10 Facts About Olu Oguibe

Olu Oguibe was born on 14 October 1964 and is a Nigerian-born American artist and academic.

Professor of Art and African-American Studies at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Oguibe is a senior fellow of the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School, New York City, and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.

Olu Oguibe is an art historian, art curator, and leading contributor to post-colonial theory and new information technology studies.

Olu Oguibe is known to be a well respected scholar and historian of contemporary African and African American art and was honoured with the State of Connecticut Governor's Arts Award for excellence and lifetime achievement on 15 June 2013.

Olu Oguibe gained most of his inspiration from this movement to create his own, unique artwork.

Olu Oguibe has previously taught in several colleges including the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of South Florida where he held the Stuart Golding Endowed Chair in African Art.

In 1995, Olu Oguibe moved to the United States and taught briefly at the Chicago campus of the University of Illinois.

Olu Oguibe now teaches at the University of South Florida in Tampa.

Olu Oguibe has served as curator or co-curator for numerous exhibitions.

Olu Oguibe has served as advisor for the Dakar, Johannesburg, and Havana biennials and as critic-in-residence at the Art Omi International artists' residency.