the Queen Mother Head, a 16th-century bronze sculpture from Benin, Nigeria, held by the British Museum.
He developed the series with scholars, computer programmers and scientists, publishing the Unmasking 3 Framework with coauthors David England and Ming Tai. Unmasking 3, as a research project and framework, was a joint collaboration with the Foundation for Creative Technology and V2_.
As a lecturer at Bridge the Gap,
{{cite web |year=2001 |title=CCA Kitakyushu {{pipe}} Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé |url=https://cca-islands.org/archives/prof_lec/bamgboye/?lang=en |website=cca-islands.org | location=Center for Contemporary Art CCA Kitakyushu |access-date=May 11, 2023 |publisher= }} he focused on his interest in quantum physics and its potential applications in his Unmasking series, the influence of which can be seen in his Yokohama installation of Unmasking-3.{{Cite magazine
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106091235/https://books.google.com/books?id=bNxIAQAAIAAJ&q=Oladele
|archive-date=6 November 2023
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bNxIAQAAIAAJ&q=Oladele
|title=Asian Art News
|date=2002
|journal=Asian Art News
|volume=12
|pages=56
|issn=1023-5884
|quote=...Oladele Ajiboye Bamgboyé (Unmasking) probing the aesthetic or political implications of 3D scanning, quantum replication and teleportation.
|via=books.google.com
|access-date=4 October 2023
|url-status=bot: unknown
}}
Exhibitions
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|+ class="nowrap" | Solo exhibitions |
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| 1985
|Photographs |Glasgow, Scotland |
| rowspan="2"|1989
|rowspan="2"|ANIMA MUNDI: Still Life in Britain |The Stills Gallery |Edinburgh, Scotland |align=center|{{cite magazine | last = Stills, photography gallery and bookshop | date = 18 Aug 1989 | title = Anima Mundi | url = http://archive.list.co.uk.s3-website.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/the-list/1989-08-18/59/ | pages = 57 | magazine = The List }} |
| Maison de la Culture Parc Frontenac
|Montreal, Canada |align=center|{{cite magazine | last = Kunard | first = Andrea | date = Winter 1989 | title = Anima Mundi | url = https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/etc/1989-n10-etc1085030/36316ac/ | pages = 62–63 | magazine = ETC | publisher = Revue d'art contemporain ETC inc. | issue= 10 |issn=0835-7641 }} |
| 1992
|Five Big Images |Tallinn, Estonia |
| 1995
|Well Without End |Künstlerhaus Bethanien Studio II |Berlin, Germany |
| rowspan="3"|1998
|The Unmasking, Part I |London, UK |
| Movements
|Bremen, Germany |
| Oladele Ajiboye Bamgboyé
|Lisbon, Portugal |
| 1999
|Unmasking Part 2 |San Antonio TX, USA |
| rowspan="3"|2000
|The Unmasking, Part II |Thomas Erben Gallery |New York NY, USA |
| Strangers and Paradise
|Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Videoworks
|Helsinki, Finland |
| 2001
|Unmasking 3 |Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| 2002
|The Hair or the Man (1994) and Blink (2001) |Thomas Erben Gallery |New York NY, USA |
| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+ class="nowrap" | Group exhibitions |
| scope="col" width=|Year
! scope="col" width=|Exhibition ! scope="col" |Gallery ! scope="col" width=|Location ! scope="col" |{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
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| 1986
|Nine Photographers at the Glasgow Print Studios |Glasgow, Scotland |
| 1987
|New Light in Scottish Photography |The Stills Gallery |Edinburgh, Scotland |
| 1991
|The Problematics of Identity in Photography |Dazibao |Montreal, Canada |
| 1994
|Whitechapel Open |London, UK |
| rowspan="3"|1995
|rowspan="2"|Self-Evident |Foto Institut |Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
| Ikon Gallery
|Birmingham, UK |
| Sorak International Art Biennale
|Sorak International Art Biennale |Sorak, South Korea |
| rowspan="2"|1996
|Prospect 96 |Frankfurt, Germany |
| In/Sight – African Photographers 1940 – Present
|New York NY, USA |
| rowspan="3"|1997
|Die Anderen Modernen: Zeitgenossische Kunst aus Afrika, Asien und Lateinamerika |Haus der Kulturen der Welt |Berlin, Germany |
| Alternating Currents – as part of "Trades Routes: History and Geography – Africus
|The 2nd Johannesburg Biennale |Johannesburg, South Africa |
| documenta X
|Kassel, Germany |
| rowspan="5"|1998
|Accrochage – Part II |Thomas Erben Gallery |New York NY, USA |
| Transatlantico
|Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno |Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain |
| Afromedi@rt
|Krems an der Donau, Austria |
| Interference
|African Art Museum of Ifan Cheikh Anta Diop |Dakar, Senegal |
| DAK'ART 98 – Biennial of Contemporary African Art
|African Art Museum of Ifan Cheikh Anta Diop |Dakar, Senegal |
| rowspan="2"|1999
|Summer Gallery Show |Thomas Erben Gallery |New York NY, USA |
| Laboratorium
|Antwerp, Belgium |
| rowspan="6"|2000
|Intelligence – 1st Tate Triennial of Contemporary British Art | London, UK |
| Mirror – as part of "Voila – le Monde dans la Tete"
|Paris, France |
| Mission Finland
|Helsinki, Finland |
| Bodies of Resistance
|Hartford CT, USA |
| Mostra Africana de Arte Contemporânea
|São Paulo, Brazil |
| South Meets West
|Bern, Switzerland |
| rowspan="7"|2001
|rowspan="3"|The Short Century |Chicago IL, USA }} |
| House of World Cultures Martin-Gropius-Bau
|Berlin, Germany |
| Museum Villa Stuck
| Munich, Germany |
| Animations
|Long Island City NY, USA |
| Tirana Biennale 1 – Escape
|Tirana, Albania |
| Mega Wave: Towards a New Synthesis
|Yokohama International Triennale of Contemporary Art |Yokohama, Japan {{cite web |year=2001 |title=Artist data sheet|url=https://www.yokohamatriennale.jp/top/archive/2001/cyber/artist/008_Bamg/index.html |website=www.yokohamatriennale.jp | location=作品展示場所 |access-date=May 15, 2023 |publisher= }} |
| Bridge the Gap
|CCA Center for Contemporary Art Kitakyushu |Kita-Kyushu, Japan |
| 2002
|The Short Century |Long Island City NY, USA |
| 2003
|Taipei Biennial |Taipei Biennial |Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China |
| 2016
|Après Eden: The Walther Collection |Paris, France |
| 2021
|25 years |Thomas Erben Gallery |New York NY, USA |
| 2022
|Shifting Dialogues Photography from The Walther Collection |K21 |Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 2023
|Accrochage |Thomas Erben Gallery |New York NY, USA |
Publications
- {{cite book |last= Bamgboyé |first= Oladélé Ajiboyé |title=Writings on Technology and Culture |trans-title= |url=https://shop.kunstinstituutmelly.nl/products/writings-on-technology-and-culture-by-oladele-ajiboye-bamgboye |language= |publisher=Kunstinstituut Melly|publication-date=1 April 2000}}
- {{Cite tech report |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228712893 |title=Unmasking 3-A Framework for the Interactive African Art Museum|year=2001|last=Bamgboye|first=Oladele|last2=England|first2=David|last3=Tai|first3=Ming|access-date=May 11, 2023 }}
- {{cite book |last= Bamgboyé |first= Oladélé Ajiboyé |title=Before & Beyond |trans-title= |url=https://en.cca-books.com/product-page/%E3%81%9D%E3%82%8C%E4%BB%A5%E5%89%8D%E3%81%A8%E5%BD%BC%E6%96%B9%E3%81%AB-%E3%82%AA%E3%83%A9%E3%83%87%E3%83%AC-%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B8%E3%83%9C%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A8-%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9C%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A8 |language= |publisher=Center for Contemporary Art, CCA Kitakyushu Kitakyushu, Japan|publication-date=15 Dec 2000}}
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! scope="col" |Title ! scope="col" |Description ! scope="col" |{{text|ISBN}} |
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| 1989
|Anima Mundi: Still Life in Britain |Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography / National Gallery of Canada |{{ISBNT|978-0-88884-555-9}} |
| 1993
|Photofeis |Scottish International Festival of Photography catalogue | |
| rowspan="3"|1995
|Prospect 96 at Frankfurter Kunstverein |Exhibition catalogue |{{ISBNT|978-3-908162-18-6|978-3-908162-20-9}} |
| Self Evident catalogue
|Ikon Gallery catalogue | |
| Freedom
|An Amnesty International Glasgow Groups exhibition catalogue |{{ISBNT|978-1-873328-13-2}} |
| 1996
|In/Sight African Photographers, 1940 to the Present |Solomon Guggenheim Museum exhibition catalogue |{{ISBNT|978-0-8109-6895-0|978-0-89207-169-2}} |
| rowspan="4"|1997
|Die Anderen Modernen |Haus de Kulturen de Welt, Berlin exhibition catalogue |{{ISBNT|978-3-89466-194-6}} |
| Trade Routes: History + Geography
|Exhibition catalogue for 2nd Johannesburg Biennale |{{ISBNT|978-0-620-21522-0}} |
| Documenta X
|Short Guide, documenta und Museum Fredricianum |{{ISBNT|978-3-89322-938-3}} |
| Crossing
|Contemporary Art Museum, University of South Florida exhibition catalogue |{{ISBNT|978-1-889195-24-7}} |
| rowspan="2"|1999
|Contemporary Photographers, 3rd edition | - |{{ISBNT|978-1-55862-190-9}} |
| Dreams
|A Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l'Arte event catalogue for the Venice Biennal of Visual Arts |{{ISBNT|978-88-8210-155-8}} |
| rowspan="2"|2000
|Mostra Africana de Arte Contemporânea |Exhibition catalogue published by Associação Cultural Videobrasil | |
| More Works about Buildings and Food
|Catalogue of internet livestream, Fundição de Oeiras, Hangar K7 |{{ISBNT|978-972-98700-0-2}} |
| 2001
|ARCO 02 |Ifema Feria de Madrid catalogues |{{ISBNT|978-84-8215-202-8|978-84-8215-203-5|978-84-8215-201-1}} |
| 2002
|Taipei Biennial – Great Theatre of the World |Exhibition catalogue |{{ISBNT|978-957-01-2630-3}} |
| 2003
|Revisitar Canarias / The Canary Islands Revisited |Collection by Government of Canary Islands |{{ISBNT|978-84-7947-329-7|978-84-7947-325-9}} |
Honours, awards and nominations
Awarded the Richard Hough Prize for Photography (1992), Scotland.
Awarded the Gulbenkian Foundation Grant (1993)
Nominated for The Vincent van Gogh Biennial Award for Contemporary Art in Europe (2000){{Cite web|url=https://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2000/06/09/27072.html|title="THE VINCENT: The First Bi-annual Award for Contemporary Art in Europe"|website=www.absolutearts.com|year=2000|access-date=May 11, 2023 |publisher=Bonnefanten Museum}}
Reviews and news
Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé (review), Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art
Interview with Oladélé A. Bamgboyé, Journal of Contemporary African Art{{cite journal |last1=Obrist |first1=Hans Ulrich |title=Interview with Oladélé A. Bamgboyé |journal=Nka |date=2001 |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=86–91 |doi=10.1215/10757163-13-14-1-86 |s2cid=191620725 |id={{Project MUSE|422635}} }}
ART IN REVIEW; Oladele Bamgboye, NY Times
Oladélé Bamgboyé, The Unmasking, Part II and Earlier Photoworks, Time Out New York{{cite magazine
| last = Jones
| first = Karen E.
| date = 1–8 June 2000
| title = Oladélé Bamgboyé, The Unmasking, Part II and Earlier Photoworks
| url = https://www.thomaserben.com/wp-content/uploads/Time-Out-New-York.pdf
| magazine = Time Out New York
| issue= 245
}}
For a few euros more | Art and design, The Guardian{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2000/jun/20/artsfeatures|title=For a few euros more|first=Adrian|last=Searle|newspaper=The Guardian |date=20 June 2000}}
Thick and thin, The Guardian{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/jul/08/books.guardianreview3|title=Thick and thin|first=Adrian|last=Searle|newspaper=The Guardian |date=8 July 2000}}
Into Africa, artnet.com Magazine{{cite web
| last = Garnett
| first = Joy
| date = 24 July 2000
| title = Into Africa
| url = http://www.artnet.com/magazine/reviews/garnett/garnett7-24-00.asp
| via = artnet.com
}}
Oladélé Bamgboyé, The Unmasking, Part II, New York Arts Magazine{{cite magazine
| last = Budzynski
| first = Scott J.
| date = July–August 2000
| title = Oladélé Bamgboyé, The Unmasking, Part II
| url = https://www.taipeibiennial.org/2002/02_01_Oladele_Bibliography01_e.html
| magazine = New York Arts Magazine
| page = 77
}}
From, Witte de With, centrum voor hedendaagse kunst{{cite magazine
|publisher = Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art
| date = 2000
|issue = 3
| title = From
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=c-dPAAAAMAAJ&q=bamgboye%20unmasking
| magazine = From
| page = 19
|via=books.google.com
}}
Exhibition Histories - The Short Century, C&{{Cite web|url=https://contemporaryand.com/magazines/the-short-century/|title=Exhibition Histories The Short Century|first=Julia |last=Friedel |date=26 February 2018|via=contemporaryand.com}}
Oladele Bamgboye, Artist of the Month (article), New York Contemporary Art Report{{cite magazine
| date = November 1998
| title = Oladele Bamgboye, Artist of the Month
| url = https://fondodocumentalainsa.com/documento/new-york-contemporary-art-report
| magazine = New York Contemporary Art Report
|issn=1422-6243
}}
Documenta X - Reclaiming the political project of the avant-garde, Third Text{{cite journal |last1=Amor |first1=Mónica |title=Documenta X: Reclaiming the political project of the avant-garde |journal=Third Text |date=September 1997 |volume=11 |issue=40 |pages=95–100 |doi=10.1080/09528829708576689 |doi-access=free }}
Moving In. Eight contemporary African artists, Flash Art International{{cite magazine
| last1 = Oktavio
| first1 = Zaya
| last2 = Okwui
| first2 = Enwezor
| date = 29 November 1996
| title = Moving In. Eight contemporary African artists
| url = https://flash---art.com/article/moving-in-contemporary-african-artists-okwui-enwezor-oktavio-zaya/
| magazine = Flash Art International
| issue= 186
}}
Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé, BE Magazin{{cite magazine
| last1 = Weiermair
| first1 = Peter
| date = 1994
| title = Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé
| magazine = BE Magazin
| issue= 1
|location=Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
}}
The White Aesthetic Necessitated by the 'Glasgow Miracle'{{cite interview |title=The White Aesthetic Necessitated by the 'Glasgow Miracle': Interview with Neil Mulholland|last=Mulholland |first=Neil |subject-link= |interviewer= |work= |publisher= |location= |url=https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/the-white-aesthetic-necessitated-by-the-glasgow-miracle-interview |access-date=May 11, 2023}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=oladele+bamgboye List of artist publications on WorldCat]
- [https://discover.libraryhub.jisc.ac.uk/search?q=oladele+bamgboye List of artist publications on Jisc Library Hub Discover]
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